Oxford Healthcare Retreat

Oxford Healthcare Retreat promotes an UNETHICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, in my opinion and from my experience

WITHOUT PREJUDICE This institute supports Dr Stefan Polatinsky as one of the clinical psychologists whom, as stated on Oxford Healthcare Retreat’s website: “works collectively to address the intertwined relationship between psychological and physical health.” During 2014 - 2016, Dr Polatinsky was my pshychologist. My experience was that he kept stretching the goalposts and “created” new aspects to treat me about and even roped my husband into sessions. In 2016 I left Johannesburg to move to Ireland in order that my husband could become an EU citizen. My husband was to follow me a few months later. During this period that I was in Dublin and my husband still in Johannesburg, Dr Polatinsky not only took on my husband as a patient, (which is against not only the law, in my opinion, but also completely unethical and against the Hypocratic oath that such medical professionals take.) During this period, Dr Polatinsky advised my husband to divorce me and counselled him in this matter. I have the proof on documents that my husband signed and stated that he was receiving divorce counselling from Dr Stefan Polatinsky and also a recording of Dr Polatinsky admitting to counselling my husband for divorce, when I approached him at his rooms at Oxford House and recorded our conversation, after I found the documents and realised what was going on. Dr Polatinsky was reported the the Medical board and the case was investigated for a year during 2016 & 2017 but it was dismissed with the excuse that there was no proof. However, I was advised by the board that I could take further action with personal lawyers. Fighting against the Medical board in SA is a losing battle as it’s common knowledge, as I was informed repeatedly, that the members all protect each other. Oxford Healthcare institution was well aware of this incident and removed Dr Polatinsky from their website at the time but I see they are promoting him again. In hindsite, I’ve realised that Dr Polatinsky’s disloyalty to me as a patient and his counselling of my husband and advising us to get divorced, was just a way to make more money from my husband after I had moved on. I have been told this by a few other Psychologists whom I have consulted purely to query Dr Polatinky’s motives in what he did to me. Dr Polatinsky has caused irrecoverable damage to my life and trauma for a period of 2 years that has consequently caused a wake of hurt and damage to both my husband’s and my families, which will probably never subside unfortunately. I personally would be very wary of this man and his motives and never let him consult with or advise anyone, as in my opinion, he behaved completely out of line and in an extremely unprofessional manner which is dangerous, in my opinion, for anyone vulnerable who seeks psychological help.