Read a story a few days that sounds like the therapist should lose their license.

Any stories where therapists don't help but make it blatantly obvious that "the church is the only answer"?

I don't have a story in particular, but I do know of a Mormon therapist in my area who counsels people that are addicted to sex. WTF...how does that work? And I'm sure he has non-mormon clients. Does he throw religious guilt into it? I'm super curious...

A few years back my dad sent me to one of those tbm therapists for my supposed 'porn addiction', literally did nothing for me. it was like an extended worthiness interview once a week with a massive take home packet that I never actually touched. Just another fun childhood memory... These people don't do anything even remotely resembling therapy. I don't see why they should even have licences in the first place.



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I would have wanted therapy if I'd ever lost that particular "addiction"!!

To be fair when you are talking about psychological addiction anything can be addictive.

Sex
video games
cutting
serial killing

When my now ex wife went and saw a mormon therapist about me leaving the church, the therapist was the first person to tell her to consider divorce over irreconcilable differences. She told my ex that what I did was "betrayal" to her and to God, for not wanting to be mormon anymore. Sure enough, our divorce boiled down to a loss of trust because of how betrayed she felt by my actions. Ironically, there was no mention on my ex's part about being "betrayed" or a "breach in trust" until after the conversation with the therapist.

Wanna know the worst part? The therapist was a professor I worked for at BYU. She LOVED me as a student and a TA which is why I was certain she would help my wife recognize that I was worth the patience and tolerance. HA! Couldn't have been more wrong.

That's really terrible, Buff. It's a lack of professionalism on the part of the counselor.

How is school going?

to think about.

But school is great Summer thanks for asking! We finished up anatomy and are moving into "molecules to medicine." Lots of conceptual, biochemical science now. Tough but interesting.

At Utah State (aka BYU Lite) I saw a counselor about the depression I was having after my father's death. He, a Mormon, summed it up as me needing to get a boyfriend and, basically, get married. That was my last appointment. Much later, after getting over my depression, I did meet a nice guy and he wasn't Mormon. I hate to think where I'd be now if I'd rushed into a relationship with a Mormon during those depressing days.

I would think that the counselor having a previous professional relationship with you would, for credibility and professional reasons, disqualify her from being a counselor/therapist for your wife. Typically it is better to have someone in that position who has no connection to one of the parties involved.

Therapy at BYU: "It's YOUR FAULT that you're depressed. YOU are doing something to cause your husband to beat you. If you divorce him, that would be evil. Take these antidepressants, see a doctor about that broken arm, and stop making your husband mad! Next? Oh, another whiney battered wife. You all need need to grow up.

I only went to a Mormon therapist just that one time.

I have a feeling that the Mormon attitude about women has changed much, since then. 20 years later, I was a non-Mormon psychiatrist (not a therapist) for my PTSD. I would not have recovered from that abuse without psychiatric help. He was a well-qualified, cognitive behavioral therapist, and did not give me meds.

To be fair, I don't know if a Mormon therapist would pressure a patient to stay in the cult. My psychiatrist did not tell me to leave, or to stay. Religion was a right I could exercise for myself. He did help me deal with abusive Mormons, but never blamed the cult for their behavior. He always said that good and evil were part of life, and were found everywhere, in all kinds of people. LOL--yes it was a cop-out--but he was a man of integrity, and it wasn't professional to manipulate people. He's a friend, now, and he can't stay neutral about Trump--no way!

What I'm saying, is that therapists try to stay away from a person's personal religious beliefs. What I hated about the Mormon therapist was his disrespect of women.

My knowledge about Mormon therapists and BYU therapists comes from my friends, who have all had similar dismissive, condescending, impatient responses from Mormon therapists and marriage counselors. Oh, they did complain, plenty!