Hawaii Health Department trains future therapists to conceal conversations with LGBT youth from parentsBy Kyle Morris, Fox News
July 27, 2023
A presentation offered by employees of the Hawaii Department of Health encourages staff and graduate students at the University of Hawaii Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy not to document their conversations with LGBTQ+ youth.
The training, titled “Affirming practice with LGBTQ+ youth” and obtained by Fox News Digital through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, was delivered to staff and graduate students at the university on May 5 by two members of the Hawaii Department of Health’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division’s Safe Spaces Committee.
The presenters were Kimberly Allen, chair of the Safe Spaces Committee, and Robin Lee, a member of the committee.
“Be careful about what you document – parents may be able to access the information,” the presentation noted under a slide about confidentiality.
The same slide – which told viewers to “be aware of Hawaii’s age of consent for mental health services law for youth 14 and older” – also stated: “It should ALWAYS be the LGBTQ+ person’s decision to whom and when they disclose their orientation or identity. Being LGBTQ+ is not a safety risk, but being out could be.”
* * *
Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/27/hawaii-health-department-trains-future-therapists-to-conceal-conversations-with-lgbt-youth-from-parents/
