Q&A: Dr. Jack Drescher Discusses 'Reparative Therapy'

Dr. Jack Drescher is the foremost expert and scholar on GLBT therapy. He is a renowned scholar and author on issues of sexual orientation. In this video, Drescher answers questions regarding 'reparative' therapy.

Additionally, Drescher, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City.

He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and presently serves as a Consultant to APA's Committee on Public Affairs. He is a past Chair (2000-2006) of APA's Committee on GLB Issues and a Past President of APA's New York County Branch.

Dr. Drescher is an independent scholar. He is Author of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man (The Analytic Press) and has edited twenty books. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy and Editor of the Bending Psychoanalysis Book Series (The Analytic Press). He has authored and co-authored numerous professional articles and book chapters, and is the senior author of "Homosexuality, Gay and Lesbian Identities, and Homosexual Behavior" in the 8th (2005) edition of Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry and the forthcoming 9th edition as well. He is also senior author of "Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients in the 5th edition of the American Psychiatric Association's APPI Textbook of Psychiatry.

Dr. Drescher is an expert spokesperson on issues related to gender and sexuality. His appearances include ABC: Good Morning America, 20/20, and Nightline; PBS: In The Life; CTV: AM Canada; CNN: Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Paula Zahn; Fox: The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News; MSNBC: The Most; Court TV: Bloom and Politan: Open Court; NPR: On Point, Here and Now, To the Point. Dr. Drescher's expert views have been sought and quoted by The Associated Press, Time, Newsweek, People, Esquire, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, and numerous local media outlets, including the New York Daily News, New York Newsday, The Village Voice, and The Washington (and New York) Blade.

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[Wayne Besen]

7 ees -- Dr. Drescher has written more books than you have probably read. His credentials are impeccable.

Meanwhile, Dr. Nicolosi went to a strip-mall college ranked near the bottom of colleges nationwide.

But not all NARTH quacks are without credentials. NARTH Scientific Advisory Board member Dr. George Rekers was academically decorated. Unfortunately, he was caught with a male escort he met on RentBoy.com.

The real deal? I guess if its a real deal for sex with a male prostitute.

[BeatBuddy]

The real issue is not in overcoming homosexuality, it is in learning to accept it.

My sister is a lesbian, and she had a much closer relationship with our mother than I did.

[CarrollAP]

Thank you for telling the truth about changing gender orientation. I am gay and have a couple VERY religious friend who say I just haven't prayed hard enough. Ridiculous!

[infideluxe]

Oh, I saw.

[infideluxe]

For convergent evidence, Google “INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSES (ISPN)

Position Statement On Reparative Therapy”

“Psychiatry Giant Sorry for Backing Gay Cure”

“John Paulk, the face of gay conversion therapy, renounces his past”

“NARTH In The Harsh Spotlight After Rekers Caught With Male Hooker”

“NARTH Becomes Main Source for Anti-Gay Junk Science”

“H-160.991 Health Care Needs of the Homosexual Population”

“5 Things You Should Know About Gay Conversion Therapy”

[Angel Scorp]

Did u notice his gay mannerisms during the entire interview? He is obviously pro-gay cuz he is an obvious gay!

[lmaoyourekiddingme]

APA is politically biased. Do some reading.

[lmaoyourekiddingme]

If he's in the APA he's politically biased toward homosexuals, as the APA has a minority of hetero white males on their board. This is political and there is no open discussion or research on this issue within the APA.

[Mid NuLL]

Smart guy. I also like to add that:

Leading medical associations like the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association have called reparative or conversion “therapy” for gay Americans dangerous, warning that it may lead to serious consequences and distorts what it means to live as an LGBT individual.

[MegaMambo5]

i tell you what, I feel real sorry for you, really sorry you have fall in BIG trap, the BIGGEST of all, yeah n your strategy wont work, you never know who you are working for...

[MegaMambo5]

amen! i know is not a inborn thing, know it from experience I dont need any science studies to confirm that.