Faith in therapy

Good luck with new therapist @avant-garde

I always kept my therapy and religion separate. When I began therapy, there were not many Christian therapists… many church people thought it was not good at all…. Over the years… I have found therapists push their views…religious or otherwise…to various degrees… so now I accept they will do that… but want them to be a bit aware and ethical.

I like them being human and don’t believe they can be absolutely objective.

it makes sense to try someone new. Hope it is a good fit.

I have different views to you but it shouldn't matter who you see. They should be professional a d non judgemental.

Good luck finding someone who can help

@avant-garde.

I've recently just left a Pentecostal church for very similar reasons and personally there is absolutely NO WAY I would ever see a Christian counsellor, attend any kind of "healing" rooms or go to any kind of "prayer/deliverance" meetings again particularly after one time where I was told to repent of the "sin" of depression - I'm not ready to go into further details about my experience right now as I'm still processing it all and learning to navigate life and faith without this particular church community.

I absolutely agree with your doctor!! - Any mental health professional whether it be a peer worker, counsellor, psychologist or psychiatrist, etc needs to be neutral, objective and non- judgemental at all times and you have every right to be safe during any therapy sessions you undertake.

Sometimes a secular mental health professional may be a better option and this is something I'm looking at the moment as well.

I do hope that all goes well with this therapist and that you are able to heal and move forward whatever that looks like for you 🙏🏻🕊️🌻

Hey @Catlady1979

I'm not quite ready to talk about today's session, but I want you to know I can relate to your experience. My grandmother was 90 with cancer and I was told it was my fault because I didn't fast and pray enough.

I pray that if you still decide to attend a church that you find one that fits with your stance.

@Catlady1979

There's a book I came across years ago that I am still yet to finish but had really helped me "the subtle power of spiritual abuse".

Part of me feels very anxious about talking about it on here because of the wide variety of Christians from all different denominations on here.

For me, therapy was always, ‘take want you think will be helpful and leave what you don’t think will

be helpful’. So whether they are Christians or not, I go by this.

Also, there are so many denominations out there. Ppl can all say they are Christians yet still all think differently.

so that’s my take.