| | | | | | | | | Mother's Healing Weekend September 8-10, 2017 Hilltop Retreat Center Hagerstown, MD
For mothers of a same-sex attracted or gay-identified child
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| Father's Healing Weekend November 3-5, 2017 Hilltop Retreat Center Hagerstown, MD
For fathers of a same-sex attracted or gay-identified child
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| | What is a Family Healing Session?
The Family Healing Session is one of the most advanced and effective tools available at this time in family counseling and coaching. It is especially helpful to remove blocks that prevent healthy communication and connection within the family. The family healing sessions are most successful in creating more harmonious and loving relationships. They also support the resolution of longstanding conflicts between parents and children. Ideally all family members, parents and children alike, participate and gain a new foundation of open, honest sharing and greater love. It has been said by many who have participated in our Family Healing Sessions, that this experience was equal to and greater than several years of therapy! Click here to read more. |
| | | | | Christopher Doyle in the News |
| New Mexico Bans Therapy for Minors Who Don't Want Same-Sex Attraction
New Mexico has become the latest state to sign into law a ban on sexual orientation change efforts therapy for minors, becoming the sixth state to do so. SOCE has been misrepresented by critics and the media, proponents of the therapy argue. In a March 17 op-ed for The Christian Post, Christopher Doyle, an ex-gay licensed clinical professional counselor, wrote, "Gay conversion therapy is a made-up term coined by gay activists to describe a practice where a client is changed from gay to straight — often involving teenagers, against their will, and usually in the case where a religious or unaccepting parent is the impetus. In my clinical experience, I have worked with hundreds of parents and teenagers struggling with sexual and gender identity. Not once have I ever allowed a parent to force or manipulate their child to change. Click here to read more. |
| | ABC's '20/20' Contacted Me for 'Gay Conversion Therapy' Story, But Ignored What I Told Them
On March 10, ABC's "20/20" aired a year-long investigation on several "Christian camps" reported to be practicing so-called "gay conversion therapy." Shockingly, the exposé revealed unspeakable abuse and torture by several unlicensed "pastors" operating reform schools for troubled youth, some of whom identified as gay or lesbian. Unfortunately, ABC was more sensational than accurate in their reporting when comparing these rogue, abusive camps to licensed therapy for youth struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions and gender confusion, a practice that gay activists have aggressively sought to shut down in more than 25 states and cities across the country. Click here to read more at The Christian Post.
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| | Share Your Memories of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi
As you know, we unexpectedly lost our dear friend, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi. As we grieve this shocking loss, we also want to commemorate and honor his life. So we have put together a forum where we are inviting you to share comments or tributes to Dr. Nicolosi. Not only is this a chance for each of us to express what he meant to us, but it is also a place where his family will be blessed through reading about the many people who were touched through Joe's life. His wife, Linda, and son, Joseph Jr. will be able to cherish our tributes for many years to come. God used Joe to touch countless lives, whether as a colleague, therapist, mentor, author, or speaker, the world is a much better place because of the life and work of Dr. Nicolosi. We hope this site will reflect the many ways Joe was a blessing. Click here to share your memories of Dr. Nicolosi at Forever Missed. |
| | Supremes Face Bombshell: Law Censoring Christian Counselors
The U.S. Supreme Court has been handed a
bombshell: An appeal of a lower-court ruling that banned Christian
counselors from talking with teens about the biblical standard for
sexuality. The case challenges laws that force licensed counselors to affirm
homosexuality, prohibiting them from helping clients overcome same-sex
attractions. Such laws have been adopted in New Jersey, where a biased judge used
it to shut down a Christian ministry, and in California and other
states.
The case already was presented to the Supreme Court several years ago, but it did not get a ruling...at the time, licensed professional
counselor Christopher Doyle told the Anglican Mainstream website that
the decision “is the consequence of liberal judicial bias.” Click here to read more. |
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About the Institute for Healthy Families
Institute for Healthy Families specializes in counseling solutions for individuals, couples, families, therapists, and ministry leaders. IHF is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit therapeutic organization located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. As a Judeo-Christian organization, IHF believes that the family is the foundation for healthy individuals, relationships, communities, and places of worship. While IHF is non-sectarian, we believe that God reveals His truth in both the Bible and Creation and that we can use this wisdom to help facilitate healing. IHF believes that through this synthesis of science and faith, we can help our clients form and maintain healthy families that will be able to help their children become the best versions of themselves and fulfill God’s will for their lives.
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