Conversion therapy

Reparative therapy is a technique of talking people out of homosexuality (see psychotherapy).

• Dr. Nicolosi notes that, at its root, homosexuality is not a sexual problem – it is a gender-identity problem. Normal stages of emotional development have been interrupted, and this can lead to same sex bonding in order to attain affirmation. These relationships tend to implode, leaving the homosexual hurt and confused.

• Furthermore, Nicolosi states that there is no such thing as a homosexual, but only heterosexuals that have a homosexual problem. This may sound like splitting hairs, but it actually opens the door for the dissatisfied homosexual oriented person to change, because such people can begin viewing themselves as fundamentally heterosexual. This approach has had a great deal of success. [1]

Despite research in the 1960s by psychologists like Martin Seligman and Charles Socarides, the Stonewall riots prompted the APA to de-classify homosexuality as a mental disorder. (Gay rights supporters sometimes cite this declassification as scientific evidence that homosexuality is normal, but it was based on a vote - not on scientific reasoning or evidence.)^{[Citation Needed]}

External links

• Origin and Healing of Homosexual Attractions and Behaviors - Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons - psychiatrist and co-author of Helping Clients Forgive: An Empirical Guide: An Empirical Guide for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope