Ordered that the interlocutory judgment is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the claim is dismissed.
It is well settled that neither a medical provider, in this case a psychotherapist, nor the State or governmental subdivisions employing the medical provider, may be held liable for a mere error in professional judgment (see, Darren v Safier,
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