Die IFTCC umfasst eine breite, weltumspannende Palette an Fachleuten, die sich auf den Bereich gleichgeschlechtlicher Anziehung und Geschlechtsdysphorie spezialisiert haben oder in diesem Bereich tätig sind.
Unten stellen wir Ihnen einige zentrale Mitglieder des Teams vor.
Mike worked as an academic, staff and student developer at the universities of Rhodes, Nottingham, Surrey and Ulster. He founded the charity, Core Issues Trust in 2007. He produced and directed the feature documentary film, Voices of the Silenced (2018). He actively participates in UK media debate around sexual politics. He is a board member of the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity incorporating the NARTH Institute (Alliance). He was refused certification by the UKCP and BPA and continues to advocate for the rights and freedoms of those leaving homosexuality.
Peter May MRCS LRCP MRCGP is a General Practitioner in Southampton and was a member of the Church of England General Synod from 1985-2010. He contributes regularly to the Triple Helix, a journal of the Christian Medical Fellowship, and has paid careful attention to the clinical and medical aspects around sexual politics and contributes to the sexual politics debate in media. He is an author and public speaker.
Following an initial career as an engineer after Cambridge, Dermot worked as a management consultant contributing, among others to the National Health sector. He co-authored Beyond Critique, the Misuse of Science by the UK Mental Health Bodies (2013) , is a contributor to various newspaper discussions and follows debates around human sexuality. Dermot has been a member of General Synod the Church of Ireland.
An active researcher, and chair of the Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences at Arizona Christian University, Carolyn’s doctorate is in psychology. She is licensed in the State of Arizona as a Marriage and Family Therapist with 30 years of experience in the mental health field. She is on the editorial board for the Journal of Human Sexuality and is past president of the Alliance. Carolyn is a clinical member of the AAMFT, CAPS and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. She is also nationally certified as a Family Life Educator by the National Council on Family Relations.
Carys Moseley studied Classics at the University of Cambridge and Theology at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh. She held a research post in academic theology at Edinburgh and where she also taught Christian Theology and Ethics. She currently works in public policy research of Christian Concern in the UK.
Dr. Laura Haynes is a licensed psychologist, with over 40 years clinical practice experience. She is an author, and reviews peer-reviewed journals. She serves as Chair of Research and Legislative Policy for the National Task Force for Therapy Equality, Consultant for the American College of Pediatricians, and Member of the Research Committee for the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity/NARTH Institute. She is a former regional president of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies and a member of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Haynes has lobbied and testified before legislative committee hearings in several states in the USA on behalf of individuals who have unwanted sexual or gender variations.
Jens Fredrik Brenne has been a Prison Chaplain in Eidsberg Prison in Norway for eleven years and has previously been a pastor in different local congregations in Oslo for 23 years. He is a board member of Til Helhet, an interdenominational Christian organisation that helps people struggling with sexual identity and same sex attraction. He holds a Master’s degrees in Theology and in Counselling/Pastoral Clinical Care. He works as a Pastor and a Counsellor, and is married with four adult children.
Andrea has practised as a barrister at all levels of the British judicial system. She founded Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre, which have run some of the highest profile Christian freedom cases in Europe. She is a leading campaigner and spokeswoman on issues of national importance in the moral life of the nation, and a defender of Christian liberties in the UK parliamentary process, the justice system and the media.
Dr Quentin Van Meter (MD FCP) is current president of the American College of Pediatricians. He is a member of the American Board of Pediatrics, and the sub-board of Pediatric Endocrinology.
Dr. Van Meter graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1969. He attended the Medical College of Virginia where he received his medical degree in 1973. Dr. Van Meter did his paediatric internship in 1973 and 1974, and his paediatric residency from 1974 to 1976, at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Oakland, through the University of California, San Francisco. He completed his paediatric endocrinology fellowship from 1978 to 1980 at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and now runs his own Paediatric Clinic.
Bryan Shen is a professional counsellor and Supervisor of counsellors registered in Singapore. He works with individuals and families in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, many of whom are conservative and religious. He also conducts educational talks to community leaders and religious teachers of all faiths around Asia to help remove misconceptions and prejudices, so that clients deeply hidden with their struggles can feel safer to ask for help. He also conducts courses for professional counsellors, psychologists and leaders of various social-religious groups.
Dr Keith Vennum has been involved with Adult Psychiatry and Mental Health Counseling in Orlando since 2009 to the present. Before that he was Assistant Clinical Instructor in Anesthesiology at the University of Florida, July 1974, and Staff Anesthesiologist Lakeland Regional Medical Center Lakeland, Fl 1979 – 2007. He has also worked briefly in Germany and in Swaziland. He was Chief, Obstetrical Anaesthesiology at Lakeland Regional Medical Centre 1986-2002. Dr Vennum’s postgraduate qualifications are from the University of Florida (Doctor of Medicine, 1971) and Liberty University (Master of Arts Professional Counselling (2009).) Widowed in 2002, Keith has remarried and has five children from his first marriage, four grandsons and two granddaughters.
Dr Anthony Duk is board certified adult and general psychiatrist. He received his medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He is married and describes himself as a traditional Vietnamese Roman Catholic psychiatrist working in the Southern California area. His work integrates philosophy and spirituality into the medication management of patients in order to help them find values and meaning in life. Society best functions by clear understanding and definitions of masculinity and femininity, as does the sanity of many of the patients Dr Duk works with. It is because of his concern for patient well-being that Dr Duk is interested in this area of psychiatry and psychology. He works with the young people in his church community, enjoying a range of activities.
Peter May MRCS LRCP MRCGP is a General Practitioner in Southampton and was a member of the Church of England General Synod from 1985-2010. He contributes regularly to the Triple Helix, a journal of the Christian Medical Fellowship, and has paid careful attention to the clinical and medical aspects around sexual politics and contributes to the sexual politics debate in media. He is an author and public speaker.
Deborah Pitt is a graduate of St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London. After internship she did a residency in General Practice. In 1979 she moved to the USA to train in Christian Psychology. She later worked in Family Practice in Washington State, returning to the UK in 1992. After doing a residency in Psychiatry she worked in that field till retirement in 2006. Deborah’s particular interests are in the interface between medicine, psychology and the Christian faith.
Christopher H. Rosik PhD is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Oregon and earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology. He is currently a psychologist and director of research at Link Care Center in Fresno, California, as well as a clinical faculty member of Fresno Pacific University.
Dr. Rosik has professional interests that include the psychological care of missionaries and clergy, the dissociative disorders, and homosexuality. He has published more than 45 articles in peer reviewed journals on these and other topics. He has served as President of the Western Region of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) and the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity.
Elan Kartan is a Jerusalem based Clinical Psychologist licensed to practice in the State of New York and Israel.
Carys Moseley studied Classics at the University of Cambridge and Theology at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh. She held a research post in academic theology at Edinburgh and where she also taught Christian Theology and Ethics. She currently works in public policy research of Christian Concern in the UK.
Dr. Laura Haynes is a licensed psychologist, with over 40 years clinical practice experience. She is an author, and reviews peer-reviewed journals. She serves as Chair of Research and Legislative Policy for the National Task Force for Therapy Equality, Consultant for the American College of Pediatricians, and Member of the Research Committee for the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity/NARTH Institute. She is a former regional president of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies and a member of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Haynes has lobbied and testified before legislative committee hearings in several states in the USA on behalf of individuals who have unwanted sexual or gender variations.
Following a degree in Mechanical Sciences at Cambridge and an initial career in management, Dermot worked as a management consultant in a variety of fields, including mental health. He co-authored Beyond Critique, the Misuse of Science by the UK Mental Health Bodies (2013). He has engaged with the Church of England’s Pilling Commission on Human Sexuality, and with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and UK Council for Psychotherapy over the issue of therapeutic and counselling support for people experiencing unwanted same-sex attractions. He is a contributor to various newspaper discussions related to human sexuality. Dermot is a member of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland.
Kristina Malysheva is an Existential Consultant and Psychologist, with a Masters in Social Work.
Dr. Tong is a registered clinical psychologist (HKADCP) in private practice. He founded and chairs the Catholic Researchers Fellowship which is currently transforming into the St. Justin Institute. He was formerly a member of the Pastoral Committee for Same Sex Attraction of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong and a Commission member of the Diocesan Pastoral Commission for Marriage and the Family. He led the Hong Kong response to “Relatio Synodi – The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization” of the III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
Dr Jolanta Próchniewicz is Country Representative for the IFTCC in Poland. She is a psychologist, working in Poznań, Poland. Jolanta works closely with Agnieszka Marianowicz-Szczygieł, also a psychologist, who works in Warszawa and Bogna Białecka, also a psychologist, working in Poznań.
Gintautas Vaitoska is a medical doctor specialized in psychiatry in Lithuania. He also holds a licentiate degree in theology and directs the Studies on Marriage and the Family Program at the International Theological Institute in Trumau, Austria.
Shlomo Jessel holds a BSc degree in Psychology and an MA in Clinical-Developmental Psychology. He works with individuals and families around the world by phone and Skype, many of whom are struggling with attraction-related issues, sexual and internet addictions, and intimacy issues. He also teaches and supervises therapists individually and in groups. He is a founding member of the Jerusalem Narrative Therapy Institute.
Dr. Laura Haynes is a licensed psychologist, with over 40 years clinical practice experience. She is an author, and reviews peer-reviewed journals. She serves as Chair of Research and Legislative Policy for the National Task Force for Therapy Equality, Consultant for the American College of Pediatricians, and Member of the Research Committee for the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity/NARTH Institute. She is a former regional president of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies and a member of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Haynes has lobbied and testified before legislative committee hearings in several states in the USA on behalf of individuals who have unwanted sexual or gender variations.
Dr. Gillies has trained jointly in psychology and theology, with a primary therapeutic focus on survivors of Complex Trauma. She has been a trauma therapist for 25 years, with a demonstrated history of working in mental health care; skilled in Non-profit Organizations, Crisis Intervention, Clinical Supervision, Pastoral Counselling, and Anger Management. Ann uniquely blends professional and pastoral care work in the area of trauma. She is author of “The Deep Impact of Complex Trauma On Spirit, Soul & Body The Deep Impact of Complex Trauma On Spirit, Soul & Body”. Ann received her MA (2000) and her PhD (2013) in Professional Counselling from Liberty University
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