The Harm Myth: "Conversion Therapy" Myths & Misunderstandings part 4

Originally published on YouTube 8/6/19.

Part 4 of my series addressing the myths of "gay conversion therapy." This is probably the most important one of the series, the harm myth, the one that so many people believe that it leaves therapists in this field treated like pariahs.

#ConversionTherapy #SOCE #SAFET #ReorientationTherapy #HomophobicTherapy

Part 1 of this series: https://youtu.be/JHrz32pxy5A
Part 2 of this series: https://rumble.com/v51apw6-conversion-therapy-semantics-conversion-therapy-myths-and-misunderstandings.html
Part 3 of this series: https://youtu.be/a8uu7syoyGI

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References:
APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. (2009). Washington, DC: APA.

Beckstead, AL. (2001). Cure versus choices: Agendas in sexual reorientation therapy. In A. Shidlo, M. Schroeder, & J. Drescher (Eds.), Sexual conversion therapy: Ethical, clinical, and research perspectives (pp. 87-115). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

Jones, SL, & Yarhouse, MA. (2011). A longitudinal study of attempted religiously mediated sexual orientation change. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 37, 404-427.

Karten, EL, & Wade, JC. (2010). Sexual orientation change efforts in men: A client perspective. Journal of Men's Studies, 18, 84-102.

Santero, PL, Whitehead, NE, & Ballesteros, D. (2018). Effects of therapy on religious men who have unwanted same-sex attraction. The Linacre Quarterly.

Shidlo, A, & Schroeder, M. (2002). Changing sexual orientation: A consumers' Report. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 33(3), 249-259.

Spitzer, RL. (2003). Can some gay men and lesbians change their sexual orientation? 200 participants reporting a change from homosexual to heterosexual orientation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 32, 403-417.

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