Heuermann's Treating Therapist Was Never Licensed
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of Rex Heuermann's unlicensed therapist, Allison Winter, and her legal troubles.
For nearly three years, Allison Winter sat across from Rex Heuermann inside the Suffolk County Jail, week after week, counseling him and his family through some of the most consequential moments of his case. She was there around the time he privately confessed to his son and wife. What she wasn't, according to prosecutors, was a licensed clinical social worker. Winter now faces eighteen felony charges, including grand larceny, scheme to defraud, and unauthorized practice of a profession, for allegedly billing Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare for more than sixty thousand dollars while treating Heuermann without the credentials New York requires. She appeared prominently in the Peacock documentary covering the case, present for some of the family's rawest moments on camera. We focus specifically on what this means for Heuermann himself. Legal analyst Eric Faddis explains whether an unlicensed therapist sitting in on private sessions could give Heuermann's defense any traction, and why his guilty plea makes that path far harder than if the case had gone to trial. We also examine whether therapist-patient privilege still applies when the "therapist" wasn't legitimately licensed…
People in this episode
Guest: Eric Faddis
Topics covered
- legal analysis
- unlicensed therapist
- Rex Heuermann
- therapist-patient privilege
- criminal charges
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, Peacock
Places: New York
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