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(JD) · Oct 18, 2010, 02:17 PM

I actually began my counseling career in churches. There are also more ministers nowdays that do have counseling skills than earlier graduates.

Whether you see your T at church or not, the issue is about whether you trust T not to talk to others about private matters brought up in session. I suspect you do, and should be able to. Having a small town would give you this opportunity to know that your T does keep your --and all patients'-- confidence.

Discussing sexual problems with a T is just like any other issue you would seek help for from T. It isn't any different from anything else that a patient needs help with, guidance and understanding, it's all the same to the T. The T focuses on how it affects you, this problem, and how to help you make it better. Whether that problem is rooted in a sexual content or not doesn't matter to the T.

And as for the connection being "in church" ... well pssst God created sex.