
Quote reblogged from Friends Are Evil with 129 notes
One US study found that over a quarter of therapists seen by bisexual clients erroneously assumed that sexual identity was relevant to the goal of therapy when the client didn’t agree, and around a sixth saw bisexuality as being part of an illness. 7% attempted conversion to heterosexuality and 4% to being lesbian or gay. Many therapists were openly uncomfortable about bisexuality …
The UK Mind study suggests that the situation may well be similar in the UK. It found that a third of bisexual men reported that health professionals had made a link between their sexuality and a mental health problem.
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I never came out to any of my therapists. I wasn’t sure if they’d be biased or not.
…speaking of which (re: my last post)
I’m from the UK, and when I received counselling for depression, my therapist made the link too (although I do think...