Healing Homosexuality: Case Stories of Reparative Therapy

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Jason Aronson, 1993 - Broj stranica: 230
In 1973, when all the arguments were presented to the American Psychiatric Association both for and against the idea of homosexuality as pathology, it was the personal disclosures of gay men that had the most influence. Listening to their stories of frustration in treatmentDand their newfound happiness through acceptance of a gay identityDthe American Psychiatric Association voted to omit homosexuality as a diagnostic category. Now, twenty years later, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi presents the opposite kind of personal testimony. This testimony is from homosexual men who have tried to accept a gay identity but were dissatisfied, and then benefitted from psychotherapy to help free them of homosexuality. While each client has his unique story, Nicolosi has chosen eight men as representative of the personalities he has encountered in the twelve years during which he has treated over 200 homosexual clients. These men are engaged in a 'two-front war'Dan internal assault against their own unwanted desires, and an external battle against a popular culture that does not understand or value their struggle. In their own words, we hear these men's struggles to develop healthy, non-erotic male friendships. We hear of their fear and anger toward the men in their lives, and their strained relationships with the fathers they never understood. Nicolosi contends that every man possesses aspects of these clients: The frailty of Albert, the integrity of Charlie, the rage of Dan, the narcissism of Steve, and the ambivalence of Roger, to list some of them. Some readers of this book may be surprised by the directive style of Dr. Nicolosi's therapeutic intervention. In part, this is due to the editorial synthesis of the transcript. More importantly, however, reparative therapy does require a more involved therapistDa benevolent provocateur who departs from the tradition of uninvolved, opaque analyst to become a salient male presence. The therapist must balance active challenge with warm encouragement to follow the father-son model. This is an essential principle of reparative therapy. A Jason Aronson Book
 

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AlbertThe Little Boy Within
1
TomA Married Man
23
Father JohnThe Double Life
45
CharlieThe Search for the Masculine Self
65
DanThe Angriest Man
89
SteveThe Seeker of Male Symbols
105
EdwardAgony of a Youth
119
RogerDo I Really Want to Be Here?
145
Men TogetherHow Group Therapy Heals
177
How Reparative Therapy Works
211
References
225
Index
227
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Joseph John Nicolosi was born on January 24, 1947. He received a master's degree from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan and a doctorate from the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. He founded the Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic in Encino, California in 1980 and co-founded the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality 12 years later. He was a clinical psychologist who believed conversion therapy could diminish people's same-sex attraction. He maintained that people were naturally heterosexual but that childhood trauma, possibly intensified by a domineering mother and a detached father, might lead to homosexuality. He was the author or co-author of several books including Healing Homosexuality and A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. He died from complications of the flu on March 8, 2017 at the age of 70.

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