A 22-year-old gay client of the mental health app BetterHelp said that he was told to turn straight to get along with his family by a therapist.
BetterHelp is an online platform that links clients to therapists who provide therapy through text messages and phone calls. The company advertises itself as a solution for people who live in remote areas or can’t afford therapy at market rates.
Caleb Hill of Tennessee said that he turned to BetterHelp when his parent kicked him out for being gay. He said he was connected to a therapist, Jeffrey Lambert, who told him he’d have to choose between being gay or having a relationship with his family, even though Hill wrote on his intake form that he wanted an LGBTQ+ therapist.
Hill told The Wall Street Journal, “He said either you sacrifice your family or you sacrifice being gay.”
Hill said that he worried the therapist would try conducting conversion therapy on him.
After the session, he wrote the therapist an email explaining why he couldn’t continue therapy, saying “I finally opened the door of the prison I built up inside, and the thought of going back kills me.”
He said that he avoided therapy for a long time after that session because he was worried about finding another similar therapist.
BetterHelp AppTherapist Suggests Conversion Therapy To a Gay Man
- Bob Hentschel
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