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Originally Posted by Mbluish
My husband is seeing a therapist for depression. Since he became depressed, he has been questioning his Catholic faith. He told me she told him that she was an ex-Catholic and current atheist. I just find this odd that a therapist would bring up such personal information and fear that this revelation could sway him.
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I agree with the other poster who advised you to let your husband make his own decisions regarding his religious faith. That is not your decision to make for him. If he decides to become an agnostic or atheist, as his wife you have two choices; you can respect his choice and support him, or you can force him to choice between his marriage with you and his decision to leave his Catholic faith.
It's not your place to control your husband's beliefs about anything. If he decides not to be a practicing Catholic anymore, then you can either support him or reject him for it. But I think it would be very selfish for you to force him to remain a practicing Catholic just to please you, since you are obviously very faith-centered.
No, it's not uncommon for a therapist to discuss their views about religion. Your husband really shouldn't be sharing his therapy session discussions with you either. Those are private. I sense that you force him to share everything with you, or you get very mad at him.