I have been a trauma therapist for twenty years. There is no such thing as "conversion therapy" because it is not therapy.  Identifying as LGBTQ+ is not a medical or behavioral illness any more that being straight or cisgender.

I have seen extreme harm done to people by so-called "conversion therapy".  It leaves them traumatized and challenged to survive homophobia, transphobia, heterosexism, and cissexism.  They feel unsafe in the world and unsafe with their own sense of helplessness and self-hatred.  Because the harm is perpetrated by an alleged health professional, it makes them hesitant to visit or trust someone who could help them heal. from the trauma of "conversion. therapy."

The damage, including countless suicides, is incalculable.  There should be laws to protect potential victims and  imprison perpetrators of this vile practice.