Guffanti has sent out an email with an endorsement from Mark C. Diamond PHD of Temecula. This is the same Mark C. Diamond who thought it appropriate to bring his own nine year old son, Mathew Diamond, into a doctor/patient counseling session with a distraught mother.
The mother had a teen age son who suffered from bipolar disease. She recently had found suicide notes and homosexual material in her teenage son's room and was especially distraught. She called for a session with Dr. Diamond to discuss those issues--teenage suicide and homosexuality. She was crying and upset. Dr. Diamond thought this would be a great session for his NINE YEAR OLD son to observe to learn about his father's job. Weird! But anyone who would endorse Guffanti has to be a little bit weird. In this case Guffanti found someone A LOT WEIRD!
Even thought Dr. Diamond saw no problem with his own NINE YEAR OLD son listening to description of homosexual material and suicide, the Board of Psychology, State of California Department of Consumer Affairs apparently thought differently. Dr. Diamond had to pay over $10,000 and was put on probation for this instance of unprofessional conduct and POOR JUDGMENT!
Guffanti really gets great endorsements. he must be pretty hard up if the only endorsement he can get is from someone who was found by a STATE BOARD of CALIFORNIA to have POOR JUDGEMENT!!!
I wonder how hard it would be to find another psychologist in our area to be certified in a state board hearing to have POOR JUDGEMENT!!! Guffanti likely found the ONLY ONE and used him for an endorsement for himself. WOW! He emailed multitudes of copies of the Dr. Diamond endorsement to email inboxes all over our district. What does Guffanti's pride in Dr. Diamond's endorsement say about Guffanti's judgement?
Read the board's finding about Mark C. Diamond's poor judgement here:
http://www.psychboard.ca.gov/consumers/diamond-mark.pdf
Read what Mark C. Diamond, the guy with POOR JUDGEMENT said about Guffanti and sent out by Guffanti via his notorious Guffanti emails here:
My friend, Stephen Guffanti, M.D., has asked me to write for him a public character reference. It is my pleasure to do so. I am a psychotherapist and have been a licensed clinical psychologist in California since 1985. I have known Dr. Guffanti for well over twenty years. During this time I have witnessed him perform in a number of forums, including as a medical doctor and as an advocate for children's education. From his medical patients, to students, teachers, and school administrators, Dr. Guffanti encourages others to take personal responsibility for their actions while empowering them to reach their life's potential. As one of the finest natural healers I have ever known, Dr. Guffanti urges others to view their life's problems as challenges—not obstacles.
Dr. Guffanti's credibility is the key in his helping others. It is my belief that he would never ask another person to do anything that he himself was not willing to do. He is as ethical, forthright, and brave an individual as any I have ever known. Dr. Guffanti is not afraid to be direct with a patient, even though he knows that some of his patients might rather hear falsely soothing words from the physician than encouragement from them to take greater responsibility for their physical health.
Dr. Guffanti's philosophy of doing the right thing, despite the cost, is further underlined by a lifetime of volunteering his time and financial resources towards making both his clients and his community more efficient in publicly and privately educating our children. I have never seen him waver from this commitment. He has been a personal role model for my own integrity.
Mark D. Diamond, Ph. D.
Temecula, CA October 25, 2008
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