Douglas C. Haldeman, PhD, is professor and chair of the doctoral
program in clinical psychology at John F. Kennedy University. His
numerous lectures and scholarly articles help to bring psychology
into the public arena to educate, improve people's lives, address
health disparities, and speak to the needs of culturally
marginalized groups. Haldeman served on the Board of Directors of
the American Psychological Association and is a past president of
the California Psychological Association. In addition to Sexual
Orientation & Gender Identity Change Efforts, his current work
involves humanitarian refugee work with gay male asylum
seekers.
Jack Drescher, MD, is a distinguished life fellow of the American
Psychiatric Association, past president of the Group for
Advancement of Psychiatry, and past president of APA's New York
County Psychiatric Society. He is clinical professor of psychiatry
at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a
training and supervising analyst at the William Alanson White
Institute. He is an early professional critic of conversion therapy
claims, citing potential harms of efforts to suppress or change
sexual orientation or gender identity.
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