Post tagged with apa

  • Thoughts on the Sexual Reorientation Wars: Time for a truce?

    August 12th, 200903:18 PM ET
    By Warren Throckmorton
    So now that the dust has started to settle from the APA convention in Toronto, let's review the status of the Reorientation Wars. Does therapy change orientation? In anticipation of the APA's report, NARTH fired an opening salvo with their paper (What Research Shows...). Perhaps sensing, incorrectly as it turns out, that the APA would advocate a ...

  • American Psychological Association sexual orientation and therapy task force report: An analysis

    August 05th, 200903:28 PM ET
    By Warren Throckmorton
    Earlier today, the American Psychological Association governing board received the report of the Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Response to Sexual Orientation. With this post, I want to comment on the paper and recommendations made by the Task Force. Generally, I believe the paper to be a high quality report of the evidence regarding sexual...

  • Sexual identity therapy: A review and look forward

    July 28th, 200909:58 PM ET
    By Warren Throckmorton
    Very soon, in early August, the American Psychological Association will report the results of a Task Force on Sexual Orientation. As a review for the issue, I want to post a link and excerpts of an article which mentioned the Task Force and several issues relevant to the work it set out to accomplish. The LA Times article now titled "Approach...

  • Has the APA altered guidance on homosexuality?

    July 14th, 200906:16 PM ET
    By Warren Throckmorton
    The Southern Voice has an article regarding the recent breathless, echo-chamber enhanced series of articles from some conservative blogs and news services about changes in the American Psychological Association statement regarding sexual orientation. As I noted awhile back, the recent flurry was not new news. My first blog about it was when NARTH'...
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