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ProperGanderPusher
Jan 13, 2012




Most clergy aren’t trained as therapists. At most some pastoral guidance classes might be offered at seminary but most of that kind of thing is learned on the job. When you go to confession you’re just supposed to confess what you’ve done wrong rather than talk about your feelings. A good pastor/priest will know their limits and refer you to a psychologist if you have any issues that need deep analysis or treatment. My priest is actually a trained clinical psychologist and won’t take on any of his parishioners as clients due to the differences in pastoral and clinical approaches.

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