True, but I think it's also a matter of culture. In countries with much diversity, religion does involve quite a bit of self-disclosure, it is understood as an intimately personal choice and maybe it is easier to follow professional guidelines not to bring it to clients.
In my country, however, a lot of people are Orthodox Christians. It's so blended with our cultural context that people normally expect you to be an Orthodox Christian without even asking, in my experience. I have met therapists who actually bring this to the table as a help in therapy - some in an open way just asking if religion might help, others rather bluntly and stating things about God as facts. I think in our culture it seems more accepted for someone (even a therapist) to bring up this subject than it is elsewhere. At least, my experience with religious therapists has been much better and non-discriminatory (I am an atheist myself) than my experience with other categories, such as teachers I had back in high school.
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Originally Posted by growlycat
It's not that therapists aren't religious, they are trained to limit personal disclosure. Religion may or may not be relevant to the therapist personally, but it is only relevant in practice if it is an issue YOU bring to the table.
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