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Joseph Nicolosi (January 24, – March 8, ) was an American clinical psychologist who advocated and practised "reparative therapy", a form of the pseudoscientific treatment of conversion therapy that he claimed could help people overcome or mitigate their homosexual desires and replace them with heterosexual ones. [2] Nicolosi was a founder and president of the National Association. In the early 20th century, Freud made attempts using hypnosis. But it was Nicolosi who brought gay conversion therapy into the mainstream, popularizing it among religious communities and the American right, and turning what was once a scattered practice of abuse into a multi-million-dollar worldwide industry. Therapists defend gay conversion counseling
Explore Joseph Nicolosi and his psychological approach, Reparative Therapy, to understand and address same-sex attraction for men. California CA. In Person. 
LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists in California
We should make clear that not all the psychiatrists listed here are gay themselves. Rather, they specialize in helping with aspects of being gay in California or homosexual. Gerald Davison, a USC professor of psychology, had a secret teaching tool to use in some of his classes in the past year: a movie starring himself. The movie was an early cut of the documentary Conversion , which tells the story of how Davison went from being a young psychologist practicing a form of conversion therapy on gay men to publicly speaking out against the practice at a national convention before about 1, of his peers.
Unlikely hero in gay conversion therapy history is back in
The Abominable Legacy of Gay-Conversion Therapy Joseph Nicolosi, one of the pioneers of the practice, died last week. But his contribution to the field of psychology lives on. In recent months, Nicolosi and his colleagues have come under fire for their position that people can diminish gay feelings through therapy, a process referred to as "sexual orientation change effort" by the American Psychological Association. Many therapists offered some form of sexual orientation change therapy until around , when homosexuality was removed from the psychiatric guide to mental disorders, according to the American Psychological Association. LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in California
Psychiatrist Robert Spitzer, a leader in psychiatry in the 20th century, apologized in May for publishing an article saying that conversion therapy was possible for motivated patients. For many years, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, Sr. 
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The Supreme Court will decide whether states can ban conversion therapy for minors. But conversion ministries, which California helped pioneer, are more common. .
The Abominable Legacy of Gay
Joseph Nicolosi, a clinical psychologist whose advocacy of conversion therapy to diminish people’s same-sex attraction made him a vocal part of the “ex-gay” movement but marginalized him. . 
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