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The false promise of "secular" therapy is that it will give you the view from nowhere. A scientific, independent perspective untainted by beliefs or bias. Unfor
by trees101 5y ago
The false promise of "secular" therapy is that it will give you the view from nowhere. A scientific, independent perspective untainted by beliefs or bias. Unfortunately, anyone who has met a person knows that this kind of independence doesn't and can't exist in real life. So a "secular" therapist will still have all the same individual bias and beliefs, but they won't have them articulated and enumerated in a creed or a body which can be scrutinised. It will all be pushed down into the subconscious, with just as much impact but far less accountability and visibility.
- MCllorf 5y agoIf secular therapy needs to provide a view from nowhere in order to fill a need, then I'd say you're right. But it seems like the goal here instead is to provide an alternative for people who are disillusioned with the answers their religion was able to provide, and who no longer feel that other religious people are trustworthy. There's quite a few people like that in America right now.
- soco 5y agoBut does therapy have to do with spirituality? Yes, if like the SC mentioned, the customer's reason to be in therapy is them falling from grace with a certain spiritual movement. How many though go to therapy because of that? And how many because they can't cope with lost loves, financial struggles and such?