Comments on: ACA President Canfield promises Ethics Committee review https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/04/01/aca-president-canfield-promises-ethics-committee-review/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:55:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/04/01/aca-president-canfield-promises-ethics-committee-review/#comment-71366 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:55:43 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/04/01/aca-president-canfield-promises-ethics-committee-review/#comment-71366 Warren,

I absolutely agree – it IS a legitimate question that needs to be clarified. And its worth stating that just because someone is at odds with their sexuality, that doesn’t mean that they want to CHANGE (whatever that means), their sexuality – their dissonance could also be addressed, if they wished, by gay affirmative therapy. It would require the therapist to be more engaged in such a discussion with their clients though. And if the client isn’t sure what to do about their dissonance we are going to need educated therapists to aid in helping the client reach such a decision 🙂

]]> By: Mary https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/04/01/aca-president-canfield-promises-ethics-committee-review/#comment-71365 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:30:53 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/04/01/aca-president-canfield-promises-ethics-committee-review/#comment-71365 I think harm can be done both ways – by insisting that somone accept a counselor’s position or belief system. Some people cannot live as gay people. They also need a place to define how they will live. Not everyone is going to be driven by their sexuality.

And some people cannot live in constant struggle with their sexuality and are driven more by that and come to different conclusions about what their sexuality means to them.

Is it right that someone else or a group of others determine for you or for me which one we will live by??

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