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Yes, Ex-Gay Therapists Do Use Pornography In Their Treatments | As the in-fighting continues within the ex-gay movement over to what extent gay people should be shamed into repressing or denying their identities, more details leak about what treatments these “therapists” are still using. NARTH founder Joseph Nicolosi recently decried claims by Exodus International’s Alan Chambers that he uses porn to help his patients “imagine” having different attractions. In reality, not only did Nicolosi propose a workshop about using gay porn as a means of diminishing same-sex attractions, but when Exodus rejected that proposal, he still talked about such techniques in a different workshop anyway. Warren Throckmorton has the audio and Box Turtle Bulletin explains the bizarre therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) in more detail:
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