TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicolosi,Joseph
TI  - Shame and attachment loss: the practical work of reparative therapy 
SN  - 9780830828999 (pbk.)
AV  - RC558.3 .N533 2009 13876
U1  - 616.85/83 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Downers Grove, Ill.
PB  - IVP Academic
KW  - Gay men
KW  - Mental health
KW  - Male homosexuality
KW  - Sexual reorientation programs
KW  - Psychotherapy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-467) and index; Psychodynamics of homosexuality -- Overview : advances in reparative therapy -- Family dynamics -- Homosexuality as a shame-based symptom -- Homosexuality as a repetition compulsion -- Homosexuality as a reparative drive -- Treatment : affect-focused therapy -- The primacy of affect -- The body -- Reparative body work : the concept of the two-triangle sequence -- Reparative body work : working the two-triangle sequence -- The double bind -- The double loop -- From double bind to double loop -- The scenario preceding homosexual enactment -- Working through the scenario preceding homosexual enactment -- Journaling -- Counseling teenagers -- Male friendships -- Relationships with women -- Grief work -- The role of grief work in reparative therapy -- Approaching the core injury -- Defenses against grief -- Homosexual enactment as an opportunity for grief work -- Resolution of grief : a life without illusions and distortions
ER  -