Reminiscent of Trumpf and his relationship with religious extremes.
Edit: fast 'U' turn there, or maybe just a distraction.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Thu 31 Mar 2022, 21:35,
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Not a full U-turn
Apparently trans people are fair game. Which is an odd position to take, given other news this week.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 1 Apr 2022, 2:55,
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Depends though doesn't it
I'd expect a dysphoric patient to be offered talking therapies before surgery or hormone treatment because those avenues are risky and irreversible. Would that be considered "conversion" therapy?
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No.
Caveat: there must be some bad talking therapists out there, possibly even religious bigots who've bizarrely chosen to enter the mental healthcare profession, but the goal of CBT is not to create worse psychological problems for patients.
The people in the public consultation opposed to the ban on torturing LGBT people are not talking therapists, they are pretty much exclusively the 'religious freedom' lobby of hateful nutcases and weirdos.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Fri 1 Apr 2022, 14:38,
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No, not done properly.
Exploring someones motivations, feelings, thoughts around transitioning is not the same as praying for salvation from 'sin', banishing 'bad' feelings with coercive religious services, aversion techniques etc.
It's the difference between an open discussion and being forced into a stress position while being told how 'wrong' you are.
Here is a professional document about the therapeutic pathway
www.genderpsychology.org/transsexual/hbsoc_2001.html
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 1 Apr 2022, 15:29,
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