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Should Reorientation Therapy Be Available? -- APA Journal Article Says Yes
A new 2002 article published by the American
Psychological Association journal "Psychotherapy:
Theory, Research, Practice, Training" defends the
ethics and effectiveness of sexual reorientation
therapy.
The paper is entitled "Ethical Issues In Attempts
To Ban Reorientation Therapies," by Mark A.
Yarhouse, Psy.D. of Regent University and Warren
Throckmorton, Ph.D. of Grove City College.
The article's published abstract reads as
follows:
The purpose of this article is to identify the
ethical issues in efforts to ban reorientation
therapies. The 3 primary arguments cited in the
literature in favor of such a ban are discussed:
(a) homosexuality is no longer considered a mental
illness, (b) those who request change do so
because of internalized homophobia, and (c) sexual
orientation is immutable.
The authors present three arguments in favor of
providing reorientation and related services: (a)
respect for the autonomy and self-determination of
persons, (b) respect for valuative frameworks,
creeds, and religious values regarding the moral
status of same-sex behavior, and (c) service
provision given the scientific evidence that
efforts to change thoughts, behaviors, and
feeling-based sexual orientation can be
successful.
Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training,
Vol. 39, No. 1, 66-75, Copyright 2002 by the
Educational Publishing Foundation.
(http://www.apa.org/journals/copyrite.html)
Updated: 8 February 2008
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