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Old May 02, 2010, 10:03 PM
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One of my therapist in a group therapy program kept telling me I needed to rely on god and my problems would be solved. I was polite initially and told her I was agnostic but thanks for the idea. But she was adamant that god was what I needed so then I said god is magical thinking and when she kept on and on I told her to keep her god delusion to herself.

I don't care if somebody else believes in a god but when they try to force me to believe as they do it annoys me. In this case my therapy was negatively impacted by my therapist's wish for me to believe what she believed.

I know not all Christians are like that though. My son saw a Pdoc for several years that I knew personally. We had gone to college together and attended the same church (where I was baptized) and we were casual friends. He had a bible on his desk and I dreaded him asking me if I still went to church but he never discussed religion with me or my son. I think by having the bible visible on his desk his clients would know what he believed and they could discuss spiritual things if they wished.

I hope your experience is more like the latter.

Let us know how it goes.
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