I've had two VERY personally religious therapists (one was as deacon in his church and one was a minister), but neither one of them EVER brought up religion -- ever. They were completely therapy-focused. My most recent therapist only brought religion up after I had brought it up. By the way,not all Christians work from the concept of "being saved". That's a particular focus of certain denominations (generally on the more fundamentalist end) but not all of them (I am of a denomination that doesn't speak in those terms). That's why I am saying that they may just advertise that way because, let's face it, this area of Texas is in the "Bible belt" and there are many people who look for a therapist who specifically does have a Christian background, but a Christian background doesn't necessarily mean because they advertise that way that they will pass judgment or bring it into their practice. You may just have to call or interview and ask very pointed questions about religion to see what response you get.

The only time I ran into it was at a particular therapy-group that absolutely did advertise themselves as Christian-based/focused therapy. I mean, they had a cross on their practice logo, etc. I'm a Christian, and I didn't like it either because it was not my Christian practice at all (we are a wide-ranging breed of religion -- as most religions are). I went into that one wary from the onset because generally if they say Christian-based/focused/directed, then they are probably rather fundamentalist. But I don't know of too many practices that are that religiously-focused in this area.