Stress reduction is helpful in well over half the cases.

I did use PHS on a more overtly gay client who wanted to be rid of condition because he was told to do so by his parents. That became a willful battle he could win every time as evidenced by his absurd bending over to write a check at the end. Once I took the course of going with his own pride and self acceptance there was a better complience and relationship with his parents.

But no, there was no course taken to remove a gay mentality and no withdrawl from the lifestyle.

A student at a the Eastman School of Music that my girlfriend knew became so conflicted by his gay lifestyle that he took his life twice, the second time for sure with a shot gun at his parents house. THis is perhaps why I never tried to make things worse in treatment but create more internalized peace.