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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8/7/19  10:44 pm
Commenter: N. J. Shore, MSW

Your ban is a regulatory overreach
 

This proposal is possibly unconstitutional. It is at the very least unwise as written.  A young person and his family needs to be able to explore all possibilities in thecomplrx world of sexuality and sexual feelings.  Parents have the right to help form their own children’s moral conscience, which is by no means abusive.  In our oversexualized culture, a young person can easily have considerable confusion over their identity and their developing feelings. The final answer is not yet in on all the factors at play in an adult identity. Counseling on moral behavior, such as is defined by a church or faith tradition, is something short of abusive, and can help ca young person clarify for himself where he stands and what is possible. Sexual identity is complex, and very often not a finished issue for many years. Do not limit what a professional can explore with a minor, in either direction. 

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