Many years ago, before I ever heard of Scientology, I attended a convention that had to do with self-improvement. Hundreds of people. There was a big contingent of narconon people there as invited speakers and they provided workshops and sessions and the members all talked about how narconon saved their lives. They were highly impressive. I am not a credulous person, if anything, I tend to be overly skeptical. But I was impressed and I was thinking it might be a good referral source in the future if people I knew suffered intractable drug problems.

On the second day, the Big Name main speaker, the one I'd come to see, stood at the podium in distress. He outed narcanon as part of Scientology and confronted the conference organizers for using his name to promote attendance at a conference that was a thinly veiled attempt to introduce naive people interested in self-improvement to Scientology in a covert and dishonest manner. He did not mince words and he made it clear that either the Scientologists left before he gave his keynote address or he was leaving.

It was an uproar. I discovered I was by no means the only person taken in. I'd say the majority of attendees were in a state of shock that they'd been duped so thoroughly. Others thought the Big Name was making a big deal out of nothing and was showing some sort or religious intolerance. Like I said, uproar! After a recess of several hours, the Scientologists were gone, the conference manager was gone and the keynote address was given.

I doubt if your therapist is a Scientologist because Scientology hates psychiatry, psychology and any therapy other than what they provide. I doubt he could be a member in good standing and maintain a career as a T.

To me, the most likely explanation is that he has been duped. Just as I was duped. I was naive about Scientology and its connection to narconon. Doesn't mean my judgment is bad or that I'm dingy or foolish. I look back and for someone who didn't know about the link to Scientology there just wasn't any way spot it without digging the way you did.

I was grateful the Big Name Speaker set us straight at the conference. I was completely taken in by them. You might be doing your T a favor by making a hard copy of the link you posted here, handing it to him and telling him you did a little research after your convo on the subject.

See how that goes before you make any decisions about his character or motives or intelligence.

I wish you the best and hope you and your T can figure this out together.