The Story: In both the U.S. and U.K, recent legal
and legislative actions have attempted to discredit and ban reparative
therapy (therapeutic approaches used to assist individuals in changing
their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual). According to Christian Concern,
the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy has
informed a Christian counselor that she will lose her accreditation
after she was tricked into provided counseling to a fake client who was
secretly an undercover journalist. And in California, a bill is making
its way through the legislature that would ban the therapy for minors
and discourage it for adults.
The Background: The complaint against Lesley
Pilkington, a counselor with over 20 years of experience, was brought
against her by homosexual journalist Patrick Strudwick. Strudwick
approached the counselor while attending a Christian conference about
sexuality and pretended to be a Christian in need of help over unwanted
homosexual attraction. According to the court report, Pilkington agreed
to help him and they mutually agreed that the counseling would be based
on Christian principles.
Throughout the two counseling sessions, Strudwick repeatedly told
Pilkington that he wanted to leave his homosexual lifestyle, that it had
become meaningless to him and that he wanted to change, says Christian
Concern.
The Appeal Panel found this week that Pilkington should still lose
her senior accredited status because she should not have assumed that
Strudwick wanted to proceed under the same therapeutic approach that she
offered, despite the fact they both agreed to do so. It also found that
she should not have taken his claim that he was depressed because of
his homosexuality at face value. Continue at Joe Carter
1 comment:
It's just sad that there are some people who undergo Christian counseling to discredit someone. In truth, this is actually a step by step process which requires openness from both sides.
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