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| | | | | Key to Your Child's Heart Healing Weekend mothers with children who experience SSA September 13-15, 2019
This weekend is designed for mothers of a same-sex attracted or gay-identified child. The goal is for each mother to grow personally and as a Parent/Coach, to learn how to better love and understand your struggling child, and to uncover how your own unresolved issues may be blocking your family’s path to healing. |
| | | Key to Your Child's Heart Healing Weekend fathers with children who experience SSA November 15-17, 2019
This weekend will give you the opportunity to connect with other fathers that are in the same position as you, and learn together how you can rise up and face the challenges that affect our families and children! You will gain great insight into your child’s needs by learning, growing, and taking part in group activities with each other during this interactive weekend! |
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| | Reverse Amazon's Decision to Censor Alternative Views on Homosexuality
Last week Amazon abruptly removed several books which represented alternative views on homosexuality. This included a variety of personal testimonies (autobiographies), religious texts, Reparative Therapy, psychological research, and addiction recovery resources. This is tantamount to religious discrimination and discrimination based on sexual orientation.
We are outraged that a smear campaign by one individual (who stated here that he never read these books) could convince Amazon to censor all books, audiobooks, and Kindle material related to our experiences and viewpoints.
For every major issue there are two sides to each story. For one side to be bullied and censored on every platform is counter to the values we have long held in common with Amazon. We demand an immediate reversal of this decision and the restoration of these and all other books that were removed on this topic. Click here to sign the petition. |
| | Christopher Doyle Interviewed on Church Militant's 'Mic'd Up'
Mic'd Up tackles hot-button Catholic and political issues with clear commentary and hard-hitting guest interviews. To watch the the interview with Christopher Doyle on his new book, The War on Psychotherapy, click here.
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| | Trump’s LGBT Pride tweet reinforces the exploitation of sexual minorities 50 years after Stonewall
For the first two years of his administration, President Trump failed to acknowledge June as the official pride month of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. But this year, one day before the start of LGBT Pride, the President tweeted the following:
“As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation. My Administration has launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality and invite all nations to join us in this effort!”
But why would Trump – clearly not a globalist – want to get involved in the international human rights of sexual minorities? Since he took office, the President has failed to make friends with LGBT activists in the United States, almost immediately rolling back Obama-era policies within the Department of Education for gender non-conforming students to use the bathroom of their choice, while placing a ban on military service for transgenders. Most recently, his administration has resisted the Equality Act, which passed the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives but will ultimately be killed in the Senate before reaching his desk.
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| | Janet Mefferd Interviews Christopher Doyle on His New Book The War on Psychotherapy
Janet Mefferd is the host of two nationally syndicated daily Christian talk shows: Janet Mefferd Today, airing on Bott Radio Network and other stations nationwide, and Janet Mefferd Live on American Family Radio, with a combined reach of more than 400 radio stations nationwide. A former news and religion reporter and editor for newspapers including The Dallas Morning News and the Daily Herald, Janet also has more than 25 years of Christian broadcasting experience.
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| | Christopher Doyle Interviewed on Dr. Brown's "The Line of Fire" Radio Show on New Book
Listen and watch Christopher Doyle's interview on Dr. Michael Brown's "Life of Fire" show on his new book: The War on Psychotherapy: When Sexual Politics, Gender Ideology, and Mental Health Collide.
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| | Christopher Doyle Interviewed on American Family Radio's "Sandy Rios in the Morning"
Listen to Sandy Rios for one power packed hour each morning to hear the important news of the day. Sandy provides the latest from DC with the savvy of an insider equipped with a Christian perspective.
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| | Christopher Doyle Interviewed by "Hey Frase" Washington, D.C. Podcast on The War on Psychotherapy
The Hey Frase show is an upbeat, enlightening, pop culture, and lifestyle podcast led by social media influencer and radio personality, Sarah Fraser & A.J. on the Mic. Both Sarah & AJ are known for their high octane, no-filter style. The “pod” airs twice weekly here in the nation’s capital and is complemented by a strong network of nearly 100k social media followers.
On May 22, 2019, Sarah and A.J. discuss Celine Dion on Carpool Karaoke and AJ has already come up with an impression of her. Plus, Lenny Kravitz shirtless photo at 54, we're in love. Chris Doyle is a 'Sexual Identity' therapist in Northern Va who counsels individuals who don't want to be gay. So is he practicing 'Conversion Therapy?' And why would a person not want to be gay?
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| | Linda Harvey Interviews Christopher Doyle on Mission:America Radio
Listen to Linda Harvey interview Christopher Doyle on Mission: America on his upcoming book: The War on Psychotherapy: When Sexual Politics, Gender Ideology, and Mental Health Collide.
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| | Review of "The Sunday Sessions" on 1More Film Blog
. . . the most counter-cultural thing in this portrait of a conflicted gay man is his insistence that his religious identity is not some choice that can be jettisoned to make his life healthier and happier in the eyes of those who fundamentally agree with some of its assumptions.
The documentary also contrasts sharply with Boy Erased in the way it presents those doing the therapy. Chris Doyle may well be held in contempt by the film for persisting in a practice that is not endorsed by any credible psychiatric association and is now banned in Maryland but is consistently shown, unlike the counselors in Boy Erased, telling (Nathan) that he is in charge of his own therapy. If Doyle is wrong, either about his own sexual preference conversion or about what is best for (Nathan), he appears to be sincerely wrong.
That sincerity creates a fascinating subtext in The Sunday Sessions, one in which the documentary appears to conflate not intervening with being neutral. Towards the end of the documentary, (Nathan) shares an answer to prayer that he believes he received by means of a spiritually intense experience while taking the Eucharist. Ironically, while both his therapist and the film seem to be agreed that his Christian identity and his gay identity are not compatible (just disagreed about which he should give up), (Nathan) bravely persists at trying to reconcile the two. Does that make him foolish or brave? Click here to read more.
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'I know personally it works': Man who sued Maryland to overturn gay conversion ban at center of new film
Whether as the plaintiff in a recently filed lawsuit or a central figure in a new documentary, therapist Christopher Doyle portrays himself as both healer and healed.
“The same-sex desires, just like it was in my case, just went away. And today, I’m married, I have two kids and I’m so happy,” Doyle says in a 2012 Dr. Oz appearance that opens the documentary, “The Sunday Sessions.” The movie will be screened at the Creative Alliance on Sunday.
He and a client gave Baltimore-based filmmaker Richard Yeagley broad access to months of sessions, and the often-wrenching footage from them forms the heart of the 1 1/2-hour documentary, which was released for streaming on iTunes, Amazon and Kanopy on Feb. 5 and previously screened in other cities. It depicts the client, Nathan Gniewek, struggling, often tearfully and angrily, to deal with his attraction to men.
The power of the film comes from its fly-on-the-wall approach — there are no voiceovers or interviews, and Yeagley kept his belief that gay people shouldn’t have to feel a need to “convert” on his side of the camera. Click here to read more in The Baltimore Sun. |
| | Institute for Healthy Families (IHF) 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. For more information, visit our website at: www.InstituteforHealthyFamilies.org.
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