Item Detail
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32087
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2
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2
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English
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Mormon Clients’ Experiences of Conversion Therapy : The Need for a New Treatment Approach
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The Counseling Psychologist
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2004
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32
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5
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Society of Counseling Psychology
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"Perspectives were gathered of 50 Mormon individuals who had undergone counseling to change their sexual orientation. The data were analyzed using the constant comparative method and participant verification, thereby developing a grounded theory. A model emerged that depicted participants’ intrapersonal and interpersonal motivations for seeking conversion or 'reparative' therapy, their perceived benefits and harms of such interventions, and the factors that facilitated self-acceptance and consolidation of a positive self-identity. Based on these descriptions, this study provides the foundation for a broader-based treatment approach (besides one focused solely on changing sexual orientation or adopting a lesbian, gay, or bisexual identity), which is designed to produce individualized congruent solutions for religiously conflicted, same-sex-attracted clients." [Abstract from Article]