Gender Conversion Therapy

We often hear of ‘conversion therapy’ in the context of refusing to understand the reality of the client and enforcing our view on what they should or shouldn’t be. This is the premise of the affirmative approach, it is the client that knows better.

However, the NHS in its review of its gender identity services has changed from its affirmative approach, stating that ‘social transition’ – which includes changing a patient’s name, pronouns or the way that they dress – should no longer be regarded as a ‘neutral act’.  This includes clinical decisions, like prescribing puberty blockers, that may have life-long consequences.

To address this recent social phenomenon in understanding sex and gender, we are grateful to be joined by Dr André Van Mol.

Date: Saturday 4th February 2023

Time: 5 pm (GMT), 9 am (PST)

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André Van Mol, MD is a board-certified family physician in full-time practice in California. He co-chairs both the American College of Pediatricians’ Committee on Adolescent Sexuality and the Christian Medical & Dental Associations Sexual & Gender Identity Task Force. Dr. Van Mol writes and speaks for the CMDA on issues of bioethical and Christian concern, and has been extensively published in professional and general literature. He works with Alliance Defending Freedom in a coalition of professionals advising on policy matters addressing sexual orientation and gender identity, including serving as amicus curiae/friend of court in federal appellate and SCOTUS cases. He advises legislators, government agencies, and advocacy organizations internationally on sexuality and gender identity. Dr. Van Mol serves on the boards of Bethel Church of Redding and Moral Revolution. He and his wife Evelyn —both former U.S. Naval officers—have two sons and two daughters, the latter of whom were among their nine foster children.