Gary Schoener, M.Esq., LP

Gary Schoener, M.Eq., LP, is a Clinical Psychologist, licensed since 1974, who currently divides his time between private forensic practice and his role as Director, Inst. for Consultation & Training, Walk-In Counseling Center (WICC). Gary served as Executive Director of the WICC for 37 years.

Gary consults and testifies in legal cases involving professional practice in psychology and other health care fields. Among his work in more than 2,000 cases are some cases involving duty to warn or protect as well as suicide intervention. This has included cases in Minnesota, but also some in states like Oklahoma and Wisconsin where therapists have a duty to warn but not the sort of protection they have in Minnesota when they carry out this duty.

Gary has monographs on dealing with dangerous clients and suicide intervention which are updated continuously and have been used in his training work and conferences on professional boundaries and ethics.  These are posted on the WICC website and are widely circulated.

Gary also consults and trains on issues related to organizational responsibility and liability, and on clinical supervision.

The speaker indicates they do not have any conflicts of interest.