Self-Help & Psychology - Gay & Lesbian Studies, Gay & Lesbian Life, Counseling - General & Miscellaneous, Human Sexuality - Psychology, General & Miscellaneous Gay & Lesbian Studies, Behavioral Psychology, Methodology - Psychology, Psychotherapy
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Overview
In their fervor to "fix" homosexuals, practitioners of sexual conversion therapies have often overlooked or completely dismissed the possible psychological and social side effects of such treatments. Sexual Conversion Therapy: Ethical, Clinical and Research Perspectives works to counterbalance the clinical and ethical omissions of overzealous therapists who have appeared, at times, to focus on efficacy and outcome at the expense of their patients' well being. This book features first-person accounts of patients, including psychotherapists, who themselves have undergone treatments that include psychoanalysis, religious faith healing, and aversion therapy using electric shock. It also presents empirical research on conversion therapy from a consumer-centered perspective that sheds light on ethical issues.Editorials
The practitioners of sexual conversion therapy, meant to "cure" homosexuals of their homosexuality, have overlooked a number of harmful effects and failed to produce a reliable clinical basis for their treatments, argue the editors. They present 11 contributions from the perspectives of patients and clinicians on the problems with sexual conversion therapy. The history and theoretical assumptions of the therapy are examined, testimonies of those who have suffered from conversion therapies are presented, and methods of giving healing therapy to those who suffered the trauma of conversion therapy are explored. Finally, a group of essays explore the ethical implications and concerns raised by sexual conversion therapies. Also published as the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, vol. 5, nos. 3/4. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
May 2, 2002
Publisher
New York : Haworth Medical Press, c2001.
Pages
1
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780789019110