Comments on: Sexual Identity Therapy Framework to Be Reviewed https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:44:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68875 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:44:17 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68875 Ah the “not” makes a lot more sense then.

]]> By: Mark https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68874 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:31:23 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68874 When I’ve worked with adolescents who report stable, exclusive SSA, I tend to reflect on various models of sexual identity development. There are many (e.g., Cass, Troiden, McDonald, etc.). These models have been criticized for a number of reasons (e.g., assumptions about homogeneity of experience, linear, etc.), but they have been generally helpful to me. My own experience and research in this area has suggested that there may be a time when an adolescent makes an initial attribution (about what SSA means to them or signals about them), so I consider whether this is what the young person is expressing. That initial attribution may change or expand to include other considerations, and in my experience it may not be consolidated until years later – sometimes into the mid twenties (for a small sample of gay Christians we studied) and into the early thirties (for a small sample of ex-gay Christians we studied). These are considered milestone events in the consolidation of a sexual identity and include attractions, behavior, first relationship, labeling, etc.

]]> By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68873 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:41:51 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68873 sigh – Would not label such a kid…

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68872 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:30:28 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68872 Warren said in post 80405:

If it makes it clearer, if a kid said I am attracted to the same-sex and I have always been attracted to the same-sex with no opposite sex attraction, I would label such a kid confused or in some stage.

No, I don’t find this very clear at all. Why would you label a kid who says he’s never had opposite sex attraction as “confused”?

]]> By: Ann https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68871 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:41:49 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/09/sexual-identity-therapy-framework-to-be-reviewed/#comment-68871 Dr. Throckmorton and Mark,

Can you PLEASE contribute more on the blog? Your comments are invaluable.

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