Conversion therapy is discredited and increases risk of suicide -- yet fewer than half of US states have bans in place
By Donna Sheperis, Professor of Counseling, Palo Alto University
Carl Sheperis, Professor of Mental Health Counseling, Texas A&M-San Antonio
Kentucky lawmakers are trying to make the state the 21st to enact a ban on conversion therapy. In states that are 'silent' on the issue, nonprofessionals are allowed to continue the harmful practice.
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Thursday, June 24, 2021