[NSFW] In your opinion, could a pedophile manage to work against his dangerous tendencies?

I just had a discussion with a friend. She claims that pedophiles are often made, not born. I can get on board with that, though I haven’t looked at any research – it does seem like many pedophiles were abused in childhood.

Now, this friend went on to say that those people are systematically training themselves to stay pedophiles, because orgasms must be incredibly reinforcing to our brains. She was convinced that it would be possible for a known pedophile to be “re-trained” by experiencing a sexual reaction at other stimuli. She did limit this to those pedophiles who had not yet acted on their impulse.

The whole thing seems to be putting too much focus on fighting impulses, in my opinion. If it were that easy…

Then again – I found the argument interesting, and I wanted to know what other people think of it.