My Christian Counselor Kept Me Alive. Why Are LGBT Groups Trying Outlaw That?
Ken Williams is the author of The Journey Out: How I Followed Jesus Away from Gay and co-founder of Changed Movement, a small army of people who have left the LGBT subculture. Ken was exposed to gay porn as a child. He was also always the smallest boy, so he had an easier time hanging out with girls, who were nicer to him than the boys. This contributed to his gay identity. As he got older, Ken became suicidal. “The consternation and distress internally over having strong desires for something that I didn’t want was very troubling.” “I started seeing a Christian psychotherapist for five years weekly, and he kept me alive. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of having therapy.” If his distress happened now in California where he lives and therapy is illegal, “I might have ended my life,” Ken said. “It’s devastating the laws that are in place in some places now.” Having been 17 when he got therapy, he said, “Nobody needs help more than a minor.” To hear Ken’s answers to the ques