Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Virginia

Re: Preyed on by psychologist

Many of the larger cities and counties in Virginia

offer mediation programs which can usually be contacted through the court services units.

In pondering how best to resolve this matter, you may ,also, wish to at least consider whether

this persistent former paramour of yours has

violated any criminal statutes in her pursuit

of you, beginning with the prohibition against stalking.

Assuming that you were never officially under

her care and treatment, there would appear to be

no reportable violations of whatever ethical rules

and regulations which may bind licensed psychologists with respect to patients under their care.

Re: Preyed on by psychologist

Your complaint comes nearest, in my mind, to the common law action for intentional infliction of emotional distress. However, that action requires some kind of outrageous misconduct that caused you severe emotional distress. Don't minimize the "outrageous misconduct" or "severe" elements - they mean objectively outrageous and severe as measured by community standards of decency. And this sounds like someone who has formed an attachment and is just having trouble breaking up.

You can petition the local circuit court to issue an injunction to make the psychologist leave you alone. It's a $64 filing fee plus service of process, and it's in the nature of a suit in equity (discovery is available). Theoretically, you can do that yourself, but unless you want to spend the equivalent of a full time job for the next year figuring it out, it's probably best to hire an attorney.