Virginia board reprimands clinical social worker Viola Vaughan-Eden regarding custody reports

September 13, 2010

On July 7, 2010, the Virginia Board of Social Work reprimanded licensed clinical social worker Viola Vaughan-Eden.

According to the findings of fact contained in the Board’s Order, Vaughn-Eden, in the context of conducting forensic evaluations:

Did not obtain or review collateral materials that may have provided more comprehensive information and did not document her reason for not ingterviewing certain additional sources.

Accepted initial employment to evalua child involved in a custody dispute at the request or the mother and then subsequently with agreement of all parties accepted employment from the Court to provide an objective, neutral, forensic evaluation regarding this child without documenting why accepting why accepting such employment did not constitute a conflict of interest.

The Board’s Order includes additional findings.

Vaughan-Eden may only provide forensic evaluations under supervision of another board-approved clinical social worker, among other conditions.

Source: Order, In Re: Viola Vaughan-Eden, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., License No. 0904-001616, Case Nos. 124222, 124262, 111893, 121136 and 118287, Before the Virginia Board of Social Work.

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Viola Vaughan-Eden

2012-02-25 12:29:16

Viola Vaughan-Eden was never place on probation. Her license was never suspended and she was never required to operate under anyone else's license. The information you have on your website is only based on allegations made alleged offenders. If you want the truth go to the Virginia Board of Social Work website

Psychcrime.org

2012-02-27 19:50:12

That's been corrected.

Viola Vaughan-Eden

2012-02-28 13:30:00

I appreciate you correcting that I was not on probation, but I remain confused where you are getting your information. Anyone can make allegations against a mental health professional but it doesn%u2019t make it true. The information you have posted clearly isn%u2019t from the actual Order posted with Virginia Board of Social Work. You listed a series of allegations as if they are factual, when in reality one man decided that he wanted to retaliate against me by using the internet to solicit other men to make false allegations. I like all mental health professionals are MANDATORY REPORTERS. We don%u2019t have a choice to report allegations of abuse made by a child, we are REQUIRED BY LAW. The law clearly states that you are not to investigate but to contact Child Protective Services when statements of abuse are made to you by the child or face being arrested for not reporting. Unfortunately, the Virginia Board of Social Work was not versed on the mandatory reporting law, which clearly states that you cannot bring someone up on administrative hearing for following the required child abuse reporting laws. In my situation, the CPS worker brought the child to my office for an evaluation and a Judge court-ordered me to complete the evaluation. This entire situation was reviewed by the National Association of Social Workers Office of Professional Ethics and determined that the person (though his political connections) used the system to retaliate against me. NASW in turn sent my attorney a check for $5000 to assist with my legal defense. I have since been named Outstanding Mental Health Professional by the National Children%u2019s Advocacy Center and Lifetime Achievement in Social Work by the NASW-Virginia Chapter. I was never required to %u201Conly provide forensic evaluations under supervision of another board-approved clinical social worker%u2026%u201D I am uncertain why you would want to post false information and I am again asking that you correct it. I have emailed your office the Order taken directly from the Virginia Board of Social Work website.

Psychcrime.org

2012-02-29 15:58:40

Dear Dr. Vaughan-Eden,

I appreciate you bringing your concerns to CCHR's attention but at the same time, your statement is not entirely factual. According to the Virginia Board of Social Work's July 7, 2010 Order, you were indeed placed on no less than 12 months probation. An Amended Order was later issued changing the terms of your discipline. CCHR was not aware of the Amended Order but our information was entirely correct, based on the original order. The entry on the website will be changed to reflect the terms of the later order.

Dana Hawes

2012-04-11 08:16:12

I commend CCHR for providing an objective and unbiased report of the malpractices of this woman. I, like some other custodial parents (specifically fathers) have been personally and adversely impacted by baseless and unfounded allegations of Dr. Vaughan-Eden. The events that transpired in my personal case were not at all dissimilar to those that are documented in the cases brought before review with the Board of Social Work. I encourage any persons who are to any degree curious about the details of Dr. Vaughan-Eden's unethical malpractice to research the public records available to them at: http://www.dhp.state.va.us/social/default.htm

Dr. Vaughan-Eden is a highly trained professional who is deeply networked within a cohort of other legal and medical professionals who support and ultimately endorse her sexist agenda to limit and erradicate the rights of custodial fathers. She, and her network operate in manners which are unscruplous and unethical. Despite her continual attainment of accolades to the contrary, Dr. Vaughan-Eden is a menace to society and a blight upon her profession.

I am confident that in due time, more evidence will be brought forward to substantiate the fact that John Proctor in Nelson County, VA and Dana Hawes in Chesterfield County, VA are not isolated instances of the flagrant misuse and abuse of her professional knowledge, skills and abilities.

Further information about Mrs. Viola Vaughan-Eden's (im)moral imperative and affiliations with highly sophisticated and equally menacing organizations can be found by conducting a search for her name at:

http://underwatch.wordpress.com/?s=viola

I can only pray that other caring fathers are not impacted by the egregious acts of malfeasance enumerated in the records archived by the Dr. Viola Vaughan-Eden's licensing board. I can assert from firsthand experience that the actions attributed to Viola Vaughan-Eden are in fact, PSYCH CRIMES that are not at all victimless.

PS: Dr. Vaughan-Eden, I expect and rather HOPE to hear from someone representing your "legal interests" after you read this comment. Your interest in CCHR's documentation of your misdeeds speaks volumes.

Signed,
LOVING father and STILL custodial parent of two AMAZING children!
Dana Hawes

Another Father

2014-02-21 17:52:28

Dr. Vaughan-Eden was reprimanded for her professional conduct during her investigation for sexual abuse which allegedly involved me and my daughter. Her "investigation" did not remotely resemble accepted forensic protocols. Her notes were practically non-existent and her sessions were not documented in any other manner. Dr. Vaughan-Eden reported sexual abuse to CPS but the events she described when she reported were not documented in her notes. She later testified that the abuse involved two other children from another state but she failed to report this abuse to any agency. She had pre-existing professional ties with mu ex's attorney, who specializes in making salacious allegations of sexual abuse in custody cases. This pre-existing conflict of interest was deliberately removed from the CV she presented in court, and she failed to disclose that she had been providing "therapy" for the child in question. Her notes and testimony concerning her interviews with my family members, who were present during the time of alleged abuse were distorted and misleading. Providing therapy and forensic evaluations to the same patient is highly unethical and potentially damaging to the patient. This woman has performed similar things to many more fathers than those who actually filed the complaint. I got to know several first hand, and they were devastated when Dr. Vaughan-Eden's testimony and reports help destroy the relationships they had with their children. This woman should be in jail.

Allen

2014-09-09 07:11:23

Viola Vaughan-Eden is like many other LCSW around the country. They will take a one sided story full of lies from the mom and write up a one sided bogus report. I'm sure she is very familiar with Richard Ducote and his tactics. I'm sure he feeds the moms just what to tell Viola Vaughan-Eden the childs symptoms area so she claims the child has been abused. Sounds like she was doing just that. Her 12 month alteration to her license was a joke. That was hardly a slap on the wrist while she probably destroyed how many men in the process? What a joke of a made up profession.

Still Bitter

2016-12-10 05:17:09

Viola Vaughan-Eden is a totally remorseless and unsavory example of a "mental health professional. She is a disgrace to her profession and should be in jail, certainly she should not be allowed to practice any kind of clinical or forensic work. Her conduct in my own case was criminal. I know many other fathers, and more importantly children that she has irreparably harmed. VVE is a total fraud.

Elizabeth

2019-01-22 18:24:45

What other findings do you have on Dr Vaughan-Eden?

Anyomouse

2022-05-04 12:02:32

For more information on Dr. Vaughan-Eden, look up Nelson v. Green (2014), U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Case No. 3:06-cv-00070.

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Accepted initial employment to evalua child involved in a custody dispute at the request or the mother and then subsequently with agreement of all parties accepted employment from the Court to provide an objective, neutral, forensic evaluation regarding this child without documenting why accepting why accepting such employment did not constitute a conflict of interest. The Board’s Order includes additional findings. Vaughan-Eden may only provide forensic evaluations under supervision of another board-approved clinical social worker, among other conditions. Source: Order, In Re: Viola Vaughan-Eden, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., License No. 0904-001616, Case Nos. 124222, 124262, 111893, 121136 and 118287, Before the Virginia Board of Social Work. Go to News Go to News Archive Comments Viola Vaughan-Eden 2012-02-25 12:29:16 Viola Vaughan-Eden was never place on probation. Her license was never suspended and she was never required to operate under anyone else's license. The information you have on your website is only based on allegations made alleged offenders. If you want the truth go to the Virginia Board of Social Work website Psychcrime.org 2012-02-27 19:50:12 That's been corrected. Viola Vaughan-Eden 2012-02-28 13:30:00 I appreciate you correcting that I was not on probation, but I remain confused where you are getting your information. Anyone can make allegations against a mental health professional but it doesn%u2019t make it true. The information you have posted clearly isn%u2019t from the actual Order posted with Virginia Board of Social Work. You listed a series of allegations as if they are factual, when in reality one man decided that he wanted to retaliate against me by using the internet to solicit other men to make false allegations. I like all mental health professionals are MANDATORY REPORTERS. We don%u2019t have a choice to report allegations of abuse made by a child, we are REQUIRED BY LAW. The law clearly states that you are not to investigate but to contact Child Protective Services when statements of abuse are made to you by the child or face being arrested for not reporting. Unfortunately, the Virginia Board of Social Work was not versed on the mandatory reporting law, which clearly states that you cannot bring someone up on administrative hearing for following the required child abuse reporting laws. In my situation, the CPS worker brought the child to my office for an evaluation and a Judge court-ordered me to complete the evaluation. This entire situation was reviewed by the National Association of Social Workers Office of Professional Ethics and determined that the person (though his political connections) used the system to retaliate against me. NASW in turn sent my attorney a check for $5000 to assist with my legal defense. I have since been named Outstanding Mental Health Professional by the National Children%u2019s Advocacy Center and Lifetime Achievement in Social Work by the NASW-Virginia Chapter. I was never required to %u201Conly provide forensic evaluations under supervision of another board-approved clinical social worker%u2026%u201D I am uncertain why you would want to post false information and I am again asking that you correct it. I have emailed your office the Order taken directly from the Virginia Board of Social Work website. Psychcrime.org 2012-02-29 15:58:40 Dear Dr. Vaughan-Eden, I appreciate you bringing your concerns to CCHR's attention but at the same time, your statement is not entirely factual. According to the Virginia Board of Social Work's July 7, 2010 Order, you were indeed placed on no less than 12 months probation. An Amended Order was later issued changing the terms of your discipline. CCHR was not aware of the Amended Order but our information was entirely correct, based on the original order. The entry on the website will be changed to reflect the terms of the later order. Dana Hawes 2012-04-11 08:16:12 I commend CCHR for providing an objective and unbiased report of the malpractices of this woman. I, like some other custodial parents (specifically fathers) have been personally and adversely impacted by baseless and unfounded allegations of Dr. Vaughan-Eden. The events that transpired in my personal case were not at all dissimilar to those that are documented in the cases brought before review with the Board of Social Work. I encourage any persons who are to any degree curious about the details of Dr. Vaughan-Eden's unethical malpractice to research the public records available to them at: http://www.dhp.state.va.us/social/default.htm Dr. Vaughan-Eden is a highly trained professional who is deeply networked within a cohort of other legal and medical professionals who support and ultimately endorse her sexist agenda to limit and erradicate the rights of custodial fathers. She, and her network operate in manners which are unscruplous and unethical. Despite her continual attainment of accolades to the contrary, Dr. Vaughan-Eden is a menace to society and a blight upon her profession. I am confident that in due time, more evidence will be brought forward to substantiate the fact that John Proctor in Nelson County, VA and Dana Hawes in Chesterfield County, VA are not isolated instances of the flagrant misuse and abuse of her professional knowledge, skills and abilities. Further information about Mrs. Viola Vaughan-Eden's (im)moral imperative and affiliations with highly sophisticated and equally menacing organizations can be found by conducting a search for her name at: http://underwatch.wordpress.com/?s=viola I can only pray that other caring fathers are not impacted by the egregious acts of malfeasance enumerated in the records archived by the Dr. Viola Vaughan-Eden's licensing board. I can assert from firsthand experience that the actions attributed to Viola Vaughan-Eden are in fact, PSYCH CRIMES that are not at all victimless. PS: Dr. Vaughan-Eden, I expect and rather HOPE to hear from someone representing your "legal interests" after you read this comment. Your interest in CCHR's documentation of your misdeeds speaks volumes. Signed, LOVING father and STILL custodial parent of two AMAZING children! Dana Hawes Another Father 2014-02-21 17:52:28 Dr. Vaughan-Eden was reprimanded for her professional conduct during her investigation for sexual abuse which allegedly involved me and my daughter. Her "investigation" did not remotely resemble accepted forensic protocols. Her notes were practically non-existent and her sessions were not documented in any other manner. Dr. Vaughan-Eden reported sexual abuse to CPS but the events she described when she reported were not documented in her notes. She later testified that the abuse involved two other children from another state but she failed to report this abuse to any agency. She had pre-existing professional ties with mu ex's attorney, who specializes in making salacious allegations of sexual abuse in custody cases. This pre-existing conflict of interest was deliberately removed from the CV she presented in court, and she failed to disclose that she had been providing "therapy" for the child in question. Her notes and testimony concerning her interviews with my family members, who were present during the time of alleged abuse were distorted and misleading. Providing therapy and forensic evaluations to the same patient is highly unethical and potentially damaging to the patient. This woman has performed similar things to many more fathers than those who actually filed the complaint. I got to know several first hand, and they were devastated when Dr. Vaughan-Eden's testimony and reports help destroy the relationships they had with their children. This woman should be in jail. Allen 2014-09-09 07:11:23 Viola Vaughan-Eden is like many other LCSW around the country. They will take a one sided story full of lies from the mom and write up a one sided bogus report. I'm sure she is very familiar with Richard Ducote and his tactics. I'm sure he feeds the moms just what to tell Viola Vaughan-Eden the childs symptoms area so she claims the child has been abused. Sounds like she was doing just that. Her 12 month alteration to her license was a joke. That was hardly a slap on the wrist while she probably destroyed how many men in the process? What a joke of a made up profession. Still Bitter 2016-12-10 05:17:09 Viola Vaughan-Eden is a totally remorseless and unsavory example of a "mental health professional. She is a disgrace to her profession and should be in jail, certainly she should not be allowed to practice any kind of clinical or forensic work. Her conduct in my own case was criminal. I know many other fathers, and more importantly children that she has irreparably harmed. VVE is a total fraud. Elizabeth 2019-01-22 18:24:45 What other findings do you have on Dr Vaughan-Eden? Anyomouse 2022-05-04 12:02:32 For more information on Dr. Vaughan-Eden, look up Nelson v. Green (2014), U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Case No. 3:06-cv-00070. Post your own comment here: Name (public) Email (private) Your Comment
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