Posted by Dinah on September 14, 2003, at 13:23:57
In reply to Dinah Others--Religion in Therapy, posted by HannahW on September 13, 2003, at 22:43:14
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> Has anyone ever talked about faith (or the lack thereof) with your therapists? I'm considering it, but I can't imagine that she will be of much help. I'm pretty sure she's not a Christian--at least not a practicing one. So I'm not sure how well she would be able to help me sort it out. Does anyone have any experience with this?My therapist has slightly, but not drastically, different theological beliefs than I do. But even so, if he usually only brings up sprituality in a broad nonreligious sense, and only after asking my permission. He's perfectly ok with my bringing it up and discusses it freely.
Ideally it would be just fine to discuss your spiritual quest with your therapist. Like most things that are discussed in therapy, they shouldn't have had to experience it themselves to discuss it. My therapist, being male, has obviously never been pregnant, but I was able to discuss all the feelings that that brought up with no problem.
However, I've done a lot of reading and I've read that some therapists who aren't spiritual themselves do have a hard time discussing it. So maybe the only way to find out is to bring it up and see what happens. And if there is a problem, to discuss it.
Certainly if it is something that is important to you, you should be able to discuss it freely.
The first part of your post I'll answer on faith, since there is no real way to answer without openly discussing my faith beliefs.
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