Comments on: The UK counseling association condemns actions of reparative therapist https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/05/27/the-uk-counseling-association-sanctions-reparative-therapist/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 19:22:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/05/27/the-uk-counseling-association-sanctions-reparative-therapist/#comment-88780 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:22:44 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9409#comment-88780 Richard Willmer# ~ May 28, 2011 at 6:37 am
“In itself, the BACP ruling does not bar Pilkington from plying her trade. That is a matter for the courts.”
However, as I understood the set up in England, if Pilkington lost her accreditation with BACP then she would no longer be eligible to receive NHS funds.

]]> By: Lynn David https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/05/27/the-uk-counseling-association-sanctions-reparative-therapist/#comment-88785 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:22:44 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9409#comment-88785 Meanwhile in America according to the GA Voice:

A lesbian, Amanda Booker, is suing the Bartow (Georgia) County Sheriff’s Department and others after she alleges her constitutional rights were violated when she was taken to a private residence for ex-gay conversion therapy rather than to a court-mandated psychiatric hospital for her drug abuse.

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/05/27/the-uk-counseling-association-sanctions-reparative-therapist/#comment-88777 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:22:44 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9409#comment-88777 In other words, she can still do her stuff, but gets no ‘tax dollars’ – the latter part of which sounds good to me!

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/05/27/the-uk-counseling-association-sanctions-reparative-therapist/#comment-88775 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:22:42 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9409#comment-88775 Well, Lynn, it shows the often strange nature of ‘English’ English (American English is more ‘standardised’): the verb ‘to sanction’ means ‘to validate’, while the noun ‘sanction’ means ‘punishment’!
In itself, the BACP ruling does not bar Pilkington from plying her trade. That is a matter for the courts.

]]> By: Jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/05/27/the-uk-counseling-association-sanctions-reparative-therapist/#comment-50297 Sun, 29 May 2011 08:11:23 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=9409#comment-50297 Throbert,

Not so different in US English — the verb “to sanction” pretty much always means “to give or show approval; to validate.” But the noun “sanction” can mean either “approval; validation” or “punishment; disapproval,” depending on sentence context.

I’m not one to disapprove of a lesson in proper grammar (or word usage), but isn’t this basically what Richard said above? Even though one of your noun examples was used in the negative, it seems to illustrate that the word sanction, at least as a noun, is used more to illustrate a “punishment” of sorts than it is to show approval. I’ll have to look into this more. 🙂

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