Sexual Conversion Therapy: Ethical, Clinical, and Research Perspectives

by Jack Drescher, Ariel Shidlo, Michael Schroeder

Hear the other side of the story on sexual conversion therapy!

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 focused on efficacy and outcome at the expense of their patients’self-esteem. Sexual Conversion Therapy features first-person accounts of patients and clinicians, including psychotherapists who themselves have undergone treatments ranging from psychoanalysis to religious faith healing to aversion behavior conditioning and even electroshock therapy. In addition to examining the history and ethics of conversion therapy, the book presents empirical data on current practice and recovery processes for survivors of failed conversion attempts.

Sexual Conversion Therapy presents current perspectives on the harmful impact of sexual orientation interventions, including:

Genres: Psychology, LGBT

215 pages, Paperback

First published May 2, 2002

Reviews

[Virginia Weir · Rating 1 out of 5]

A waste of money!

I bought this for over ten pounds hoping for info on conversion therapy. But it contained photos of book pages as opposed to being an eBook. As a result the pages were much to small to read with no way of enlarging the text. The only way this book got one star is because it wouldn't let me give it none.

[Anthony VENN-BROWN OAM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent work. Much needed evidence.