Welcome to the 'therapists against conversion therapy and transphobia' (TACTT) blog.

We are a group of therapists who are concerned about the current situation regarding conversion therapy.

As therapists we believe that all clients should have the right to explore themselves as fully in counselling as they wish to, without fear of being pressured into ideas that are not their own. We believe that conversion therapy stops this freedom of exploration.

Studies show that conversion therapy harms people. People who have experienced conversion therapy in the past have referred to it as torture, and we know that it has caused harm to people, and that at best, 'successes' of conversion therapy are people whose identities have not changed, but who are resolved to live in a different way.

This blog will be updated over time by various members, and will include links to self-care tips for therapists, blog posts on the current state of affairs, and other pieces of useful information.

You can follow us on twitter (@t_actt) or you're welcome to apply to our rapidly expanding email group to be kept up to date. You will be asked to verify yourself by either giving the name of someone you already know in the group, or providing a link to your website/social media spaces so that we can have some idea that you might be a therapist working against conversion therapy and transphobia.

Please stay tuned for more!