Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Social Work
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work [18 VAC 140 ‑ 20]
Action Unprofessional conduct/practice of conversion therapy
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 8/7/2019
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8/7/19  4:04 pm
Commenter: Dana Loew

So-called "conversion therapy"
 

 So-called "conversion therapy" is not therapy at all but instead is a practice of using rejection of the self in an attempt to change same gender attraction to opposite gender attraction. This may result in a few cases of the temporary observation of an opposite gender attraction appearance by the individual undergoing this practice in order to end this self rejection and/or until a temporary hypnotic state ends, but may also result in depression and suicide attempts. Futhermore, there will be financial loss. Thus so-called conversion therapy should be banned. Thankyou for reading this.

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