this ags 18 Part V-Sun., April 21, 1974 Los Angeles Times LETTERS Sex Therapy Views often the cause lies in the attitudes and communica- As a working profession- tion of the couple rather al in the field of human than a physical defect. sexuality, I appreciated Although your article Lynn Lilliston's recent ar- contained several valid ticle on sex therapy ("Sex points, it was equivalent to Therapists Respond to a free advertising for Dr. Need," April 4) and some Grabers' clinic. You are, of its therapists in Los An- however, to be commend- geles and surrounding ed for publishing on this areas. subject since J definitely There was, however, one agree with you and the omission in the otherwise Grabers as to the magni- interesting and informa- tude of the problem. tive story: the seeming MICHAEL L. FRIED- lack of practicing sex ther- MAN, MD apists in the populous San Fernando Valley. Lynn Lilliston replies: My own private practice, My article did not "imply" for one, concentrates for anything. It quoted Dr. mulated his idea for AZ the time being in the mid- and Mrs. Graber on their Old files of the Cre dle and western sections of opinions. They have treat- onian, the student new the Valley. With a ed 2,000 patients, a num- per, are replete with r number of professional ber which gives them con- ences to Dr. Beber's colleagues, I am working siderable experience in neer efforts. In my opi toward the formation of a this field. due credit should also marital and sexual center The story was not in- been given to the un for the Valley area. The tended to be a directory to sity which provided th center would bring a less all sex therapy facilities in tellectual and religious pragmatic and more hu- Los Angeles and Orange mosphere leading to manistic approach to sex- counties. I wanted to list Beber's great achievem ual problems. Not ev- some sources SO that read- He is one of the m eryone who presents a ers/wouldn't be confined to problem needs extensive distinguished Jew the Grabers alone as a alumni of whom we and expensive therapy, for place to inquire further. I example, and certainly not proud. did a story on them be- everyone who needs help cause they are a husband- responds to the same ther- LAURENCE H. BRO and wife team operating apy as might benefit oth- the only medical practice ers. Adult sex education- Professor Emer devoted exclusively to sex whether at the beginning, of Sociol therapy in this area, which intermediate, or advanced Creighton Univers makes them highly levels-seems to be a ne- Omaha, I unusual. cessity for those with sex- ual difficulty. ROBERT REITMAN, Ph.D. More on AZA Northridge Joy From Jeanett I was interested in The Times account of I wish to tell you h I am a resident physician reminiscences in connec- much I enjoyed Mich in obstetrics-gynecology at tion with the Aleph Zadik Seiler's article abc Harbor General Hospital, Aleph's 50th anniversary. Jeanette MacDonald ( Torrance. I would like to comment on your article ("AZA-Getting Jewish Love Call to Jeanette M Youth Involved," March Donald,". April 11) a concerning sex therapists. First, I should like to in- 31). This organization, the bravo to Sharon Rich form you and the public largest Jewish boys' writing the book. organization in the world, is I am now 45 and have that there are many other one of the finest of its kind individuals doing sex ways been a fan of Je therapy all over Los anywhere. ette MacDonald. As Angeles and Orange coun- But the reporting is not young girl I saw all of ] ties. Most medical centers quite complete. Writer movies and I often W have therapists and there Candy Sagon states they'd show them on e are numerous psy- the organization was ning TV. chologists also involved. begun in 1924 in Omaha, There were a lot of gr Neb., by a 22-year-old Jew- stars in those days W Second, your article ish attorney named Sam good stories backing the wrongfully implied that Beber," Sam, like many fine My son, 20, watches a surgery is commonly indi- Jewish young men, at- of good ones after m cated to correct sexual tended Creighton Univer- night on TV and he lik problems. Only on rare - sity and graduated from its them even if they are casions is this necessary. school of law. It was during years old. Movies of tod The article wrongfully im- his Creighton experien- exploit too much of the a pied that "often there is a ce-at a Jesuit univer- normal, weird, brutal pa physical cause." In reality, sity-tha he formulated of life for sensationalis