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'''Reparative therapy''' is a technique of talking people out of [[homosexuality]] (see [[psychotherapy]]).
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Reparative Therapy is the idea that homosexuality can be cured by prayer and reflection. It is premised on the idea that homosexuality is a choice.
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*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.
 
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*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. [http://www.truthortradition.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=282]
 
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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]].
 
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([[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.){{fact}}
 
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==External links==
 
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*[http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0011.html 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''
 
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Revision as of 01:30, June 19, 2007

Reparative Therapy is the idea that homosexuality can be cured by prayer and reflection. It is premised on the idea that homosexuality is a choice.

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