The psychiatrists' policy was soon adopted by most mental health clinicians. One must also remember that pressure for religious conformity has been known to induce everything from mass marriage to mass suicide. After a while the experience of support diminishes and is outweighed by the intensity of gay feelings. Furthermore, immeasurable harm can be done by these unsuccessful attempts to alter sexual orientation. Their strategy is fundraising through fear mongering.
Ignorance is the only problem and education is the only answer.