International Healing Foundation
Changing the World One Life at a Time!
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Process of Healing Unwanted SSA*
Richard Cohen, M.A. © International Healing Foundation 2008
Key: Discover the root causes of SSA.
· There is a message in the desires.
· Motivation is paramount for change.
· Marriage is never the solution for SSA.
· You must feel in order to heal.
· Path of healing:
1) Personal motivation
2) Effective treatment
3) Support of others
4) Love of God
*This protocol works for men and women.
Four Stages of Healing Unwanted Same-Sex Attractions (SSA)
Richard Cohen, M.A. © International Healing Foundation, 2008
Stage One: Transitioning (Behavioral Therapy)
· Cutting off from sexual behavior
· Developing a support network
· Building self-worth and experiencing value in relationship to God
Stage Two: Grounding (Cognitive Therapy)
· Continuing with the support network
· Continuing to build self-worth and experience value in relationship to God
· Building skills: assertiveness training, comm. skills, problem-solving tech.
· Beginning inner-child healing: identifying thoughts, feelings, and needs
Stage Three: Healing Homo-Emotional and Homo-Social Wounds (Psychodynamic Therapy)
· Continuing all tasks of Stage Two
· Discovering the root causes of homo-emotional/social wounds
· Beginning the process of grieving, forgiving, and taking responsibility
· Developing healthy, healing same-sex relationships
Stage Four: Healing Hetero-Emotional and Hetero-Social Wounds (Psychodynamic Therapy)
· Continuing all tasks of Stage Two
· Discovering the root causes of hetero-emotional/social wounds
· Continuing the process of grieving, forgiving, and taking responsibility
· Developing healthy, healing opposite-sex relationships and learning about the opposite sex through the eyes of one’s own gender
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International Healing Foundation
P.O. Box 901, Bowie, MD 20718
Tel. (301) 805-6111
Fax (301) 805-5155
Email: IHFinfo@changeispossible.com
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