Douglas Haldeman

John F. Kennedy University · Clinical Psychology

The relative unresponsiveness of the news media to the racism and homophobia of the Orlando shootings was deeply disturbing to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. The focus on terrorism and gun control (major topics in the 2016 presidential campaign) neglected the fact that this massacre was a hate crime. This article describes s...

For many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons wellness includes recognition by religious and spiritual organizations. Some LGBT persons who embrace certain denominations of Christianity find that homosexuality is condemned and that they are expected to change their sexual orientation. In this chapter, a sampling of case material,...

The 2014 Policy and Planning Board of the American Psychological Association (APA) was chaired by Kristin A. Hancock, PhD. Other members of the board included M. Lynne Cooper, PhD; Carol A. Dwyer, PhD; Douglas C. Haldeman, PhD; Ali M. Mattu, PhD; Maureen A. O'Connor, PhD; Richard E. Petty, PhD; Sandra L. Shullman, PhD; and Kristi Sands Van Sickle,...

Psychology training programs have felt the effects of lawsuits and legislative activity in opposition to diversity requirements, particularly with respect to LGBT individuals. Religion-based prejudice should have no controlling interest in shaping these training requirements, but conservative religious students should also be dealt with thoughtfull...

Repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that excluded openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons from military service (Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-321, 124 Stat. 3515, 2010) was a defining moment for the nation and cause for hope that open service might become a reality for thousands of LGB service members....

Comments on the original article, "Guidelines for psychological practice with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients," by the American Psychological Association (see record 2011-19419-001). Guideline 3 of the acknowledges the diversity of human sexual orientation and that "efforts to change sexual orientation have not been shown to be effective or safe...

The “Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients” provide psychologists with (a) a frame of reference for the treatment of lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients and (b) basic information and further references in the areas of assessment, intervention, identity, relationships, diversity, education, training, and resear...

Ethical dilemmas and boundary challenges are parts of daily life for psychologists who live and practice within small communities. Although rural psychologists are most readily identified as “small-community psychologists,” there are a number of other settings that can be considered small communities—colleges, communities of color/ethnicity/culture...

Issues of diversity and multiculturalism are typically framed and conceptualized in terms of client characteristics. This is reflected in the literature on competent and ethical treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. However, when it comes to personal characteristics of the therapists involved, little has been writ...

Psychologists are frequently asked to work with the media in responding to current events or educating the public about psychological issues. This can run the gamut, from an occasional interview with a reporter to a weekly gig as a radio call-in host. Many psychologists have little or no training in media psychology, but it is critical to obtain su...

Presents the case of Dan, a homosexual man with depression and anxiety who also presented with heterophobia. What were the curative elements in Dan's treatment? There were several: First, it was necessary to exhume some of his early life history to understand what had caused him to develop such strong avoidance reactions toward other men. It was th...

The debate among scholars and gay activists and religious/political activists about the appropriateness and efficacy of conversion therapy has left out a number of individuals for whom neither gay-affirmative nor conversion therapy may be indicated. The present discussion, through the use of case material, offers considerations for the practitioner...

Therapies designed to change sexual orientation have come under increasing scrutiny from the profession and the public. The proposition that sexual orientation can be changed therapeutically is widely questioned, and there is concern that such therapies reinforce social devaluation of homosexuality and bisexuality. At the same time, conservative re...

Therapies designed to change sexual orientation have come under increasing scrutiny from the profession and the public. The proposition that sexual orientation can be changed therapeutically is widely questioned, and there is concern that such therapies reinforce social devaluation of homosexuality and bisexuality. At the same time, conservative re...

Comments on the original article by M. A. Yarhouse et al (see record 2002-13988-007) which identified the ethical issues in efforts to ban reorientation therapies. Given the highly charged debate around reparative or conversation therapies, the current authors were disappointed in the approach taken by the authors in their discussion and review of...

Comments on the original article by M. A. Yarhouse et al (see record 2002-13988-007) which identified the ethical issues in efforts to ban reorientation therapies. Given the highly charged debate around reparative or conversation therapies, the current authors were disappointed in the approach taken by the authors in their discussion and review of...

Studies of sexual orientation conversion therapies have focused on the efficacy, or lack thereof, of treatments designed to change sexual orientation. Recently, given the typically low success rate achieved in most conversion therapy studies, some researchers have examined the potential for such treatments to harm patients. It is the author's impre...

School psychologists must often address the challenges presented by gender atypical youth; for example, girls who are referred to by their peers as "tomboys" and boys who are referred to by their peers as "sissified." Such children often are the targets of harassment and abuse from peers, as well as being the focus of concern for parents and school...

Sexual orientation conversion therapy was the treatment of choice when homosexuality was thought to be an illness. Despite the declassification of homosexuality as a mental illness, efforts to sexually reorient lesbians and gay men continue. The construct of sexual orientation is examined, as well as what constitutes its change. The literature in p...

Sexual orientation conversion therapy was the treatment of choice when homosexuality was thought to be an illness. Despite the declassification of homosexuality as a mental illness, efforts to sexually reorient lesbians and gay men continue. The construct of sexual orientation is examined, as well as what constitutes its change. The literature in p...

[examines dilemmas] experienced by many lesbians and gay men around the meaning and import of religion in their lives / the ways in which these meanings are constructed and assessed are examined / the response of organized religion to visible lesbians and gay men is discussed, with an explanation of the history of the conversion (or "reparative") t...

This chapter offers a knowledge base and a conceptual framework for clinicians in their work with gay and bisexual men. Two prerequisites are discussed that therapists should meet for conducting effective and ethical therapy with gay and bisexual men: (1) the need to recognize diversity among gay and bisexual men and (2) some knowledge of the norma...