A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
I released the advocacy film “I Do Exist” in July 2004. It was supposed to be a documentary style account of five former gays who had become straight through religious means. I showed the film at a conference of change therapists in November of that same year to great fanfare. It was shown all over … Continue reading “Blog Theme: Sexual Identity Therapy – Interview with Mark Yarhouse”
I have had to make this case several times over the years but the defensive posture of reparative therapists of late makes it necessary to do it again. As more people are coming against reparative drive theory, reparative therapists are softening and in some cases altering their rhetoric regarding what they believe and what they … Continue reading “Sexual Identity Therapy is Not Reparative Therapy”
(First posted on August 6, 2009) The Wall Street Journal’s Stephanie Simon has captured well the application of the APA task force sexual orientation report in an article out this morning. Of course I would say that… The men who seek help from evangelical counselor Warren Throckmorton often are deeply distressed. They have prayed, read … Continue reading “Sexual identity: Wall Street Journal reports on APA report and sexual identity therapy”
Peter LaBarbera today reprints Laurie Higgins critique of an article by Mark Yarhouse regarding the application of our sexual identity therapy framework (SITF). I am aware he does not mean to promote the framework but his articles have increased my emails about the framework and requests for referrals to therapists who practice in that manner. … Continue reading “Sexual Identity Therapy Framework resources”
Recently a brief portion of the sexual identity therapy framework was attacked by Peter LaBarbera. More broadly, his criticism challenges Christians in counseling: Should a counselor who is Christian insist that clients conform to the counselor’s beliefs? LaBarbera argues that Christians in counseling should suspend neutrality and require their clients to conform to what the … Continue reading “On the application of the sexual identity therapy framework: An answer to critics”
