As a friend of several survivors of conversion therapy, I know that this therapy 

• consistently makes depression, shame, and self-doubt worse, by falsely contending that same-sex orientation is a mental illness
• consistently reinforces social isolation from those who can offer legitimate help
• consistently offers "cures" in which patients are told to falsely accuse mothers of being too possessive and falsely accuse fathers of being too distant. Parents are told by these fraudulent therapists to blame each other and to reject their LGBT children 

These lies about the origin of sexual orientation, and these abuses against patients and their families, are a form of professional malpractice that reinforces negative self-esteem and suicide in people who are deeply hated by the churches that promote this fraudulent "therapy."