My art expresses the abundance, humor and refuge of livestock, pets, wildlife and nature that surround my home. Yet this way of life was disparaged by my ex-therapist as reflective of a “poverty in relationships.”
Fatima Lasay
THE LONG PIG, 2021
Fatima Lasay
8.5 W x 11 H inches, acrylic on paperboard 220gsm
The woman is trying to jump to the sky. There’s a young pig clutching her. There is a very long pig in the sky. It has black spots. Two orioles are flying over the long pig. There are clouds in the sky and a few leaves in the trees.
I love this painting. It made me feel that there’s hope in the sanctuary of nature away from wicked people.
Fatima Lasay
When I painted this, I had just terminated therapy of nearly 6 months. I was doing my best to get better, at the same time, trying to understand why therapy was a failure. Later, I learned that the Psychologist Kit N Balane misrepresented his credentials. When I filed an ethics complaint the Psychologist tried to defend himself by asking why I stayed in therapy for so long if therapy was so bad. What he said made me feel that I was to blame for my symptoms and for the harm done by therapy.
WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, this Ethics Committee finds Respondent guilty of violating V (Advertisements and Public Statements), 111.E. (Human Relations, Multiple Relationships) as well as VIII. 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and D. 4 (Therapy, Multiple Relationships) of the Code of Ethics.
The Ethics Committee, Psychological Association of the Philippines, January 2023, Quezon City
In January 2023, I won my ethics case and Kit N Balane was found guilty of violating multiple provisions of the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards.
