Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Psychology
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Psychology [18 VAC 125 ‑ 20]
Action Unprofessional conduct/conversion therapy
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 8/7/2019
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8/3/19  8:09 pm
Commenter: Joanna Melton

Respect Parental Rights
 

Please Do Not ban children and their families from the help they may be seeking through counselors and therapists.  Banning conversion therapy would deny parents their right to guide their children with others' help and it would deny children who want to resist same-sex attraction or work through gender dysphoria their right to seek help in that direction.  The ban would also put counselors and therapists at risk of losing their licenses, by assisting those seeking help against same-sex attraction, gender dysphoria, etc.

 

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