I'm Andrew Rodriguez, a Christian therapist, speaker, and former youth pastor. In my counseling, I specialize in sexual and relational issues. PsychoBible is my outlet for discussing ideas about the intersection of Christianity and psychology, especially regarding sexuality and cultural issues.
Some topics to expect: Theology of the Body, therapy for unwanted same-sex attraction, and the culture war.
In this final clip from my larger response to Julia Sadusky's criticism of Reintegrative Therapy, I address the myth propagated by her--and Gregory Coles from the Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender--that the landmark Pela & Sutton (2021) study of 75 men undergoing Reintegrative Therapy and experiencing increased well-being and shift in sexuality was not truly largescale and longitudinal. This study was the first ever prospective one to measure the safety and efficacy of sexual attraction fluidity in therapy, so the smear campaign against it is particularly egregious.
#ReintegrativeTherapy #Nicolosi #JuliaSadusky #GregoryColes #SAFETherapy #SOCE #Research
This month marked the 5th anniversary of the COVID lockdowns. As we went through 2020 and certain frontline doctors started challenging the narrative, I made a video pointing out the parallels between how they were treated and how my colleagues and I are treated in the field of therapy for unwanted same-sex attraction and gender identity confusion. They were called dangerous quacks; we're called the same and labeled "conversion therapists." We've all been censored and worse. Recently, Jordan Peterson interviewed Simone Gold, one of the founders of America's Frontline Doctors, and her story vindicated all that I've been saying.
#SimoneGold #AmericasFrontlineDoctors #JordanPeterson #SOCE #SAFETherapy #TherapeuticChoice #SexualityCounseling #LGBT
Here's another excerpt from my response video to Julia Sadusky's criticism of Reintegrative Therapy, this time responding to her incredulity over Joseph Nicolosi, Sr's developmental theory for (male) same-sex attraction and homosexuality. She mostly accurately points out that we see trauma, such as attachment loss, peer rejection, early sexual experiences and pornography exposure, as the roots to most same-sex arousal templates and desires. She wrongly asserts that Nicolosi's theory is arbitrary and that we assume such trauma right off the bat. Here's my rebuttal.
#Nicolosi #ReparativeTherapy #ReintegrativeTherapy #JuliaSadusky #Trauma #ChildhoodDevelopment #SameSexAttraction #SSA #LGBT #SOCE #SAFETherapy
Do we teach that change in sexuality is like a lightswitch . . . using some sort of technique to switch from homosexual to heterosexual instantaneously? That's the accusation against those of us in ex-gay ministry and professional therapy for unwanted same-sex attraction. It's a baseless accusation, as demonstrated in this clip from my larger response to critic Julia Sadusky. We also address how the research (including Jones and Yarhouse's longitudinal study of ex-gay ministries) shows change on a continuum.
#ExGayMinistry #SAFETherapy #ReintegrativeTherapy #ReparativeTherapy #Exodus #RestoredHopeNetwork #SexualityCounseling #Nicolosi #JuliaSadusky #MarkYarhouse #StantonJones
