Goldwasser works with individuals whose trauma histories have led to addictions, anxiety, and mood disorders, as well as difficulties in relationships.”īut Truth Wins Out found Goldwasser’s own “present functioning” including looking to score with other men. “He helps patients to understand and process the ways in which painful or frightening events continue to impact present functioning,” the website reads. He has also sent clients to the so-called 'Manhood' program that sends gay or questioning men off into the woods to engage in 'manly' activities with the intent of ensuring they emerge with a heterosexual identity, according to Truth Wins Out. Goldwasser, an Orthodox Jewish provider of conversion therapy services, advertises on his website that he and a team of professionals at his Miami Beach practice will help clients with the healing of trauma. “We urge every state to ban the scourge of conversion therapy that attacks the mental health of LGBT youth and puts them in harms way.”
“Norman Goldwasser’s double life of unconscionable lies highlights the rank hypocrisy and predatory nature of the fraudulent ‘ex-gay’ industry,” said Truth Wins Out Executive Director Wayne Besen. A therapist at Horizon Psychological Services who claimed he could change clients’ sexual orientation sough gay sex partners on Manhunt and kept an account on Bear Nation, according to the non-profit Truth Wins Out.
