A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
I posted this to the SIT Blog and I hope other bloggers post this on their blogs. News Release Sexual Identity Therapy Framework to Be Reviewed The Sexual Identity Therapy Framework, authored by Warren Throckmorton and Mark Yarhouse, will be reviewed in 2008 for possible revision. Proposed as a means to help counselors work with … Continue reading “Sexual Identity Therapy Framework to Be Reviewed”
The symposium went well with about 130 in attendance. Here are my power point and notes that were distributed. Later, after I get permission from the other presenters, I will post their slides as well. In the picture below, Lee Beckstead and I are fielding a question; Mark Yarhouse is trying to get us off … Continue reading “APA sexual identity therapy symposium”
In this second post about therapeutic neutrality, I want to discuss what it does and doesn’t mean in sexual identity therapy. Again, I want to react to some of the thoughts from Dr. Nicolosi in his article, Why I Am Not a Neutral Therapist. Dr. Nicolosi writes: What will happen when the uncommitted (“neutral”) therapist … Continue reading “Sexual identity therapy and neutrality, Part two”
Continuing the discussion about sexual identity therapy, I want to contrast our framework with both gay affirming and reparative therapies on the dimension of value neutrality in two posts. As a springboard for my thoughts, I want to quote from an article by Joseph Nicolosi on the NARTH website called, “Why I Am Not A … Continue reading “Sexual identity therapy and neutrality, Part one”
Next week (August 17) I will participate in a symposium on sexual identity conflicts at the American Psychological Association annual conference in San Francisco, CA. Here is the brief description from the association website (scroll down to Division 36): Div. 36 (Psychology of Religion) Friday, 2-2:50 p.m.• Symposium: “Sexual Identity Therapy to Address Religious and … Continue reading “APA symposium to examine sexual identity therapy”