Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg (born 1936, Haarlem) is a Dutch psychologist and psychotherapist in private practice. He has spoken and written on homosexuality, parapsychology, near-death experience, and anti-abortion matters.
During the 2015 Irish referendum on same-sex marriage, he "claimed the Nazi party was 'rooted' in homosexuals (and that) many scientific institutions have been taken over by 'active militant gays' who produce information to further the gay cause".
In 2017, he signed a document along with a number of other clergy and academics labeled as a "Filial Correction" of Pope Francis.
Biography Van den Aardweg received his PhD in psychology from the University of Amsterdam, at the ending section "Biography". with a dissertation published in 1967 under the title "Homophilia, neurosis and compulsive self-pity".G.J.M. van den Aardweg, Homofilie, neurose en dwangzelfbeklag: Een psychologische theorie over homofilie, toegelicht met een analyse van leven en werk van André Gide. Amsterdam: Polak & Van Gennep., It was the Netherlands' first dissertation on homosexuality.David J. Bos, 'Homo-af: De opkomst van "de ex-homoseksueel" in Nederland.' In: D. Bos & J. Exalto (eds.), Genot en gebod: Huwelijk en seksualiteit in protestants Nederland na 1800. Utrecht: KokBoekencentrum 2019, pp. 128-155. Van den Aardweg rejects the idea that homosexuality is a biologically innate trait. Instead, he calls homosexuality (an expression of) "a disease of infantile self pity".Gerard van den Aardweg, Homosexuality and Hope: A Psychologist Talks About Treatment and Change. Ann Arbor: Servant Books 1985, p. 130. Van den Aardweg believes that no one is born gay, that there are no gay children, and that "[h]omosexuality is not equal to heterosexuality. Scientifically this is absolutely absurd."NARTH affiliate addresses anti-LGBT audience in Dublin, splcenter.org, 18 May 2015; accessed 17 July 2015.
He is a former member of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality's (NARTH) Scientific Advisory Committee., at the related articles.
Selected works
The Battle for Normality: Self-Therapy for Homosexual Persons (1997) Hungry Souls (2009)
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