I have found that my therapists have all been very spiritual people of faith; however, they did not bring their personal beliefs into our sessions. Even my therapist who was a pastor and a licensed pastoral counselor kept his beliefs out of our sessions, and we are of the same denomination (same exact church actually).
The only time it has come up in my sessions has been when I brought it up, and even then they have spoken more in generalities about faith rather than specifics of doctrine (even when it has been clear that our beliefs are very much the same).
A therapist's job is not to instill their beliefs and values on their clients, but rather to help clients have introspection into their own experience, emotions, and perhaps spirituality if that is of importance/focus for the client.
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