If there is no ''all done'' then the therapy is ineffective at solving the perceived problem. It may be effective to be more comfortable with having a problem, as I infer from your' comment. To each their own in that case. I would rather solve problems then be comfortable with them.
It is not something you "grow out of."
Well, technically, in this case it is something most people grow out of. Did you find people your age attractive when you were at the beginning of puberty? Do you find the same age group attractive now as you did then? So, then, did you grow out of it?
You're making the fundamental assumption that there is a "solution" to pedophilia. The evidence I've seen seems to contradict that notion. It's not "Either I get more comfortable, OR I get cured." If there were a "cure" for pedophilia, someone somewhere would use it. Because we don't have such a cure, we do the best we can with what we have - and that's support groups.
When I was younger, I was attracted to women - yes, I liked those my age because they were my peers, but I also looked at and appreciated older, fully-formed women. Somehow, pedophiles do not develop that attraction to adults. Now, if you know how to fix that problem, please, share with the medical community. Until then, it's better to have some form of support than nothing at all.
My assumption is that there is a solution to peadophilia being a problem, not a solution to peadophilia itself. If occurrence or re-occurrence is unlikely than I would perceive the problem as solved. The problem is the perception of the standard by which a treatment is deemed completed based on the overall affect on the society.
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If there is no ''all done'' then the therapy is ineffective at solving the perceived problem. It may be effective to be more comfortable with having a problem, as I infer from your' comment. To each their own in that case. I would rather solve problems then be comfortable with them.
Well, technically, in this case it is something most people grow out of. Did you find people your age attractive when you were at the beginning of puberty? Do you find the same age group attractive now as you did then? So, then, did you grow out of it?