“Downing initiated a discussion about Levin’s body and instructed Levin to stand in front of a full-length mirror and hold a staff,” the suit said. “Downing directed Levin to say one negative thing about himself, remove an article of clothing, then repeat the process. Although Levin protested and expressed discomfort, at Downing’s insistence, Levin submitted and continued until he was fully naked. Downing then instructed Levin to touch his penis and then his buttocks. Levin, unsure what to do but trusting in and relying on Downing, followed the instructions, upon which Downing said ‘good’ and the session ended.”
If this is legit, I am shocked that it didn’t work. I mean come on. I imagine one would stop being gay just to end the weird creepiness of the sessions. I suppose it did work for one guy in a way:
“Unger’s ability to have physical and emotional relationships with men was impaired and he was unable to work for a year, the suit said.”
You can’t make this stuff up.
Freegards
Sounds like something designed by an egghead psychologist who might be brilliant but with little or no appreciation of how the real world works. I guess they’d call this the creep-out method, huh. Christian ministries don’t do weird stuff like that.