A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
Wednesday June 27, at 8pm (est), Paula Zahn will examine changes in attitudes among people doing sexual identity therapy and ministry. I was interviewed for this segment as was Alan Chambers. Not sure what the exact focus will be. But the Zahn website has this brief description: Wednesday’s show Boys who want to be girls… … Continue reading “Paula Zahn to examine “changing attitudes and lifestyles””
PFLAG president John Cepek today posted a particularly vigorous reaction on the Chicago Tribune’s blog regarding the June 11 Tribune article about sexual identity therapy. In one sense, I can understand that he lumps me in with reparative therapists. The article was not particularly clear on that point. I made it a point to differentiate … Continue reading “PFLAG reaction to the Chicago Trib article”
The American Psychological Association has issued a call for nominations titled: Call for Nominations for the Board of Director’s Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. The charge of the Task Force is threefold: (1) To revise and update the APA resolution Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation (1997); (2) To generate a … Continue reading “American Psychological Association responds to “external organizations””
Some interesting recent articles online from the APA Monitor. Specifically this one detailing the interface of romance and sexual attractions brings into mainstream discussion research and theorizing very relevant to the definition of ex-gays and change. Daryl Bem briefly anticipated some applications of this work in July, 2005 on his website. The subtitle of the … Continue reading “Are love and sex bidirectional?”
As much for my own reference and recollection as anything else, I compiled this top ten list of stories from 2006. Since I am the only voter, the list is subjective and regular readers might arrange them differently or think I should have included another story over one of these. I am interested to hear … Continue reading “Year in review – Top ten stories from 2006”