The American Psychiatric Association position paper (PDF format) on reparative or conversion therapiesMarch 2000 The potential risks of "reparative therapy" are great, including depression, anxiety and self-destructive behavior, since therapist alignment with societal prejudices against homosexuality may reinforce self-hatred already…
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McGreevey’s Struggle Compared to Exgay Life
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In The Psychology of the Closet: Governor McGreevey’s New Clothes, psychotherapist Jack Drescher, M.D., contrasts New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey’s struggle to come out as same-sex-attracted, with the psychological complications faced by those who choose to remain closeted, to dissociate…
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Handling Homophobia: Gay Rights or Children’s Needs? By Joe Kort, MSW Copyright © 2004 When people think about children, rarely is their focus on how homophobia can hurt them. Usually it is raised when talking about a gay parent and…
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Psychotherapist Joe Kort wrote “Queer Eye for the Straight Therapist for the May/June issue of Psychotherapy Networker. The article traces Kort’s winding road from struggling same-sex-attracted college student; through ex-gay therapy, which negatively impacted him and his parents; onward through…
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