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I listened to the Alan Colmes Radio Show tonight with a debate of sorts between Richard Cohen and Wayne Besen. During the call-in segment, Chad Thompson called in and said a cheery hello. Chad, you were the most reasonable voice on the show. I think Richard mostly got the best…
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Strange thing about Wayne Besen’s Truth Wins Out website; you can’t get to it without a password. I’ll bet he just forgot to send me mine. ADDITIONAL NOTE: The website is active now and Wayne’s favorite therapist is on the front page. I suspect many thoughtful gay folk will be…
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Relevant to recent discussions of touch in therapy: Boundaries in psychotherapy are crucial for it to be psychotherapy. Otherwise, it becomes one of number of other wish-fulfilling relationships we could have (friend, physical therapist, hair stylist, parent, bartender, etc.). Just because therapeutic (read: helpful) things happen in a relationship doesn’t…
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I have been meaning to blog a bit more about bioenergetics. I wanted to comment about my belief that clients who engage in this techniques do feel better and may even stay better. I was going to talk about how different theoretical perspectives all have success stories and many have…
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LA Times article regarding ex-gays and schools. Comments anyone? In this section of the LA Times article, the “ex-gay pamplet” refers to my brochure Respect and the Facts: In Boulder, Colo., educators are considering including an ex-gay pamphlet in a resource guide to help teachers handle questions about sexuality. The…
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One thing I will say about the CNN segment about touch therapy and sexual reorientation, it has generated a lot of strong feelings. I guess that is what Who Therapy is supposed to do. There have been some interesting comments on my post regarding Richard Cohen’s techniques as depicted on…
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I received word today that APA past president Dr. Nicholas Cummings supports the sexual identity therapy guidelines. This is an important beginning.
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In the left hand column there is a little mp3 player providing some instrumental music when you load this page. Some people seem to like it and some don’t. So I am taking a vote. Should the music stay or go? Leave me your vote in the comments section.
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According to Richard Cohen, the CNN segment scheduled to air tonight will not air as planned. No word on a reschedule date. FOLLOW UP: The Paula Zahn Now segment is now slated for tonight – 5/23/06
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To give the guidelines their own identity (they were whining about being here), I created a blog for them. Moderated by Dr. Yarhouse and me, we will keep the focus on comments and endorsements regarding the guidelines.
