Nauseating Secrets from the World of Family Therapy Education

On a recent episode of “Relatable,” Naomi sat down with Allie Beth Stuckey to expose what our future counseling therapists are being taught about gender identity and “care” for minors.

An important and insightful listen.

Naomi published that op-ed in the Wall Street Journal criticizing Santa Clara University’s Marriage and Family Therapy counseling program, particularly its required human sexuality course. Just days after the article’s publication, Naomi was fired from her therapy internship.

But before that, she was “summoned to a 15-on-one struggle meeting,” where her fellow “therapists-in-training” launched “character attacks” at her.

“These people called me unsafe. They called me a danger to the profession,” she recounted.

Then because all private channels failed, Naomi wrote this follow-up to her op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.

Key quotes from the video:

“We were taught that if a child comes to us and they are experiencing extreme gender-related distress,” it is our “ethical obligation … to affirm them in their belief and to not act as a gatekeeper for their medical treatment,” says Naomi. “That is what I was taught at [Santa Clara University], and that is what is being propagated downward from the psychological governing bodies in this country.”

“I’ve talked to so many de-transitioners,” says Allie, “and every single one says that there was a therapy counselor who simply “uncritically affirm[ed]” their gender of choice. Even if the child also suffers from anorexia, bipolar disorder, or autism, the therapist is obligated to “ignore all of that, and say, ‘Yes, here is your letter of recommendation to go on puberty blockers, cross- sex hormones, [or] get your breasts cut off.”’

“Yes, exactly,” says Naomi. “[That methodology] is by design in this profession. There are great therapists out there, who will ask deeper questions and will walk with a child who has gender dysphoria and provide them good care, but those individuals are going against the current ethical standards and guidelines in our profession, and they’re taking a risk by doing that.”

Sadly, in the world of therapy counseling education in our country, helping people thrive is often synonymous with affirming their delusions.

[If you (or your child) are considering going into family and marriage therapy or counseling, please check out the syllabuses outlining the structure, expectations, and content of the courses you’d be taking and find out for yourself.]

To hear more of Naomi’s wild story about what’s going on, watch the episode above.

“So then, each of us will give an account to God for ourselves.” ~Romans 14:12

“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.” ~Proverbs 11:3

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