Christianity and therapy?
As Christians, what is your feelings on Psychotherapy? The only way I would see a therapist on a reular basis is if he/she were a Christian too. However, do u think if a Christian sees a therapist, does that mean that they’re not fully depending on the knowledge of God, or does it depend on if the therapist is a Christian also and bases their practice of Psychology on the Word of God rather than on the secular practice of Sigmund Freud? Do u understand what I’m asking here?
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July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I have only had to see a Christian therapist once, and it was a one day thing. He used Gods word. and help me greatly. I would seek him out if I ever had the need. As long as he uses God Word.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
there are plenty of Christian Counselors with offices devoted to just that. I think its fine, as long as you are doing it for the right reasons.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
There are other therapies than Freudian ones.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
In psychology, delusion is diagnosed when a person believes in a concept in spite of contradictory evidence. So any psychotherapist who is christian would therefore be self diagnosed as delusional. Hence, a christian going to such a person for help would be asking his/her delusional therapist to help cure him/her of their delusions. Like having a used car salesman helping a snake oil salesman with an ethical dilemma.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
God gave us good science, but not all science is good. Christian Psychology in most aspect would be a blessing for all of us when in pair with the Word of God.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
There are many Christian Counselors around that one can go to for help. And yes there are Christians that are in the Field of Psychology and they base their work upon The Word of God. So I see nothing wrong with a Christian Counselors or a Christian Psychologist, which are basically the same thing. My Husband and I do a lot of Counseling at the Church where he Preaches.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I know exactly what you mean, and I’ve heard many pastors preach this way. The thing is I don’t see any harm in seeking non-Christian counselling so long as it works. If the end result is what you need then it’s all good. A non-Christian counsellor or Psychologist or Psychiatrist is not allowed to challenge anyone’s religions anyway and would not do so, unless the religion harms you or anyone else, (occultic extremes). Another example of this type of thing is my son refused to eat shell fish when we took him to a restaurant because he read in the Bible, where in the old Testament they didn’t eat it because it was considered dirty and therefore unhealthy. But in those days anything that made you ill (and many people are alergic to shellfish, then and now), was avoided at all costs because at that time they didn’t understand allergies then like we understand them now and they also did not have the science to prove that shellfish is actually very clean and safe to eat, provided that you are not allergic to it. So I explained that to my son, and then he ate the shellfish. It is not a sin to eat shellfish and it’s not a sin to seek psychological counselling from anyone, even advice from a lay person who has not studied anything like that before. You as the reciever of any advice from anyone, should know how to filter the truth from rubbish. You listen to everything that is said, but you don’t take everything as gospel truth until you have filtered it through your mind and then decided what makes sense, is moral, ethical, helpful to you, etc and then dump the rest.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
yes , i do understand why people need therapy.
but there is lot of Christan people go to Christan therapy.
you will have to ask someone who know about Christan therapy.
hope this help but seem not that much helping.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I have no problem–I am attempting to obtain my Master’s in psychology so that one day I will open my own practice and yes, I am a Christian and no I am not delusional. To trust on ones own abilities is being delusional for we all need a helping hand (I trust in God to be there for me when life becomes too difficult–when someone I loved passed on to be with the Lord) and he who believes otherwise will eventually be his own client—(deeply consumed by the needs presented by his or he clients) it is highly recommended for therapists to go and see a fellow therapist to keep ourselves in touch with what we might be going through and avoid from burn out.
Say, if a Christian went to see a unbelieving therapist and he or she presents a solution that goes against the believer’s belief( go and have all the sex you want and don’t let your parents control your life) the therapist is liable for damages since the therapist must (based on the profession’s mandates) inform the Christian the he or she (therapist) is not a believer and that he or she cannot be the Christian’s therapist but refer the Christian client to a Christian therapist; a therapist cannot practice what he or she has not been trained in.
"…Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord"
July 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
You do what you need to do, any that think that is wrong, is wrong.