The Battle for Normality : Self-Therapy for Homosexual Persons

Introduction 9(10) PART ONE: INSIGHTS 19(72) 1. Homosexuality: An Overview 19(6) Insights in Brief 19(2) Not Normal 21(2) The Role of Self-Labeling 23(2) 2. Development of Homosexuality 25(26) Homosexuality in the Genes? In the Brain? 25(6) Irreversibly Programmed in the First Years of Life? 31(2) Psychological Childhood Factors 33(9) The Masculinity/Femininity Inferiority Complex 42(5) Self-Dramatization and the Formation of an Inferiority Complex 47(4) 3. Homosexual Drives 51(10) The "Search for Love and Affection" 51(2) Homosexual "Love" 53(4) Homosexual Sex Addiction 57(4) 4. The Neuroticism of Homosexuality 61(20) Homosexual Relationships 61(2) Self-Destructive and Dysfunctional Tendencies 63(1) Remaining a Teenager: Infantilism 64(7) Neurotic from Discrimination? 71(4) Nonneurotic Homosexuals? 75(1) Normal in Other Cultures? 76(3) Seduction 79(2) 5. The Question of Morality 81(10) Homosexuality and Conscience 81(4) Religion and Homosexuality 85(6) PART TWO: PRACTICAL RULES FOR (SELF-)THERAPY 91(58) 6. The Role of Therapy 91(6) Sobering Remarks on "Psychotherapy" 91(2) The Need for a Therapist 93(4) 7. Knowing Oneself 97(16) Working through Childhood and Adolescence 97(5) Knowledge of the Present Self 102(8) Moral Self-Knowledge 110(3) 8. Qualities to Cultivate 113(10) Beginning the Battle: Hope, Self-Discipline, Sincerity 113(2) Fighting Neurotic Self-Pity; Humor 115(5) Patience and Humility 120(3) 9. Changing Patterns of Thought and Behavior 123(18) Fighting Homosexual Feelings 123(7) Fighting the Infantile Ego 130(5) Mending the Sex Role 135(6) 10. Relating to Others 141(8) Changing One's Views of and Relationships with Others 141(6) Changing Relations with the Opposite Sex; Marriage 147(2) Bibliography 149(6) Index 155