Conversion therapy

Conversion therapy has been defined by the American Psychological Association as therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation, and by the American Psychiatric Association as "psychiatric treatment...which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder or based upon the a priori assumption that a patient should change his/her sexual homosexual orientation."^[1][2] Techniques that have been tried include behavior modification, aversion therapy, psychoanalysis, primal therapy, EMDR, and reparative therapy.
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Richard Cohen (born 1952) is a writer and conversion therapist^[1] who works with men and women^[2] who do not want to experience sexual attraction to members of the same sex.^[1] He has been called one of America's leading practitioners of conversion therapy.^[3] Cohen gives lectures and runs seminars and workshops where he sells his books. ^[4] Cohen's theories differ from mainstream medical views of sexual orientation. ^[5] The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) strongly opposes the use of holding techniques.^[6]

Cohen lives in Washington, D.C. with his family.^[7] His foundation offers commercial teleconferencing classes on topics such as the causes of same-sex attractions and the process of healing.^[8] He also travels on a lecture circuit discussing similar topics.^[9]

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