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For almost forty years, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, Sr. assisted hundreds of clients with their goal to reduce their same-sex attractions and explore their heterosexual potential.
He began this work in 1981 as the originator of reparative therapy(R). His pioneering work ended when he passed away suddenly in March of 2017.
A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Nicolosi believed that our bodies tell us who we are, and that our bodies have made us for heterosexality. Dr. Nicolosi’s research led him to conclude that homosexuality, is rooted in trauma; it is an attempt to “repair” a deep emotional wound that left the boy alienated from his own natural masculinity.
Dr. Nicolosi’s clients often told him the following: “I know, on some deep level, that I’m a heterosexual man. But I’m troubled by these attractions that prevent me from being who I really am.” Many of these men were victims of homosexual sexual abuse. Others felt alienated from their fathers and male peers, and grew up with an unfulfilled longing for male affection, attention and approval. That childhood deficit left them with attractions that they find compelling, but deeply problematic. Acting on their attractions interferes with their values, their marriages, and deeply held beliefs of who they really are. These men don’t consider themselves “gay.” They see themselves as heterosexual men with a homosexual problem.
This book contains chapters on the origins and meaning of same-sex attraction, and describes how the process of self-understanding can lead to self-acceptance, emphasizing that the client must first accept himself as he is, before change is possible. The book then delves into the role of childhood trauma; the origins of transgenderism; mother-son boundary violations in the childhoods of homosexual men; and the damage inflicted on a child by a narcissistic parent. Other chapters reveal the dark side of the gay movement, Freud’s beliefs about homosexuality, and the perspective of a poet and philosopher who says homosexuality is “against art.”
The Best of Joseph Nicolosi: Collected Articles by the Originator of Reparative Therapy, is the final book to come from the pen of a bold, original thinker. His work stands out as unique in this era of stifling “groupthink” within the psychological profession. Dr. Nicolosi’s articles are supplemented here with a Foreword and two chapters by the author’s widow, Linda A. Nicolosi, who also added two Case Stories by David Pickup, a distinguished therapist and successful practitioner of Nicolosi’s Reparative Therapy. Mrs. Nicolosi worked for nearly four decades as Dr. Nicolosi’s assistant and editor.
*Including New Chapter on the Health Consequences of Homosexuality
by Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D.
Homosexuality: is it learned, biological or both? The answer to this question deeply concerns parents. They want to know how they can best raise their children. A common belief today is that nothing can be done to foster the development of healthy heterosexual orientation in children. But the clinical experience and professional research of Dr. Nicolosi and others indicates otherwise. In this groundbreaking book Joseph Nicolosi uncovers the most significant factors that contribute to a child’s healthy sense of self as male or female. Listening to moving recollections from ex-homosexual men and women who describe what was missing in their own childhoods, Nicolosi provide clear insight for identifying potential developmental roadblocks and give practical advice to parents for helping their children securely identify with their gender. Replete with personal stories from parents, children and ex-homosexual strugglers, A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality offers compassion and hope for all those parents who seek to lay a foundation for a healthy heterosexual identity in their children.
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draws from the clinical experience and professional research of Dr. Nicolosi and other psychologists
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engages the question of whether homosexuality is learned, biological or both
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uncovers significant factors that contribute to children’s healthy self-identity
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includes personal stories from parents, children and ex-homosexual men and women
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guides parents to lay a healthy foundation for heterosexual identity for their children
by Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D.
Review
“…a book whose clarity, simplicity, and honesty will be of real value to the public and professionals alike.” — (Toby Bieber, Ph.D., 1997)
“…offers hope to many homosexuals who may have succumbed to despair.” — (Charles W. Socarides, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1997)
“Dr. Nicolosi’s Healing Homosexuality is uplifting for the mental health field.” — (Benjamin Kaufman, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry University of California School of Medicine, 1997)
“This insightful and readable book will help therapists and patients.” — (Arno Karlen, author of Sexuality and Homosexuality,1997)
Read reviews and excerpts of this book.
by Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D.
This book explores a reparative psychotherapy based on an understanding of the development of gender identity, offering to help the non-gay homosexual, that is, one who is unhappy with his sexual orientation.
Review
“…offers hope to men who don’t want to feel coerced by their own internal conflicts-or by outside political pressures.” — (Althea J. Horner, 1997)
“Nicolosi is to be congratulated for taking up the gauntlet for a much neglected population.” — (Elaine Siegel, 1997)
“Nicolosi offers a sensible alternative route.” — (Gerald J. M. van den Aardweg, 1997)
Read reviews and excerpts of this book.
Revised NEW Chapter on EMDR (July 28, 2016)
by Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D.
Bringing together a Judeo-Christian anthropology with biological and psychodynamic theories of human development and sexuality, psychologist Joseph Nicolosi details the therapeutic techniques of reparative therapy he has developed over the past thirty years.
Written in three parts, the book first describes the nature of the psychodynamics of same-sex attraction as understood in the reparative therapy approach. The second part describes the various phases of treatment. The final part deals with walking clients through the process of grieving and the healing of their wounding.
Endorsed by numerous notable leaders in psychotherapy, Nicolosi offers practical guidance for counselors and therapists who want to offer reparative therapy to those seeking change.
Read published review of this book: Linacre Quarterly 77.1 (Feb 2010): 117-119. Used by permission.
Read published review of this book: Social Justice Review (Sept-Oct 2009).
Reviews of the Book: “Shame And Attachment Loss: The Practical Work Of Reparative Therapy”
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