Texas psychologist disciplinary actions, February 2014

April 3, 2014

On February 13, 2014, the Texas Board of Examiners of Psychologists took the following disciplinary actions:

• Ordered Michael Pelfrey to pay an administrative penalty and obtain additional professional development for failure to display his license, as required by law.

• Ordered April Owen to pay an administrative penalty and obtain additional professional development for failure to report legal action taken against her to the Board.

• Ordered Marcella Fooks to pay an administrative penalty and obtain additional professional development for failure to provide records as required by law.

• Ordered Jorge Carillo to pay an administrative penalty and obtain additional professional development for failure to provide records as required by law.

• Reprimanded Gerald Bryan and ordered him to pay an administrative penalty and obtain additional professional development for providing a visitation recommendation in a child custody dispute without performing an evaluation and without having a therapeutic relationship with the child.

• Reprimanded Dana Bernstein and ordered her to pay an administrative penalty and obtain additional professional development for failing to adequately document joint sessions between spouses.

• Reprimanded Sean Ricks and ordered her to pay an administrative penalty and obtain additional professional development for providing psychological services on an expired license.

• Ordered Alethia Phillips to pay an administrative penalty for supervising an individual who provided psychological services but was not licensed to do so nor exempt from licensure