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During the Montel Williams Show called Homosexuality…Can it be cured?, Dr. Alicia Salzer said in response to Alan Chambers: …science has shown us that 96% of people cannot change and along the way, absorb an enormous amount of self-loathing, a lot of confusion, a lot of family conflict, so I…
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This statement was posted this afternoon on the Exodus International website: Statement on Richard Cohen Exodus International does not endorse the work of Richard Cohen or the methods utilized in his practice. Some of the techniques Mr. Cohen employs could be detrimental to an individual’s understanding of healthy relational boundaries…
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I just received this email from Richard Cohen, published here with permission: March 22, 2007 International Healing Foundation Tel. (301) 805-6111 Greetings, I would like to address the questions that some friends have expressed in regard to some of the media appearances I’ve done recently, including Jimmy Kimmel Live, Paula…
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In Richard Cohen’s most recent media performance, he mentioned that he is a certified sexual reorientation coach. I looked this up on his website and learned that Richard is the lead certifier and, at present, probably the only CSRC in the world. That may soon change however, as the training…
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It’s like deju vu all over again. Wanna be a CSRC? I kept wondering when Donnie Davies was going to appear. UPDATE: 3/22/07 Randy Thomas of Exodus weighs in on the Daily Show appearance. The comments on his posts are interesting as well. Also, You Tube has taken the video…
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Since last Thursday’s Montel Williams Show, I have called show producers and emailed the show several times asking them for research to support a statement made by psychiatrist Alicia Salzer in reference first to Alan Chambers’ story and then to change therapies in general. She said: This is marketing; this…
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In church Sunday with my classical guitar, I accompanied two brilliant players, Christina Berdos (violin) and Dan Ragonesi (cello) in playing this lovely song, The Prayer.
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Commenters on recent posts have mentioned Freud’s views of homosexuality. I am looking for an easy link to the section in Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality where he discussed homosexuality. In the mean time, I thought I would post his letter to a woman who wrote him about…
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Dr. Albert Mohler has responded to some of the criticisms leveled at him. I blogged about Dr. Mohler’s article here and responded to his ideas about prevention here.
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Montel’s episode Homosexuality…Can it be cured? aired this morning. I will be adding to this post through the day but I can offer a few reactions. Reparative therapy was a term used repeatedly but never precisely. It stood for everything ever done in the name of sexual orientation change –…
