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Counselor Training Program

 
Men and women with unwanted SSA (same-sex attraction) can and do come out straight! After his own remarkable journey out of homosexuality and twenty years of clinical experience, Richard Cohen developed a comprehensive approach to healing unwanted SSA, and a strategic plan for loved ones.

You too can help those with unwanted SSA and their loved ones by participating in the Counselor Training Program. 

Richard Cohen’s twenty-year-work is available through seminar sessions and now also on CD/MP3.  In this comprehensive therapeutic 180-page manual and 16 CD training series, you will learn how to:

  • Identify the causes of same-sex attraction (SSA)
  • Develop a comprehensive treatment plan for healing
  • Use therapeutic strategies in each stage of treatment
  • Prepare former SSA men and women for dating
  • Assist parents, spouses, family members and the religious community
  • Prevent burnout by taking care of the caregiver

Psychotherapist, educator, and author Richard Cohen facilitates this five-day training program and is the speaker on our CD/MP3 series (16 discs and 170-page manual). Cohen has counseled and successfully helped hundreds of men and women transition from a homosexual to a heterosexual orientation over the past twenty-one years. Additionally, he has assisted hundreds of parents restore relationships with their SSA loved ones. In this landmark training series, he shares the "how tos" of change. Practical strategies for assisting clients and their loved ones in the healing process are taught in this comprehensive and systematic protocol. Mr. Cohen is one of the leading experts in the field of sexual reorientation. He is the director of the International Healing Foundation located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and the author of Coming Out Straight: Understanding and Healing Homosexuality, Alfie's Home, and Gay Children, Straight Parents: A Plan for Family Healing.

Training includes:

  • Evaluating the causes of SSA and developing a treatment plan for change
  • Four stages of healing unwanted same-sex attraction (SSA)
  • Understanding the meaning of sexual fantasies and masturbation
  • Cognitive and behavioral approaches to healing
  • Creating affirmations for healthy gender identity
  • Assisting clients in establishing healthy friendships and mentors
  • Protocol for group therapy and support groups
  • Preparing former SSA men and women for dating
  • Psychodynamic therapeutic modalities for greater healing: 
    Focusing /     Voice Dialogue / Bioenergetics / Psychodrama / Inner Child / Family Constellations / EMDR / Healing Body Image Wounds / Healthy Touch
  • Working with families and the religious community
  • Strategies for parents with SSA children
  • Taking care of the caregiver to prevent burnout
  • Socio-political issues of the gay rights movement
  • How to prepare for media interviews
Cost: $495.95
First 100: $349.95

To purchase the 16 CD/MP3 plus 180 page manual click here. 
 
If you would like to organize a Counselor Training Program in your area, please contact our office at (301) 805-6111. 
 
  
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