Friday, June 17, 2011

California Psychologist Answers Questions on Reparative Therapy for Homosexuals

California Psychologist Answers Questions on Reparative Therapy for Homosexuals

On CNN recently, reporter Anderson Cooper aired a three-part series on AC360 called "The 'Sissy Boy' Experiment: Uncovering the Truth." The series centered round the tragic life of Kirk Andrew Murphy, a gay man who underwent reparative therapy, but decades later committed suicide at the age of 38. In the third of the three-part series, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, the U.S's. most prominent reparative therapist, is interviewed in response to this and charges from a patient by the name of Ryan Kendall that Nicolosi tried to coerce him into going straight.

I first encountered Dr. Nicolosi in London at a conference addressing the issue of reparative therapy and watched as he applied his principles to a number of men who came voluntarily to the conference.

Dr. Joseph Nicolosi agreed to be interviewed by VOL about his recent television appearance on AC360. He answers questions about Reparative Therapy and the story of Kendall who claims he was damaged by the therapy Dr. Nicolosi gave him.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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