Joseph Nicolosi

Joseph Nicolosi
Born	(1947-01-21) January 21, 1947 United States
Occupation	Psychologist

Joseph Nicolosi (born January 21, 1947) is an American clinical psychologist, founder and director of the Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic, in Encino, California, and a former president of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH). Nicolosi has advocated and practiced reparative therapy, a highly controversial practice which purportedly helps people overcome or mitigate their homosexual desires and replace them with heterosexual ones, based on the premise that homosexuality, as opposed to heterosexuality, is pathological and/or sinful based on interpretations of some Biblical passages.
Nicolosi has described his theories in Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality: A New Clinical Approach and three other books. Nicolosi proposed that homosexuality is often the product of a condition he describes as gender-identity deficit caused by an alienation from, and perceived rejection by, individuals of the subject's gender. He holds a Ph.D. from the California School of Professional Psychology.

Publications

Nicolosi is the author of numerous books and articles promoting his theories about homosexuality and how he maintains it can and should be eradicated.

NARTH

Nicolosi is a founding member of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), and was for some time its president. NARTH is a professional association which promotes the acceptance of conversion therapy, whose adherents purport it successfully changes homosexuals into heterosexuals. He is an advisor to, and officer of NARTH.

See also

• Sexual orientation

Publications

• Nicolosi, Joseph (1991). Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality: A New Clinical Approach. Jason Aronson, Inc. ISBN 0-87668-545-9.
• Nicolosi, Joseph (1993). Healing Homosexuality: Case Stories of Reparative Therapy. Jason Aronson, Inc. ISBN 0-7657-0144-8.
• Nicolosi, Joseph (2000). "Retrospective self-reports of changes in homosexual orientation: A consumer survey of conversion therapy clients". 86. Psychological Reports: 1071–1088. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Nicolosi, Joseph (2002). "A meta-analytic review of treatment of homosexuality". Psychological reports. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Nicolosi, Joseph & Nicolosi, Linda Ames (2002). A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. InterVarsity Press. ISBN 0-8308-2379-4.
• Nicolosi, Joseph (2002). "A critique of Bem's "exotic becomes erotic" theory of sexual orientation development". Psychological reports. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Nicolosi, Joseph (2008). "Clients' perceptions of how reorientation therapy and self-help can promote changes in sexual orientation". Psychological reports. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Nicolosi, Joseph (2009). Shame and Attachment Loss: The Practical Work of Reparative Therapy. InterVarsity Press

External links

• official website
• Catholic Answers: Dr. Joseph Nicolosi
• Catholic Therapists: Dr. Joseph Nicolosi
• MSNBC: image of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi
• Author Interview: A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi and Linda Nicolosi.
• Book Excerpt: Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi.
• Book Excerpt: Healing Homosexuality: Case Stories of Reparative Therapy by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi.
• Book Excerpt: A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi and Linda Nicolosi.
• Review: Therapy Terminable and Interminable: 'Non-gay Homosexuals' Come Out of the Closet by professor James Weinrich. A scholarly review of one of Nicolosi's scholarly books about conversion therapy.