I work in mental health with kids and I can tell you first hand that conversion therapy is beyond harmful for children psychologically. It uses shame, rejection, and psychological abuse to force young people into changing who they are. This practice has been discredited and proven dangerous. It’s premise is based on the false claim that identifying as gay, lesbian, trans, queer, etc. is a mental illness needing to be cured, which is simply not true - “Homosexuality” was removed from the DSM in 1973. Anyone stating it is a mental illness is not fit to be licensed. It is abhorrent to condone these practices and it is our duty to put an end to it.