Are you telling us that you actually expect to be *given* your diploma after having openly challenged that indoctrination? Or,if you're planning to openly challenge it only *after* graduation,do you really expect to be able to keep whatever license you might need to practice your craft?
If the latter is the case you might want to refer to the legislation recently enacted in California which forbids counselors/therapists from attempting to tell kids that they must see themselves as either male or female according to their X/Y chromosome makeup.
Oy vey...I know. And curiously enough, I am considering moving to Calif next year - though I have serious reservations. It’s a fine line you have to walk in counseling - while you are “allowed” to have your own opinions and convictions, you are not to impose them on the client. You are supposed to honor the client’s autonomy at all times and never be judgmental...how this works in practice I’m not sure. Sometimes you may not be able to work with a certain client but you have to be careful about refusing to counsel certain types of clients. A common cautionary example used in my courses was the story of a Christian counselor who refused to counsel a lesbian couple on the basis that it violated her religious beliefs, but lost in court because she was not upholding the ethical principles of the counseling profession. Their rights to counseling trumped her right to her religious beliefs. The general consensus among my peers was that if she felt so strongly she should work for a Christian counseling center. Anyway - yes, it is a tough business in which to be a Christian and a conservative.