Oregon Board of Licensed Social Workers

I filed a complaint with the Oregon Board of Lic. Social Workers agains Susan Captein, for clear ethical lapses, and repeated expressions of gender bigotry during my therapy sessions with her. please see:
The board dismissed my complaint without addressing any of the issues that I raised. I am a man. Susan repeatedly disparaged men, and would insist that I should agree with her. I strongly abide by Martin Luther King’s dictum, that everyone should be judged by their character. I strongly believe in equality for everyone. Men, women, LGBT, and all racial identifications, all deserve equal treatment and impartiality.
Susan repeatedly used my therapy time to discuss her own personal issues, in detail, that had nothing what so ever to do with my own therapy. All of this is clearly, by any impartial standard, inappropriate, and clearly warned against by the ethical guidelines that social workers acting as therapists are required to abide by.
The board members are all female. It appears to me that I have been clearly discriminated against upon the basis of my gender alone. I write this here to alert others, particularly men, of my experience so that they may be aware that an expectation of simple equality and justice under the law may well not be available to you.
I also provide here the names of all the board members so that one may behave with appropriate caution if you are considering using any of the board members in the capacity as a therapist. If you are a man, it is my considered opinion, that you may well encounter bigotry against you simply based upon your gender, and entirely independent from your character as a human being.
Board Members
Kathy Outland, LCSW
Board Chair
Salem, OR
Ebony Sloan Clarke, LCSW
Vice Chair
Portland, OR
Donna Hirt, LCSW
Salem, OR
Rachel Jensen, LMSW
Eugene, Or
Brenda Dennis, Public Member
Salem, Or

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