Joseph Nicolosi

Conversion therapy tries to turnhomosexuals to heterosexuals by pressuring the idea of being “normal” and that homosexuality is not a human activity. Conversion therapy primarily works on demonizing homosexuality. Gabriel Arana, a well known journalist that wrote for the Huffington Post, The American Prospect, and currently working as a Senior editor for Mic., recalled his experience with conversion therapy with a well known activist for conversion therapy, Joseph Nicolosi. Arana claim that, “ … while in therapy, I did not feel coerced into believing his theories. Like nuclear fallout, the damage came later, when I realized my sexual orientation would not change. I could have told Nicolosi about my thoughts of suicide, my time in the mental institution. I could have told him that my parents still don’t understand me but that I’m grown up now and it has less of a bearing on my life. I could have told him that I married a man. But I realize it wouldn’t be of any use: I’ve changed since I left therapy, but Nicolosi has not. For years I shared my innermost thoughts and feelings with him. Now I want to keep this for myself” ( My So-called ex gay life). Conversion therapy uses methods that the APA, NASW, AACAP, and The Human Rights Campaign oppose due to the great negative effect on patient's mind. Patients are…

Conversion Therapy (reparative therapy) should be banned! Conversion therapy also known as (reparative therapy) consists of a range of treatments psychologists give to their patients that aim to change an individual’s sexual orientation, or sexual identity from homosexual to heterosexual. Many have made complaints about conversion therapy. For example, that it is harmful not only to the adults who attend this program but especially harmful to the minors who are forced into this…

The book I will be analyzing is, Kopet: A Documentary Narrative of Chief Joseph’s Last Year’s by M. Gidley. It was published in 1981 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America. This book is split up into three different sections: 1. Starting Out from the Meany Papers An introduction 2. Chief Joseph of the Nez Peres A chronology 3. White Witnesses to Chief Joseph’s End A Narrative This book discusses the last few years of Chief Joseph’s life, the white people…

Schumpeter’s work considered the role of entrepreneurs in creating profit as well as building on Weber’s examination of credit-money. He focused on these areas as an attempted to solve two problems with Smith’s circular-flow model. First, that it did not contain profits and secondly, it did not contain the element of bank credit-money. Schumpeter explained that the role of the entrepreneur was not passive, simply responding to price signals. He argued that in reality the entrepreneur’s…

Franz Joseph Haydn is widely known as one of the creators of classical music, as well as being dubbed the “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet. He is also one of the greatest and most celebrated composers of all time. Haydn once remarked, “Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.” And it was the truth. Haydn came from humbler beginnings than most. He was born in Rohrau, Austria on March…

Sister Wives, should polygamy be legalized? Polygamy has been around for many years and with the TV show Sister Wives it can now be viewed in our homes weekly with each new season it brings. The show reminds us of the controversy that surrounds plural marriage. Should plural marriage be legalized? There are many opinions on this touchy topic. Should we, as a society, just leave it be, mind our own business as it were? Should we turn a blind eye to the accusations of abuse and underage…

Even though The Soviet Union turned from a rural farming country to an industrialized power house in just a matter of years, Stalin’s plans were more harmful than helpful to the Soviet Union because of the famine he caused, and the millions that died because of his actions. Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of the Bolsheviks or communist party that took control of Russia on October 24, 1917. During the Russian Revolution, he was a general who fought in major battles in the Russian Civil War…

Jalol Ikromi HIST 3121-03 Final Paper In June 1941 Nazi attack on Soviet Union started, and to due economic turmoil and Stalin’s reign of terror, Soviet Union forces were weak and were unable to oppose a surprised German invasion, therefore Germany was had early success which hurt Soviet forces even more. However Soviet Union was able to keep fighting, and result successful after 1943. Factors that have contributed to the success of the Soviet Union was an astonishing recovery of the Soviet…

1.What factors precipitated and fueled the social divisions of the 1920s? The Reds were a group of individuals who were fueled to overthrow American capitalism. They were many factors that fueled this and caused this "Red Scare" in America. The Americans believed that one of the factors were new immigrants from Eastern Europe bringing in radical ideas that were against the United States and its beliefs. Also many workers were being laid off since machines were replacing them along with…

stable conclusions—and in the end no conclusion at all”. His musical gestures and languages were well presented his idea of the chamber music in this piece and we can get the idea of employment situation for professional composer in middle of the 18th century. While Haydn built his career at Esterhazy as a royal place musician, Mozart who is another great composers in classic period faced little bit different situation compared with Haydn. Mozart was third concertmaster at Archbishop…