Coming Out Straight: Understanding Same-Sex Attraction

by Richard Cohen

Overview

SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS THIS BOOK!
Everyone knows someone with a homosexual orientation--a neighbor, co-worker, relative, or friend. Coming Out Straight sheds light on a long misunderstood subject. Questions such as what causes same-sex attraction and how one can transition from gay to straight are addressed. Illustrated by those who successfully transitioned, this book is engrossing, illuminating, and for many, an answer to prayer. Although it may create controversy, it is destined to heal many lives--a loved one ... or maybe yours!

Richard Cohen, a former homosexual, now married to his wife with three children, struggled for many years with unwanted same-sex attraction. He tried desperately to find professionals who understood his condition and help him heal. Because "it was so difficult to explain myself to therapists who didn't have a clue," Cohen eventually became a psychotherapist and developed a groundbreaking understanding of same-sex attraction and comprehensive plan for healing. Coming Out Straight not only details Cohen's personal journey out of homosexuality, but also recounts his experiences over the past 25 years helping thousands of men and women resolve their unwanted same-sex attraction and fulfill their heterosexual potential.

"Richard Cohen shares his compelling personal story in which he journeys from homosexuality to a new life as husband and father. The transition has offered him valuable insights into the nature and healing of same-sex attractions."
--Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D.

Author, Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality
"This book is a testament to a heroic and successful struggle to regain one's heterosexual identity. It gives hope to many."
--Charles Socarides, M.D.
Author, Homosexuality: A Freedom Too Far

"In his self-help book...ex-gay therapist Cohen writes for gays and lesbians who want to transition to heterosexuality. His comprehensive, well-written, well-organized, and heavily referenced guide views homosexuality as a symptom of disrupted affiliation with the same-sex parent and incomplete feelings of maleness/femaleness, building on the psychological theories of Joseph Nicolosi and Elizabeth Moberly."
--Library Journal, Volume 126, No. 12, July 2001

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158221460
Publisher:	PATH Press
Publication date:	06/08/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	354
Sales rank:	461,308
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Richard Cohen, M.A., a psychotherapist and educator, is one of the leading experts in the field of sexual orientation and the author of Coming Out Straight: Understanding Same-Sex Attraction, Gay Children Straight Parents: A Plan for Family Healing, and Straight Talk About Homosexuality: The Other Side of Tolerance.

Cohen is the director of Positive Approaches To Healthy Sexuality (PATH), and travels extensively throughout the world making presentations on sexual orientation, marital relations, communication and parenting skills. He is a frequent guest lecturer on college and university campuses, and at therapeutic and religious conferences.

Cohen holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a Master of Art’s degree in counseling psychology from Antioch University. He has worked in child abuse treatment services, family reconciliation services, general counseling and support groups. For three years he worked as an HIV/AIDS educator for the American Red Cross.

As an expert in sexual orientation therapy—both as a psychotherapist and through his own personal experience transitioning from homosexual to heterosexual in the 1980s—Cohen has been interviewed by newspapers, radio, and television media, including appearances on 20/20, Larry King Live, The O’Reilly Factor, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Cohen lives in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area with his wife, while his three adult children are making their mark in the world.