AOTA's Societal Statement Denouncing Conversion Therapy

The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) asserts that occupational therapy practitioners have a role in opposing the harmful, discriminatory practice of conversion “therapy” and protecting LGBTQIA+1 people. This assertion is congruent with the AOTA 2020 Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (2020) principles of Justice, Beneficence, and Nonmaleficence as well as the OTPF-4 framework’s definition of Occupational Justice (AOTA, 2020a; AOTA, 2020b). Occupational therapy practitioners should never participate in or promote the principles of conversion “therapy” practices as part of occupational therapy intervention.