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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8/1/19  10:44 pm
Commenter: Andrea Pitman

Ban Conversion Therapy
 

Conversion therapy is torture. There's no purpose to it, no benefit, no scientific backing. It's outdated, the product of a less accepting, less knowledgeable society and to act like it has any place in medical treatment is to cling to hate. Kids are not property, to be done with however a parent sees fit. A child's thoughts and feelings regarding their individual identity should be respected, and there is nothing respectful about conversion therapy.

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