Social workers reject ‘reparative therapy’ for gays
Declan Coogan, spokes-man for the Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW), said sexual orientation conversion therapy, also known as reparative therapy, “is based on the erroneous belief that homosexuality is an illness”.
“There is no evidence that conversion therapy is effective, though there is evidence of mental health risks associated with the use of such approaches with gay, lesbian or bisexual people,” he said.