Comments on: Sexual Identity Therapy is Not Reparative Therapy https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/12/08/sexual-identity-therapy-is-not-reparative-therapy/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 20:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/12/08/sexual-identity-therapy-is-not-reparative-therapy/#comment-92350 Wed, 30 May 2018 20:17:34 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13751#comment-92350 In reply to inca nitta.

inca nitta: If you don’t see it after reading here and there, I don’t think I can help you much. We have very little in common.

]]> By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/12/08/sexual-identity-therapy-is-not-reparative-therapy/#comment-92351 Wed, 30 May 2018 20:17:34 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13751#comment-92351 In reply to Ford.

Ford – In my role as a therapist, it is not up to me to tell my clients what the Bible teaches. They need to determine that for themselves so that their paths are authentically chosen without coercion from me. While I hold to the more traditional position, I know there are ambiguous passages and meanings in the Scripture. My approach is to follow the lead of the client when it comes to this doctrine.

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/12/08/sexual-identity-therapy-is-not-reparative-therapy/#comment-81237 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:19:52 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13751#comment-81237 @ Warren

I personally wouldn’t describe Romans (often cited as the ‘killer passage’ on ‘homosexuality’ in the NT) as ‘ambiguous’: to me it is very clear that it is beliefs, attitudes and behaviours that lead to “envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice” that are being presented as a threat to a person’s soul, and not ‘same-sex relations’ per se. But that’s my interpretation, of course … and I’m not infallible!

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/12/08/sexual-identity-therapy-is-not-reparative-therapy/#comment-81240 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:19:52 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13751#comment-81240 I would tend to agree that there is no clear ‘proscribing’ of loving same-sex sexual relations in the Bible. When ‘homosexuality’ is (apparently) mentioned, it is usually in a rather specific context (if one looks at the main apparent reference in the NT – that in Romans 1 – the point being by made the writer is that certain beliefs, attitudes and behaviours lead to “envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice” [v. 29], and one must surely ask the question “if a certain course of action does NOT lead to these things, is it still wrong according to that portion of scripture?”).

]]> By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/12/08/sexual-identity-therapy-is-not-reparative-therapy/#comment-81239 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:19:52 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13751#comment-81239 Ford – Yes, some clients decide that their religious views incorporate gay identification and others do not. It isn’t up to the therapist. Some therapists might need to refer at some point if the dissonance becomes too great but there is nothing in SIT that requires a referral.

For more, see the SITF website – http://www.sitframework.com.

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