{"id":2605846,"date":"2026-05-22T11:56:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-who-detransitioned-after-double-mastectomy-reaches-multi-million-dollar-settlement-with-woke-therapists\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:59:17","slug":"woman-who-detransitioned-after-double-mastectomy-reaches-multi-million-dollar-settlement-with-woke-therapists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-who-detransitioned-after-double-mastectomy-reaches-multi-million-dollar-settlement-with-woke-therapists\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Who Detransitioned After Double Mastectomy Reaches Multi-Million Dollar Settlement with Woke Therapists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoman-who-detransitioned-after-double-mastectomy-reaches-multi-million-dollar-settlement-with-woke-therapists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605846&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two Oregon women therapists reached a reported $3.5 million confidential settlement with a patient who says she was pushed into a double mastectomy as \u201cgender-affirming care.\u201d The patient, Camille Kiefel, alleges a very brief evaluation process-two short zoom sessions-was used to approve the surgery, which she later claims worsened her mental health and physical wellbeing and contributed to suicidal ideation. She also says she detransitioned two years after the procedure and that she was not given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-surgeon-general-pick-dodges-questions-on-abortion-pill\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s surgeon general pick dodges questions on abortion pill\">true informed consent<\/a>. Her lawsuit includes claims of malpractice, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and fraud, involving Brave Space and Quest Center for Integrative Health.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two Oregon therapists have reached a $3.5 million settlement with a woman after urging her to butcher herself with a double mastectomy in the name of \u201cgender-affirming care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Camille Kiefel, 36, had her breasts removed in 2020 after referrals from Amy Ruff, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-candidate-had-social-worker-license-revoked-for-violating-louisiana-regulations\/\" title=\"Dem Candidate Had ... Worker License Revoked for Violating Louisiana Regulations\">licensed clinical social worker<\/a>, and a licensed professional counselor, Mara Burmeister.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint included the therapists\u2019 employers, Brave Space, and the Quest Center for Integrative Health.<\/p>\n<p>She filed in 2022 alleging the procedure was approved after an incredibly brief time to evaluate her \u2014 two sessions via Zoom video call that both lasted an hour or less.<\/p>\n<p>Her complaint includes claims of professional malpractice, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Kiefel says the mastectomy did not solve her problems and that she detransitioned two years afterward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Approved for surgery after just two Zoom calls.<\/p>\n<p>A woman who underwent a double mastectomy after identifying as nonbinary has reached a reported multi-million dollar confidential settlement agreement after suing the Oregon mental health providers who approved her for surgery.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GaB9QfvF1w\">pic.twitter.com\/GaB9QfvF1w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Just Jen \u211e \ud83e\udee1\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JustJenRX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustJenRX\/status\/2057793262736335111?\">May 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5f232ea74d8342386a7ebc52\/t\/63a0afdfc02f9322762974cf\/1671475168006\/Kiefel+First+Amended+Complaint+%28file+stamped%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint<\/a> reads:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn or around May 2022 Plaintiff realized that she did not have \u2018gender identity disorder\u2019 or \u2018gender dysphoria,\u2019 that she has accepted the fact of being a woman, that her long history of mental health problems were finally improving through engaging in non-invasive mental health therapies involving embodiment and health and wellness and physical health improvements through holistic and alternative therapies, and that having her breasts surgically removed worsened rather than improved her mental, emotional, psychological, social, and physical health and well-being, including increased suicidal ideation after and because of the Gender Surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Per the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/21\/media\/detransitioner-wins-settlement-after-suing-providers-following-double-mastectomy\/?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=nypost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Kiefel experienced trauma from childhood, while also dealing with depression, ADHD, and suicidal ideation.<\/p>\n<p>She first encountered gender ideology and notions of being \u201cnonbinary\u201d in college, but the surgery left her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >feeling worse \u2014 experiencing vertigo<\/a>, tinnitus, and Raynaud\u2019s syndrome, a condition where limbs can feel numb or cold when temperatures are low.<\/p>\n<p>Kiefel started to feel better once she looked at her lifestyle, specifically her diet. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult because now I\u2019m the most mentally healthy and most mentally stable I\u2019ve been in my entire life, but I now no longer have my breasts,\u201d she said about her current state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it is difficult because there\u2019s like little reminders like, I\u2019ll be looking in a mirror after taking a shower and those ugly scars are still there. Dresses don\u2019t fit me the same way\u2026 I\u2019d like to have kids, but I would never be able to nurse them, and I\u2019ll never have that connection with them, and then they won\u2019t get the benefits of breast milk. So it\u2019s been difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also commented on the broader significance of what she endured, hoping it would help others. \u201cI didn\u2019t want what happened to me to happen to other vulnerable girls and women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I wasn\u2019t given true informed consent. And that\u2019s something that everyone deserves to have for any medical procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a tragic and heartbreaking story.<\/p>\n<p>Kiefel was an adult, but this is unfortunately happening to children as well.<\/p>\n<p>Generations to come will look back in amazement that we could treat each other this way.<\/p>\n<p>The 20th century saw the lobotomy become an adopted practice to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-mo-brooks-mass-shootings-caused-by-declines-in-moral-values-respect-for-human-life\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Mo Brooks: Mass Shootings Caused By Declines In \u2018Moral Values,\u2019 \u2018Respect For Human Life\u2019\">address mental health issues<\/a>. The patient\u2019s brain would be damaged in the name of \u201chealth,\u201d barbarically done via ice pick.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s bewildering \u2014 how could medical professionals ever do such a thing?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGender affirming care\u201d is going to be remembered the same way.<\/p>\n<p>It is madness and harm masquerading as care that has ruined countless lives.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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