"Real" conversion therapy likely would have been damaging and more expensive. Also, that cash may have given anon some leverage to do things without his parents knowing, also a good thing in the situation described.
A bit of a scam, sure, but it's not like "real" conversion therapy isn't, while also inflicting trauma on the recipients.
I scrolled, saw the top part, thought, bold, but I think it can work. Than I scrolled some more and got to the trousers. For me, they really don't work with the rest.