The Rolling Stone article states that Harker is "fairly well-known in the [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] community." In 2005, he founded Life Changing Services, a pornography addiction treatment group that appears to be based on LDS principles, but not directly sponsored or supported by the church. He did, however, work as a counselor with LDS Family Services for seven years before founding his own program, according to his bio on the "Sons of Helaman" website.
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-new ... -her-demon
The LDS war against The Little Factories never seems to end. Life Changing Services is the LDS group associated in the Franke-Hildebrandt case.
https://sonsofhelaman.org/clinicians/ - Mormon Pornography Therapists
Is there any place outside of Utah that features this dangerous Pornography Therapy?
More LDS Therapy in the News
More LDS Therapy in the News
Good faith does not require evidence, but it also does not turn a blind eye to that evidence. Otherwise, it becomes misplaced faith.
-- Moksha
-- Moksha
Re: More LDS Therapy in the News
I think this may be hard to answer. I googled "sex addiction treatment." (Google will sell that search, I know.) Many reputable clinics will treat compulsive sexual behavior, but the definition is so far beyond what is called "sex addiction" in the church. Reputable clinics will deal with people who've lost their jobs because they couldn't stop looking at porn at work, or people who are needing to perform sex acts 5-6 times per day, or other extreme behavior like that. Even the church, when it makes videos for general consumption, talks about getting help for people with this problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_DtmXXpw6Q.
However, from what I've seen and the stories going around, the typical person in church considered a "sex addict" is a sexually unfulfilled person who might masturbate a couple of times per week. Or look at porn occasionally and knows that work is not the place for it. The only reason they feel guilty is that they are told to feel guilty as much as possible my the church, and they are probably in a marriage where their partner expects to be their only sexual outlet. Or maybe they are single and have no sexual outlet at all by church standards. The disconnect between the public-facing pronouncements of the church and what is happening inside the bishop's office is pretty huge
However, from what I've seen and the stories going around, the typical person in church considered a "sex addict" is a sexually unfulfilled person who might masturbate a couple of times per week. Or look at porn occasionally and knows that work is not the place for it. The only reason they feel guilty is that they are told to feel guilty as much as possible my the church, and they are probably in a marriage where their partner expects to be their only sexual outlet. Or maybe they are single and have no sexual outlet at all by church standards. The disconnect between the public-facing pronouncements of the church and what is happening inside the bishop's office is pretty huge