the practical work of reparative therapy Nicolosi, Joseph. creator text bibliography ilu Downers Grove, Ill IVP Academic c2009 2009 monographic eng

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474 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Psychodynamics of homosexuality -- Overview : advances in reparative therapy -- Family dynamics -- Homosexuality as a shame-based symptom -- Homosexuality as a repetition compulsion -- Homosexuality as a reparative drive -- Treatment : affect-focused therapy -- The primacy of affect -- The body -- Reparative body work : the concept of the two-triangle sequence -- Reparative body work : working the two-triangle sequence -- The double bind -- The double loop -- From double bind to double loop -- The scenario preceding homosexual enactment -- Working through the scenario preceding homosexual enactment -- Journaling -- Counseling teenagers -- Male friendships -- Relationships with women -- Grief work -- The role of grief work in reparative therapy -- Approaching the core injury -- Defenses against grief -- Homosexual enactment as an opportunity for grief work -- Resolution of grief : a life without illusions and distortions. Joseph J. Nicolosi ; forewords by H. Newton Maloney and Robert Perloff. Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-467) and index. Gay men Mental health Male homosexuality Sexual reorientation programs Psychotherapy RC558.3 .N533 2009 616.85/83 9780830828999 (pbk.) 0830828990 (pbk.) 2008054480 DLC 090106 20170321020005.0 15575545