Warren… That is possible although from what I know of the players that might be more likely of Cohen than Nicolosi. I say that because Cohen likes to beat pillows and scream which is associated with recovered memory “therapy.”

Yeah, it would more likely be that Nicolosi would make his reparative drive mountain out of ant and mole hills of minor everyday trifles of one’s early life experiences.

This is common for psychodynamic, interpersonal therapies and religion generally…it is, for these world views, about what I can change and what I have control over…

Or what God has control over?

I would like to see Joe’s statements about the temperamental precursor being biological. Such a precursor is not necessary nor is it sufficient in his view. The potent component that is necessary and sufficient is a trauma with the same-sex parent.

I’ve never seen him addressing this anywhere, but I do find this statement of Joe’s interesting:

Philosophically, I am an essentialist — not a social constructionist: I believe that gender identity and sexual orientation are grounded in biological reality. The body tells us who we are, and we cannot “construct” — assemble or disassemble — a different reality in which gender and sexual identity are out of synchrony with biology.

That appears in his essay, “Why I Am Not a Neutral Therapist” at the NARTH web site (http://narth.com/docs/notneutral.html). I’ve not seen essentialism used quite that way before. He turns the tables. If you read his entire essay for the context, it makes sense. He believes everyone is born heterosexual.
A Christian would say that we are born into a fallen world, tainted with original sin. That leaves open all possibilities for the origins of same-sex attraction. But it also essentially takes origin out of the picture as it becomes immaterial for those seeking wholeness through knowing God. Does it matter why a man is born blind or deaf or deformed? His infirmity does not define him or keep him from knowing God. In fact, it may be the very thing that draws him toward God. Regardless of whether or not SSA has biological precursors, all those who don’t want it feel the same pain. If it were part of their design, why would that be?

PS – I would like to see Joe’s statements about the temperamental precursor being biological. Such a precursor is not necessary nor is it sufficient in his view. The potent component that is necessary and sufficient is a trauma with the same-sex parent.