The heterophobic orientation toward treatment of homosexuality is discussed. A case report is presented where homosexuality apparently “spontaneously remitted” and heterosexuality was instated while the patient underwent treatment for stuttering. The change in sexual orientation is interpreted as possibly adventitiously induced through generalization effects from treatment of the relevant phobic aspects of the stuttering problem to the associated social aspects of the sexual problem.
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