PROCESS OF HEALING UNWANTED SAME-SEX ATTRACTION
(Richard Cohen, M.A. © International Healing Foundation 2008)

Key: Discover the root causes of same-sex attraction

• There is a message in the desires.
• Motivation is paramount for change.
• Marriage is never the solution for same-sex attraction.
• You must feel in order to heal.
• Path of healing:
1) Personal motivation
2) Effective treatment
3) Support of others
4) Love of God

This protocol works for men and women.

Four Stages of Healing Unwanted Same-Sex Attractions
(Richard Cohen, M.A. © International Healing Foundation, 2008)

(ONLY THE OUTLINE IS GIVEN HERE. PLEASE PURCHES THE BOOK “COMMING OUT STRAIGHT” WHERE AN INDEPTH DISCUSSION IS GIVEN ON EACH STAGE (PAGE 65-104))

Stage One: Transitioning (Behavioral Therapy)

• Cutting off from sexual behavior
• Developing a support network
• Building self-worth and experiencing value in relationship to God

 Stage Two: Grounding (Cognitive Therapy)

Stage Three: Healing Homo-Emotional and Homo-Social wounds (Psychodynamic Therapy)

• Continuing all tasks of Stage Two
• Discovering the root causes of homo-emotional/social wounds
• Beginning the process of grieving, forgiving, and taking responsibility
• Developing healthy, healing same-sex relationships

Stage Four: Healing Hetero-Emotional and Hetero-Social Wounds (Psychodynamic Therapy)

• Continuing all tasks of Stage Two.
• Discovering the root causes of hetero-emotional/social wounds.
• Continuing the process of grieving, forgiving, and taking responsibility
• Developing healthy, healing opposite-sex relationships and learning about the opposite sex through the eyes of one’s own gender