Richard A. Cohen (born 1952) is an author and one of America's best known conversion therapists. Cohen gives lectures and runs seminars and workshops on his ideas about the causes of homosexuality and how he and others have offered conversion treatment to homosexuals. Cohen claims to have converted himself and many others from homosexuality to heterosexuality; such individuals are sometimes referred to as "ex-gay".
Cohen lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and their three children. His foundation, the International Healing Foundation, offers commercial teleconferencing classes on topics such as the supposed causes of same-sex attractions and the process of conversion. He also travels on a lecture circuit discussing similar topics. Cohen was, for a time, the president of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays.
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