Understanding our LGBTQ+ loved ones

We are delighted to welcome Richard back (see our last session with the book Time Touch and Talk) to our webinar series. This time, with his latest book ‘Understanding Our LGBTQ+ Loved Ones’

By understanding the hearts of our gay family members and friends, we may resolve the conflicts and confusion regarding homosexuality.

The book covers

• A brief history of the Gay Rights Movement
• Are people really born gay? Is it driven by nature, nurture, or both?
• Clues as to why five American celebrities experience same-sex attraction
• Language to help heal hurting hearts
• How to positively love our gay family members and friends

Date: Saturday 29th April 2023

Time: 5 pm BST (12 pm EDT)

Richard Cohen, M.A., is a psychotherapist, educator, and author who travels throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East teaching about marital relations, communication skills, parenting skills, healing from sexual abuse, and understanding gender identity and sexual orientation issues. Over the past 30 years, he has helped hundreds in therapy and thousands through healing seminars, as well as trained over 6,000 physicians, psychologists, counsellors, and ministry leaders on how to assist those dealing with gender identity and sexual orientation concerns.

Cohen is the author of six books that have been translated into twelve languages. He founded the International Healing Foundation (IHF) in 1990 and is currently the president and co-founder of Positive Approaches To Healthy Sexuality (PATH). Based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, PATH offers counsellor training programs, family healing sessions, consultations, resource materials, and speaking engagements. Cohen is a frequent guest lecturer on college and university campuses, and at therapeutic and religious conferences.

Cohen holds a Bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a Master’s of Arts degree in counselling psychology from Antioch University. He has worked in child abuse treatment services, and individual, couples, and family therapy services. For three years, he worked as an HIV/AIDS educator for the Seattle, Washington chapter of the American Red Cross where he authored a statewide curriculum for foster parents and health care providers dealing with HIV infected children.

Cohen has been interviewed by newspapers, radio and television media including appearances on 20/20, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Larry King Live, The O’Reilly Factor, CNN, and other news outlets throughout the world. He lives in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area with his wife of thirty-nine years, while his three adult children are making their mark in the world.