Welcome to "You Were Never the Problem: A Healing Workbook for Queer Teens Who Have Experienced Conversion Practices."'
 
Someone tried to change who you are.
 
They may have called it therapy.
 
They may have called it prayer, or counseling, or just a conversation that was supposed to help.
 
It was not help.
 
This workbook was created for queer teens who have been subjected to conversion practices, whether that happened last week or years ago, whether it came from a licensed professional, a faith leader, a parent, or all three.
 
You do not need to have a name for what happened to you in order to use this workbook.
 
You do not need to be fully healed, or fully out, or fully sure of anything.
 
You just need to be here.
 
Inside, you will find honest information about what conversion practices are and why every major medical organization in the world has condemned them, journal prompts to help you process what you experienced, and affirmations built on clinical evidence, not toxic positivity.
 
You will also find resources for real support, because this workbook is a companion, not a substitute for the care you deserve.
 
What happened to you was not evidence that something was wrong with you.
 
It was evidence that the people around you did not have accurate information, or that they chose something other than your wellbeing.
 
That is a loss you are allowed to grieve.
 
This workbook is a space to name what was done, to reclaim what belongs to you, and to begin the slower work of remembering who you are without the story someone else tried to write over you.
 
You were not the problem then.
 
You are not the problem now.
 
You were never the problem.
 
Let this workbook be one honest place where that is simply true.