Reparative Therapy And Beliefs In The Practice Of Clinical Psychology: A Systematic Review

• Autor(a) principal: Capra, Anna Carolina
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Ferracini, Isabela de Mattos Vieira, Irigaray, Tatiana Quarti
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/12860
• topic: Clinical psychology; Reparative therapy; Beliefs; Gay conversion therapy; LGBT; Psicología Clínica; Terapia Reparativa; Creencias; Cura gay; LGBT; Psicologia Clínica; Terapia Reparativa; Crenças; Cura Gay; LGBT

The reparative therapy, popularly called “gay cure”, are based on the justification that every lesbian, bisexual, homosexual or transsexual person suffers from a disorder. Such irregular practices motivated by beliefs that pathologize the LGBT population are still identified. For this reason,this study aimed to investigate the beliefs and attitudes of psychology professionals about the use of reparative therapy in clinical practice with the LGBT population. A systematic literature review was performed, using a string “LGBT” OR “LGB” AND “reparative therapy” OR “beliefs” in the SciELO and “LGBT” OR “LGB” databases AND “reparative therapy” OR “beliefs” in Scopus and Pubmed bases. A total of 339 productions were found, with the final analysis bank consisting of four articles. The results showed predominantly ideological and/or religious beliefs that favor reparative therapy. More studies are needed that seek to understand what leads to the unpreparedness of professionals in relation to the LGBT population, as well as the consequences of reparative therapy, mainly, in the national scenario.