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Find a Counselor or Life Coach
Listed below are selected counselors and personal life
coaches who are knowledgeable about and supportive of the
philosophy and approach of People Can Change. For a more
complete list of sexual reorientation counselors, contact
NARTH at 1-818-789-4440
(see box at lower right of this page). This list is provided
for information only.
Rich Wyler,
Certified Life Coach
Founder and executive director of People Can Change.
Founder and co-creator of the
Journey Into Manhood
experiential healing weekend.
Coaches clients by phone internationally. See
www.higherpathcoaching.com,
or call 1-434-985-8551
or email
rich@higherpathcoaching.com
Learn More
about Rich...
David Matheson, M.S., LPC
Member of the board of directors of People Can
Change, and co-creator of its
Journey into Manhood
experiential weekend program.
In private practice in
Salt Lake City, Utah.
See
www.genderwholeness.com
1-801-272-3200 or
dmatheson@genderwholeness.com
Learn More about Dave...
Floyd Godfrey, LPC
Founder and director of Family Strategies and
Coaching. In private practice in the Phoenix,
Arizona area. 1-480-668-8301 or at
www.healinghomosexuality.com.
Learn More about Floyd...
Bruce R. Gold
Counselor in private practice, and director,
Collegeville Healing Center in Collegeville, Penn.,
A senior trainer for the Journey Into Manhood
healing retreats. 1-610-489-0496
or
b.gold@verizon.net.
Learn
More about Bruce...
John Hinson, LPC
Member of the board of directors of People Can
Change.
In private practice with Family Strategies &
Coaching in the Greater Phoenix area.
1-480-668-8301 ext. 106.
Learn
More
about John...
Kevin Barwick, LCPC
Baxter Peffer, MS
A national certified counselor specializing
in men's issues, including unwanted same-sex
attraction, sexual addiction, and the trauma
of childhood sexual abuse. A senior trainer
with Journey Into Manhood. Based in
Pittsburgh.
412-491-5989
baxterpeffer@gmail.com
Learn More
about Baxter...
Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D.
A licensed psychologist, author, and NARTH
founder. Director of Thomas Aquinas
Psychological Clinic in Los Angeles
area.
818-789-6944.
Learn
More About Dr. Nicolosi…
Scott Sutherland, LPC
A licensed counselor in Colorado Springs
1-888-487-5393
Learn More
About Scott…
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Amedeo F. Colucci, MS, LMHC
Jim Phelan, Psy.D
Clinical psychologist, author and
Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor.
Based in Columbus, Ohio.
1-609-668-0377 or
jpmphelan@msn.com.
Learn
More
about Jim...
Bobby Morgan, LCSW
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Counselor and Coach Bios
Kevin
Barwick of
Anew Place Counseling Services
is a
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in
Maryland and Virginia (pending). He has been
in private practice for nearly 15 years. He
had worked for the State of Maryland in the
Youth and Family Division for over 10 years
providing foster care placement services.
Kevin
specializes in issues related to
relationship skill-building and
communication, personal trauma, masculine
sexuality/self-image, addictions, depression
and anxiety. He honors the faith-traditions
that people have, and welcomes them into the
therapy process. Kevin can
be reached at 1-301-552-6688 or
KevinBarwick@AnewPlace.info.
Amedeo F. Colucci, MS,
LMHC is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor
in private practice in the Fort Lauderdale,
Florida area where he is the Director for
the Center for Inner Peace. Amedeo received
his degree from Nova Southeastern University
in 1982. He is currently seeking
certification in sexual addictions. Amedeo
is married and has three children in
college. Amedeo has been helping
men and teenaged boys increase their sense
of masculinity through gender affirming
processes, including reparative therapy, for
the last eight years. He is the founder and
facilitator of the Fort Lauderdale Chapter
of the Roman Catholic Support Group,
Courage. Amedeo can be reached at
1-954-778-2101 or
AmedeoColucci@yahoo.com
Floyd Godfrey is a Licensed Professional Counselor
and the Director of Family Strategies & Coaching in
the Phoenix, Arizona area, where he supervises other
therapists who work in the field of sexual
addictions, reparative therapy and other mental
health issues. He received his education from
Arizona State University and Ottawa University and
has worked for 13 years with youth, adults and
families in a variety of mental health settings.
Floyd has special training helping those who
struggle with unwanted sexual feelings and behavior.
He is the author of the book “Homosexuality:
Symptoms and Free Agency” and the audiotape program
“Healing Homosexuality: Testimonies of Change.”
Floyd is the founder of “Adventures in Manhood,” an
experiential weekend for men and youth (see
www.adventureinmanhood.com). Floyd frequently
staffs the
Journey Into Manhood training weekend,
facilitating intensive emotional release and
self-discovery work and also serving as co-leader of
the weekend. He is a member of the board of
directors of People Can Change.
Floyd can be reached at 480-668-8301 or through his
Web site at
www.healinghomosexuality.com.
Bruce R.
Gold
Bruce Gold has trained in modalities including
Gestalt Therapy, Shadow Work, Imago Therapy,
Co-Dependency, Touch Therapy and Voice Dialogue. He
offers reparative therapy on an individual basis for
men dealing with unwanted SSA issues.
Bruce is a Certified Co-Leader in the
New Warrior Training Adventure, an intense,
transformative men's initiation that invites men to
forge a deep conscious connection between head and
heart, and that supports men in developing lives of
integrity, accountability, and connection to
feeling. He has 20 years experience in 12-step
recovery work.
Bruce can be reached at 610-489-0496 or
b.gold@verizon.net.
Ken Graham, LPC,
CCSAS
As a licensed professional
counselor and certified clinical sex addiction
specialist, Ken is founder and director of the
Center for Relational Healing in
Nashville,
Tennessee.
He specializes in the
treatment of sexual disorders / addiction, trauma
resolution, and unwanted same sex attraction.
Ken also conducts
Masculine Integrity Quest
– a Christian-based, three-day workshop for men
struggling with same sex attraction.
Ken can be reached at
615-377-8866 or
ken.graham@relationalhealing.com
.
See also
www.relationalhealing.com.
John Hinson is a Licensed Professional
Counselor in private practice with Family
Strategies & Coaching (www.healinghomosexuality.com)
outside Phoenix, Arizona, where he works
with men seeking recovery from same-sex
attraction and related issues.
With an M.A. in both counseling and
Theological Studies from Reformed Theology
Seminary in Orlando, Florida, John has
special training in the areas of addiction,
childhood trauma, family of origin
dysfunction, and unwanted same sex
attraction.
He is also trained to work with
families of persons who struggle with
addictions and various sexual issues.
John works closely with
Exodus International, where he is listed as
a referred therapist. He also has
experience in presenting educational
awareness workshops on issues relating to
SSA and its impact on the family.
John is readily available at his
office for phone assessments and
consultations to anyone in or outside the
Greater Phoenix area.
He can be
reached at 480-668-8301 x: 106.
Elan Karten, PHD
Elan Karten is a licensed psychologist in
both the
US
and
Israel,
who received his PhD in clinical psychology
from
Fordham
University.
For his
dissertation, he investigated the
psychological variables and therapeutic
interventions and techniques most related to
change in sexual orientation (see
www.narth.com/docs/fordham.html ).
He serves on
the Scientific Advisory Board of NARTH, and
is the Israeli representative of their
International Federation.
He
currently lives in
Jerusalem
with his wife and family and is seeing
private clients under the supervision of Dr.
Nicolosi. He may be contacted at
elanyk@gmail.com.
David A. Matheson, M.S.,
LPC
David Matheson, is a Licensed
Professional Counselor in private practice in
Salt Lake City, Utah. David received his Masters of
Science degree in Counseling and Guidance from
Brigham Young University in 1996. He practiced for
eight years under the supervision of Joseph Nicolosi,
Ph.D in Los Angeles. He is co-founder of the Center
for Gender Wholeness (www.genderwholeness.com), where his primary
focus is on clients seeking to diminish unwanted
homosexual feelings and develop a stronger
masculine, heterosexual identity and desires.
David is co-creator of the
Journey into Manhood experiential weekend
program and serves on the board of directors of
People Can Change. One of his important works is the
350-page Evergreen Workbook for Men, a practical
guide to the change process. He also co-authored
“Pathways Into Male Homosexuality,” a lengthy review
and discussion of research and theory regarding the
development of same-sex orientation.
David can be reached at 801-272-3200 or
damatheson@genderwholeness.com.
Paul McNulty is a
Licensed Clinical Social Worker and
has been in private practice since
1989.
He received his master’s
degree in social work from the
University of Illinois at Chicago,
School of Social Work. Paul specializes
in therapy with men in the areas of
relationships, sexuality, same sex
attraction, and various addictions.
He is passionate about men’s
work and is a member of the New
Warrior Training community. Paul is
also a professional member of Exodus
International, NARTH, and American
Association of Christian Counselors.
Paul’s private
practice is located in the Greater
Chicago land area.
He can be reached at
1-630-673-5510 or
mcnulty@newwarrior.com.
Bobby Morgan, LCSW
Bobby Morgan is a
Licensed Clinical Social Worker in
private practice in
Houston,
Texas.
He
specializes in gender-affirmative
therapy with men who seek both freedom
from unwanted same sex attraction and
connection to their true heterosexual
identity.
Mentored by
Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, PhD, he is
passionate about leading men to healing
in the following areas:
growing
sense of masculine identity; authentic
connection to emotions; getting core
needs met in healthy, non-sexual ways;
releasing shame; working through
pornography and other addictions; and
using their spirituality to surrender to
the life to which they feel called.
Bobby is a
member of the National Association for
Resaearch and Therapy of Homosexuality (www.narth.com)
and regularly staffs the powerful
Journey into Manhood weekend.
Face to face
therapy, as well as meaningful therapy
over the phone, is available. Bobby can
be reached at 1-713-444-1598 or
bobbymorgan9@comcast.net
Joseph Nicolosi, PhD
Dr. Nicolosi has 25 years
experience counseling men with unwanted same
sex-attractions.
He has authored
four books and numerous articles on the
subject, and therapist often use his book “Reparative
Therapy of Male Homosexuality”
as a treatment model.
He is a founder
and former president of the National
Association for Research and Therapy of
Homosexuality (www.narth.com),
and founder and clinical director of the
Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic in
Encino (Los
Angeles County),
California. He
and his staff of six psychotherapists
conduct over 150 sessions per week with SSA
men. He is an outspoken supporter of People
Can Change and its Journey Into Manhood
experiential weekend program.
Dr. Nicolosi’s credentials include an
M.A. from The New School for Social Research
in
New York,
and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The
California School of Professional
Psychology. He was licensed as a
psychologist in
California
in 1980 (License #6556) and is a member of
the American Psychological Association and
the APA Division for Psychoanalytic
Psychology.
Jim Phelan
received his doctorate degree
in Psychology through the Southern
California University for
Professional Studies and his masters degree
in social work from Marywood University’s
School of Social Work, Scranton,
Pennsylvania. He is a Board Certified
Diplomat in Clinical Social Work and a
Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor. Jim
specializes in therapy, consultation, and
research particular to the topics of
same-sex attraction, sexual addictions, and
other addictions, such as substance abuse.
He has been in practice since 1994. Jim can be
reached at 1-614-571-7093 or
jpmphelan@sbcglobal.net
Baxter Peffer is a National
Certified Counselor specializing in men’s
issues, including unwanted same-sex attraction,
sexual addiction, and the trauma of childhood
sexual abuse. With both his phone and in-person
clients, Baxter joins his background in prayer
ministry and theology with a clinically-directed
approach, and works with both men and
adolescents who seek to achieve a greater sense
of masculinity and a stronger self-concept. An
advocate for the benefits of creating and
joining in community, he frequently staffs
healing, experiential weekends, both secular and
Christian-based, including Journey into Manhood
(www.peoplecanchange.com),
Edge Venture (www.edgeventure.org)
and the New Warrior Training Adventure (www.mkp.org).
Contact Baxter at 1-412-491-5989 or
baxterpeffer@gmail.com
Scott Sutherland, LPC
Scott Sutherland
is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the Agape
Psychological Clinic: Center for Men, in Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
He holds a Master’s Degree
in Clinical Psychology. He trained under Dr. Joseph
Nicolosi at the Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic in
Encino,
California.
He is an Exodus referral counselor.
Scott can be reached at
1-800-892-6004 or
scott@agapecounseling.info
or through his web site
http://www.agapecounseling.info.
Rich Wyler, Life Coach
Rich is
a certified life coach with extensive real-world experience in
helping men overcome same-sex attraction and pornography
addictions, starting with his own healing journey in the
1990s. In 2000, he founded People Can Change and then,
in 2002, its powerful “Journey Into Manhood”
experiential-healing weekend – a life-changing program
that has helped hundreds of men decrease unwanted
homosexual attractions and behaviors. Building on
his skills and experience in facilitating dramatic
personal breakthroughs – and after years of mentoring
men in their individual journeys out of SSA and sexual
addictions – Rich established
Higher Path Life
Coaching and began coaching professionally in 2005.
Rich has years of experience in 12-Step recovery work
and with the ManKind Project (www.mkp.org).
He has received life coaching certification both through the
Coach Training Alliance and the International Healing
Foundation.
He holds a bachelor’s
degree in communications from
Brigham
Young
University.
Rich can be reached at
1-434-985-8551 or
rich@higherpathcoaching.com.
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