This book focuses on Gillespie's own contributions to modern-day psychoanalytic theory of the sexual perversions. It is a remarkable chapter in the evolution and development of what is today the world's most sophisticated, if largely unknown, clinical theory of sexuality. Gillespie's outline, in several articles, of his own general theory of sexual perversions, provides an excellent background for grasping the unique concepts and language which make an understanding of the process of sexual perversion especially clear and accessible.

Unfortunately, the most visible modern application of Gillespie's seminal work is the very controversial reparative therapy for homosexuality. The leading proponent is, of course, Charles Socarides, who drew heavily on Gillespie's theoretical contributions in formulating his own unitary theory of the sexual perversions. This same proven reparative model is applied by clinicians worldwide today in the therapy of all sexual perversions. Gillespie himself, in the articles contained herein, is clearly unequivocal in specifically declaring homosexuality a sexual perversion in the clinical sense.

Homosexuality is as controversial today as discussion of heterosexuality was in Freud's day, thus barring general public acceptance of this highly effective clinical view of treatment for the sexual perversions, so is it any surprise that this fascinating tale of today's most sophisticated sex theory ranks at only about 1 million on Amazon?

Of special interest to the general reader, this identical theory of the sexual perversions is the very same one which modern psychoanalysts such as the late Robert J. Stoller have consistently applied to their studies of the sex industry.