Opponents of therapy for unwanted same-sex attraction have no scientific backing | Christian Concern

Wondering if the fact that Exodus International has collapsed would be "proof" enough. When your own former poster boys (Alan Chambers and John Paulk) admit to the therapy being a complete failure it makes one think that you are grasping at straws.

Evidence of harm? Let's see how about Ann Paulk telling a mother struggling to accept her adult gay son to cut ties and detach from him. There's good ole Christian family values for ya .

Anywho, waiting to see what the reaction is from this study will be,,,

Dr. Sutton concludes from his analysis that: “In the absence of clear, reliable and valid scientific evidence, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that professional organisations like the American Psychological Association, the UK Association of Christian Counsellors, various state and national government legislatures, and even media such as The Guardian, are working to prevent mental health professionals from offering educational guidance, counselling and therapeutic care for persons with unwanted same-sex attraction and behaviour based on ideological and not scientific or professional grounds.”

Core Issues Trust has challenged the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) to provide sight of peer-reviewed studies which show conclusively that help for people to move away from unwanted same-sex attraction is harmful. The two bodies refuse to licence practitioners who want to offer therapies which can enable people to change their sexual orientation.

Dr. Mike Davidson, Director of Core Issues Trust, says that despite several official requests for scientific evidence that supports the professional bodies’ opposition to therapies for unwanted same-sex attraction, neither has provided any evidence.

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“We are seeking a genuine debate around the issue of “harm” in relation to therapeutic support of efforts to change sexual orientation change efforts, whether these are about management, reduction or elimination of unwanted same-sex attractions and behaviours. So if the sceptics who govern the leading UK mental health bodies are truly interested in scientific debate and therapeutic choice as a foundational professional principle, I recommend that they read Dr. Sutton’s careful and comprehensive analysis.”

Opponents of therapy for unwanted same-sex attraction have no scientific backing | Christian Concern