Comments on: Equine Assisted Therapy Pastor Denies Gay Therapy Story https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/02/equine-assisted-therapy-pastor-denies-gay-therapy-story/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 20:56:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/02/equine-assisted-therapy-pastor-denies-gay-therapy-story/#comment-93649 Wed, 30 May 2018 20:56:15 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13888#comment-93649 In reply to Patrocles.

Patrocles – Perhaps you missed the post where I linked to half a dozen articles demonstrating that beating pillows facilitates aggression and is not now recommended by anyone in the mainstream.
The statements re: horse cure may or may not be an invention. Sure the reporter could have made it up. But if Mr. Bell is not being honest, he would not be the first person to say something to a reporter and then wish he hadn’t. I don’t know either the reporter or Mr. Bell so I am reporting it all.

]]> By: Mary https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/02/equine-assisted-therapy-pastor-denies-gay-therapy-story/#comment-89493 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:29:27 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13888#comment-89493 In their defense (albeit it not strong) they call homosexuality an addiction – so I guess the equine therapy is able to lesson addictions, one of those being gay.

]]> By: Dave https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/02/equine-assisted-therapy-pastor-denies-gay-therapy-story/#comment-89495 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:29:27 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13888#comment-89495 Strange indeed .. their website alert seems to be a ‘circle the wagons’ approach .. suggesting criminal intent in those who will not enter a dialog with them. Why not simply deny that they use EAP for this and be done with it? Odd..
Anyway .. I did some fishing on the internet and found that this EAP program comes directly from a person named Greg Kersten.
I found this by following the Cowboy church’s links .. see here:
http://www.cowboychurchofva.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=142&Itemid=333
The above page has a link to the OK Corral Series here: http://www.okcorralseries.com/
ANd the OK Corral Series give credit to Greg Kersten. Greg Kersten apparently also founded the EAGALA .. an organization that he is currently suing . See here: http://gregkersten.com/
The only reference I can find to any sort of gender therapy or gay therapy is at the EAGALA site .. http://www.eagala.org/search/node/gay
As you can see on the list on the above page .. several practicers of EAP mention gender identity or gay issues as something they work on through EAP.
So there seems to be some link between EAP and this kind of therapy .. Whether Pastor Bell practices it in the programs he sponsors is unknown.
Dave

]]> By: Jon Trouten https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/02/equine-assisted-therapy-pastor-denies-gay-therapy-story/#comment-89490 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:29:27 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13888#comment-89490 I wasn’t aware that I’m acting giddy or promoting any agenda. I actually do know a bit about equine therapy through a nearby program called Miracles In Motion, which works with disabled youth and adults. I do know that it isn’t an ex-gay tool.

]]> By: StraightGrandmother https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/02/equine-assisted-therapy-pastor-denies-gay-therapy-story/#comment-89491 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:29:27 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=13888#comment-89491 Warren I hope you change your headline back after reading their brochure found on Truth Wins Out.

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