		<div class="wpcnt">
			<div class="wpa">
				<span class="wpa-about">Advertisements</span>
				<div class="u top_amp">
							<amp-ad width="300" height="265"
		 type="pubmine"
		 data-siteid="109460728"
		 data-section="1">
		</amp-ad>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div><header class="article-header">
<h6 class="headline"><span style="color: #050000;"><strong>Iowa therapist was accused Monday of sexually exploiting a female patient</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline"><span style="color: #050000;"><strong>Aracely Schutters was arrested after she allegedly engaged in unwanted kissing and touching with a female adult patient in a hot tub at her home</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline"><span style="color: #050000;"><strong>Schutters, 45, had the woman enter into a hot tub with the intent of discussing her problems on Dec </strong></span><span style="color: #050000;"><strong> 4, in Bettendorf, Iowa</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline"><span style="color: #050000;"><strong>The therapist allegedly, then tried to ply the patient with alcohol and “engaged in unwanted kissing and touching of the victim’s inner thigh, breast and groin” </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline"><span style="color: #050000;"><strong>Schutters has admitted to kissing the woman in the hot tub</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline"><span style="color: #050000;"><strong>Charged with exploitation by a counselor, released Tuesday after posting $5,000 bail</strong></span></h6>
</header>
<div class="article-content-wrap sticky-columns">
<div class="article-content">
<div class="article-body">
<div class="featured featured-image image-ct">
<div class="info">
<div class="caption">
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-288897" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Aracely-Schutters-2-1.png" alt="Aracely Schutters 2.png" width="703" height="395" /><strong>Aracely Schutters, arrested for sexual assault of a patient in therapy</strong></h6>
<p>Aracely Schutters, a 45-year-old counselor, was arrested after she allegedly engaged in unwanted kissing and touching with a female adult patient in a hot tub at her home on Dec. 4 in Bettendorf, Iowa.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>An Iowa therapist was accused Monday of sexually exploiting a female patient after she allegedly kissed and touched her in a hot tub last month.<br />
Aracely Schutters, a 45-year-old social worker, invited a patient to her home in Bettendorf under the pretext of a counseling session the night of Dec. 4, <a href="http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Bettendorf-therapist-charged-with-sexual-exploitation--470710673.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KWQC-TV</a> reported.<br />
Schutters had the woman enter into a hot tub with the intent of discussing her problems, but then allegedly tried to get the woman to drink alcohol and “engaged in unwanted kissing and touching of the victim’s inner thigh, breast and groin,” the station reported.<br />
An affidavit stated that after inappropriately touching the woman, Schutters said, “this is so wrong, I can’t be your counselor anymore.”<br />
The woman reportedly left the house.<br />
Schutters later texted and called the woman to apologize for the hot tub incident, police said.<br />
The patient had been seeing Schutters for emotional health counseling for about 18 months. The two had never met outside of the office before, <a href="http://wqad.com/2018/01/23/bettendorf-counselor-accused-of-sexual-exploitation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WQAD</a> reported.<br />
Schutters, who has more than 15 years of experience in the psychiatric field, admitted in interviews to kissing the woman in the hot tub, police said.<br />
She was charged Monday with exploitation by a counselor and was released Tuesday after posting the $5,000 bail.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Iowa therapist, Aracely Schutters, 45, accused of ‘kissing and touching’ patient in hot tub, during therapy
