Doctor Gives Patients Genital Massages for Therapy
An Australian hypnotist, who is either ingenious or just plain horny, has been giving hand jobs to patients who sought treatment for psycho-sexual problems. He claims it's part of research he's doing on anorgasmia.
Sure, sir. Never heard of that, but OK.
The therapist, Joe Levonian, who was listed on his Linked-In account as a covert psychology trainer before the profile was deleted, lost his medical privileges this week after a pair of his patients complained. Sadly, this is not his first transgression. On another occasion, a female patient approached Levonian for help with smoking cessation. Know how he cured her? He slept her.
This reminds me of stories I've read detailing unorthodox practices used generations ago. Doctors would treat women for hysteria and other nervous conditions by fondling them so that they would achieve climax. Allegedly, physicians felt the lack of orgasm was the cause of female hysteria.
If one wanted to attempt to defend Levonian, perhaps we could hypothesize that he was trying to practice this archaic, alternative approach to curing patients.
I'm all for alternative treatments, but I don't think this hypnotist had pure intentions. He's a mere opportunist who abused his privilege as a therapist and took advantage of his patients.
Fortunately, the powers that be have barred Levonian from practicing medicine in his country.
As for his defense, the therapist told the media through his spokesperson that when he gave the erotic massages, he was being treated for cancer and suffered from depression which skewed his judgment.
Of course, like all people do when they get caught, Levonian apologized.
