A graduate student has been expelled from her internship program at a Jesuit university after she exposed it for requiring counseling students to consume sadomasochistic pornography and submit a “sexual autobiography” — a violation of the American Psychological Association’s ethics code.
In a heartfelt video shared on X last Friday, 26-year-old Naomi Epps Best expressed her distress over being fired from her internship as part of the counseling program at Santa Clara University, an institution that trumpets its commitment to the Catholic Church. She is training to be a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT).
“Moments ago, I was fired from my therapy internship for blowing the whistle in The Wall Street Journal on ideological conformity and therapy training,” Best said, fighting back tears. “This comes with the regret of my boss, but he was left no choice due to the climate we are now in. I don’t know what’s next for me. It could get worse. This comes at great personal cost.
“I am not doing this for personal gain,” she added. “I am doing this because if we don’t have a set of therapists with diverse worldviews and with tolerance for people with diverse worldviews, we will alienate people who need psychological care and we will cause more harm than good.
“This will harm clients. This is not a partisan issue. This needs to be brought to the public attention. It is a crisis in therapy.”
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