Sexual Identity Therapy

Several new people have endorsed the Sexual Identity Therapy Framework. To read the comments, click here. The following individuals have provided supportive comments. Nicholas Cummings, PhD, ScD Stanton L. Jones, PhD Lee Beckstead, PhD Merton Strommen, PhD David Blakeslee, PsyD Kenyon Knapp, PhD, LPC, NCC Michael Bussee, MA, MFT Michael A. Rosebush, PhD, LPC Steven…

This is not a statement specifically regarding the SIT guidelines but rather in response to a Q&A meeting at the APA 2006 convention. Let me clear, Dr. Koocher is not endorsing the SIT guidelines. However, this statement is so consistent with them, that I wanted to post it here. This was received 8/15/06 via email…

Earlier this year, I (Throckmorton) was a part of a lively discussion about sexual identity therapy on the Counselor Education and Supervision network list serv. Near the end of the discussion, a listserv participant asked Stephen Hayes about his views of sexual identity therapy. Dr. Hayes gave me permission to post his reply to the…

Thanks to Prof. Julaine Field, PhD, who invited me to present the sexual identity therapy guidelines to her Human Sexuality class at Slippery Rock University this evening. The master’s level class was full of questions and we had a good discussion. Thanks as well to the class members.

Drs. Throckmorton & Yarhouse: Professionals of all disciplines have an obligation to thoughtfully apply ethical standards to their clients. Mental health providers are no different. Currently, professional mental health associations have explicit ethical standards for a variety of dilemmas and issues that therapists may face when treating their clients. What is sub-standard currently is the…