Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Counseling
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling [18 VAC 115 ‑ 20]
Action Unprofessional conduct - conversion therapy
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 8/7/2019
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8/2/19  12:54 pm
Commenter: Christine Robinson

Protect minors from clinical abuse. No sexual orientation or gender identity is a mental illness
 

It is unethical and abusive for any professional in a clinical setting to shame minors about their sexual orientation or gender identity (or to reinforce shame a minor may already have internalized), whether it is based on religion or anything else.

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