Joint Statement: Renouncing Conversion Therapy

Joint Statement

Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy 
College of Psychiatrists of Ireland
Psychological Society of Ireland

Conversion therapy in Ireland renounced by healthcare bodies

Read the full statement HERE

Read the MoU HERE

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