Conversion “therapy” practices are dangerous, discredited efforts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. When a mental health practitioner subjects a young person to these practices, the therapist is putting their own personal agenda ahead of the well-being of their patient—and decades of research shows that they are also putting that young person at risk of serious harm, including a high risk of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts and behavior.
This resource provides guidance that can help conflicted audiences understand what’s at stake when a state-licensed mental health practitioner abuses the counseling process and subjects an LGBTQ young person to these dangerous conversion practices under the guise of “therapy.”
