I just looked over the guidelines again. Yeah, it does say that they can express their belief as long as it does not interfere or take precedent over their ethics, standards of practice and so on.

In short, they are expected to keep religion out of it unless it is brought up by the patient, or it is clear that it will be a part of the treatment plan (if the patient agrees). They also can't let any belief in substitution for empirical evidence/research, and well the list goes on.

In short, they can advertise and practice within a particular religion, just as long as they are following all of the other ethical concerns along the way. It is only preferred that they be religion neutral.

The one guideline that I did find that forbade the practitioner from dealing in their own religion was if they are employed by certain groups, like specific governments or certain hospitals. But that is a rule of those particular groups.

@AkAngel

I understand the reason for advertising as a Christian in the US. It would work in quite a few countries. There are however ethical considerations to these things, in the US especially. In this case it is OK by what I could find. There are however some laws that govern what sort of advertising a psychologist/psychiatrist can do. I was just questioning if this fell in line with those. It seems that it does.

Anyway, my curiosity is sated. I was a bit off about the specifics of the rules but that happens.

@Martina

You can go to this guy, he can't try to get you involved with religion if you don't want to. Just tell him up front about your views and that should be the end of it. He should be capable of providing just as effective treatment without religion entering into it.

Good luck.