A West Palm Beach woman retained an active registered mental health counselor intern license, albeit on a probationary basis, despite committing extortion while a Florida Department of Children and Families employee.
Last week’s decision about Alexandra Cadet by the state Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling puts Cadet on probation until Feb. 24, 2027. Conditions of probation include a $1,000 fine; $425 in case costs; 16 hours of continuing medical education courses split between ethics and Florida mental health counseling laws; and practicing only under the review of a psychotherapist approved by the board.
This is in response to Cadet’s guilty plea to one count of extortion conspiracy, for which she was sentenced in October 2022 in Fort Lauderdale federal court to time served and three years of supervised release. On July 8, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Raag Singhal granted the motion by Cadet’s attorney, Jack Fleischman, to end her supervised release after 21 months…