I've never found anything on NARTH that passed the "common sense test." Let's see... their current top link is to Spitzer's latest study. Looks like he took a bunch of people who reported a minimal level of change in their orientation for the past five years, and studied them for additional 16 months. Now, if you want to prove that reparative therapy works, why not take a random sample of people who <I>start</I> therapy, and follow <I>them</I> for 16 months?
But all he's trying to do is prove is that it "sometimes works." And he's willing to conclude that it <I>isn't</I> harmful on the basis of interviewing the people for whom it's worked... at least somewhat. Enough for them to volunteer for his study. Again, if you really want to prove that, why not start with a <I>random</I> sample, and see what the results are for them?
Eh... here's something I didn't pick up on, first time through: 76% of the men are married... and 11% of the men report "complete change." This disturbs me. Even if "those in marital relationships noted more emotional fulfillment between their spouses and themselves"...
I respect the right of others to choose what I think is the wrong way to go. But I reserve the right to be unhappy for them... even if they insist that it's working out for them. I've lived self-delusion. Maybe I'm projecting it, now... but this study isn't going to be the one to convince me of it.