Retired Therapist May Have Been Unqualified To Practice

A recently retired Colorado Springs therapist is facing accusations that he was not certified to practice psychotherapy.

Edwin Shockney is being investigated by the state licensing board for complaints that he did not possess the proper credentials. He has been practicing for decades.

Justin Nelson, one of Shockney?s patients, was sent to a therapist after a head injury at work.

?His (Shockney?s) therapy sessions were mainly him talking about himself for almost the entire hour,? said Nelson. ?His boxing career (and) how he had had multiple head injuries himself. He never really did any sort of therapy on me.?

?He would have me sit in his chair and listen to music while he would go off and do something else,? said Nelson. ?Then he’d come back an hour later and tell me the session was over.?

The sign at Shockney?s office had been taken down and the door was locked. The sign in front of the building said he was a Ph.D. and LPC (licensed professional counselor).

Target 13 went to Shockney?s house to give him the opportunity to respond to the accusations. His wife May answered the door, but would not answer any questions about the accusations or her husband?s credentials. She simply said that her husband was not home and that he had retired.

Target 13 contacted DORA, the state department that regulates this type of thing. The spokesperson said he could not confirm or deny that Shockney was being investigated.

KRDO also learned that Shockney served as an expert witness in 144 court cases dating back to the mid 1970s. It is too early to tell what effect these allegations may have on those cases.