Friend, priest, acquittance at the bar and mental health professional are 4 different roles. Your therapist is not your friend, will refuse to play that role. Your therapist is also not your religious leader and wont speak into those considerations.

And conversely, neither priest nor friend will be able to deal with actual mental health issue you have.

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someguyiguess 17 hours ago | parent [-]

Therapists aren’t great at it either.

	▲	baselined 16 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It depends heavily on the therapeutic relationship/bond. As a therapist, I focus more on building rapport and establishing connection before diving into the mental health aspects. Without trust/rapport, nothing will move forward in treatment. To generalize is not the best way to put things forward. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23519
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