A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
In the complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center against Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), there are strange allegations made by the plaintiffs. One of the strangest is the following from page 16 of the SPLC complaint: In this paragraph, Alan Downing is a life coach who works for JONAH and was … Continue reading “The Reparative Therapy Makeover: Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Banana?”
Last week, NARTH’s Chris Doyle and Julie Hamilton went on the Dr Oz show to defend reparative therapy by portraying it as something other than reparative therapy. This week, NARTH’s representatives carried the makeover a little further in a NBC News article. There is much I could comment on and may in the future, but … Continue reading “The Reparative Therapy Makeover Continues: No Naked Therapy?”
Interesting case. SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) – An attorney says he was forced to quit his job after a law firm docked his pay because he refused to go to a seminar where he feared he would be “stripped naked, not allowed to leave, be required to discuss details of his sex life, handle a … Continue reading “Man accuses employer of making him go to New Warriors Training Adventure”
The Mankind Project has been off my radar for months. However, UK journalist Tom Mitchelson put it back on with his eyewitness account published in Saturday’s UK Mail Online. I first heard about the MKP’s New Warriors Training Adventure at a NARTH (National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality) conference in 2003. Various members, including then President Joe Nicolosi, … Continue reading “Mankind Project provides journalist with a “very weird weekend””
According to a Salt Lake City newspaper, writer Ted Cox wanted to know what an ex-gay program was like so he signed up for a Journey into Manhood weekend in Utah. He planned to write a story about it but was derailed by JIM founder Rich Wyler. Cox, a former Mormon, is a heterosexual who, … Continue reading “Writer Journeys into Manhood undercover”