Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Counseling
 
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4/13/19  10:29 am
Commenter: Ann L. Petrie, Ph.D.

Freedom of cghoice for Clients
 

Respect for the diversity of clients' beliefs and faith are are longstanding ethical linchpins of the therapeutic relationship.  The Board's activist attempts  to eliminate parents' or clients' choices of treatment  compatible with parents'  religious beliefs is in fact a viuolation of therapeutic neutrality and professional ethics.  

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