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Natascha Cook

Last updated: 2026-10-18T09:33:12.737Z

Practitioner name: Natascha Cook
Name as recorded: Natascha Cook
Profession: Psychologist
Decision date: 2014-05-26
Offence category: Sexual misconduct with a patient
Offence: She treated a man for a traumatic stress disorder from 2007 and had sexual intercourse with him four times in 2009 while he was still her patient. She did not report herself; the man later said he felt unable to seek help from another psychologist. No criminal charges. Professional misconduct finding.
Outcome: Registration suspended for 6 months (1 July to 31 December 2014), light conditions afterwards; $16,000 costs. Her request to suppress her name was refused. QCAT (Hon J B Thomas, Judicial Member, with Dr Rebekah Doley, Dr Andrea Quinn and Graeme Lawrence) imposed conditions it called 'less burdensome' than those the Board proposed.
Outcome type: Suspended
Outcome length: 6 months
Category: Not recorded
Tribunal: Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Case name: Psychology Board of Australia v Cook [2014] QCAT 162
Citation: [2014] QCAT 162
Tribunal decision date: 2014-05-26
State: QLD
Tribunal city: Not recorded
National board: Psychology Board of Australia
Registration status: Not recorded
Official outcome (tribunal/board): Suspended 6 months
Source confidence: Not recorded
Notes: Permanently barred: No Source: CaseChat AU, 2014-05-26

Decision-makers

Hon J B Thomas (Judicial Member) · · Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Dr Rebekah Doley · · Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Dr Andrea Quinn · · Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Graeme Lawrence · · Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal