No major mental health professional organization has sanctioned efforts to change sexual orientation and virtually all of them have adopted policy statements cautioning the profession and the public about treatments that purport to change sexual orientation. These include the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association, National Association of Social Workers in the USA, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and the Australian Psychological Society.
How does the mental health profession approach efforts to change sexual orientation? What do these policy statements suggest?  What are some of the organizations that have released policy statements? What are some of the organizations that have released policy statements? Are their any mental health proffesionals that have programs to change sexual orientation? What policy statement has almost all proffesionals applied to their practices? What are some professional associations that do not offer changing sexual orientation programs?