What NARTH Offers

NARTH's primary goal is to make effective psychogical therapy available to all homosexual men and women who seek change. Furthermore, we wish to open for public discussion all issues relating to homosexuality.

NARTH wants to build an atmosphere which allows an honest debate--balancing the one-sided distortion which has characterized the discussion.

To achieve these goals, NARTH's ongoing projects and services include:

An international referral service of licensed therapists offering sexual reorientation treatment in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.

Research.

A worldwide survey of homosexuals who have changed. Review of scientific studies documenting the psychological factors associatd with a gay lifestyle. Review of the psychological literature documenting treatment success.

Lectures by respected mental-health professionals.

Scholarly publications and literature for the general public.

Literature distribution into college, high school, and community libraries.

Distribution of reliable and truthful school sex-education guidelines to parents which will refute the barrage of misinformation given to children and teenagers by the pro-gay lobby.

Promotion of teen awareness that homosexual attractions do not necessarily make one a homosexual. Many a teen goes through temporary episodes of idealization of same-sex peers; led to believe he is gay, such a young person may later find himself trapped in an unwanted---and even life threatening---sexual habit pattern.

The public must be made aware that some homosexual people do seek and achieve change. The change is neither quick nor easy, but many believe---as we do---that the goal is a worthy one.