Gabriel Mizrahi

And when they meet with people, they often bring their whole experience and a lot of their beliefs to those sessions.

And

I know because I've worked with them over the years that they are good people and they have the person's genuine interest at heart and they don't have too much of an agenda.

And many of them say I'm not here to judge them or guide them to any specific conclusion.

I'm here to listen and make space for whatever they want to bring to our session.

And I appreciate those people.

So I also do not want to paint with too broad of a brush here.

But the reality is, yeah, if somebody in this position is not licensed, is not bound by the same ethical obligations, the same standards as a true clinician, it can get dicey.

And that creates some risks.

And it's not that they can't be helpful to some degree.

But if you are in this listener's shoes and you're fundamentally questioning your worldview, your community, your beliefs, where do I belong?

Can I move forward after I've done this thing?

Did I make a mistake or was I in the right?

And if I am in the right, what does that mean about

the philosophy I subscribe to for all these years?

I mean, these are really big questions and I'm just not sure that sitting down with the person who leads your community is the ideal venue for that.

So that's all.

It was not about Christianity or religion.

In fact, there are so many aspects of Christianity I find incredibly meaningful and sort of universally true and totally compatible with mainstream therapy.

It was literally just about what is therapy really and how can you avoid falling into somebody's agenda or somebody's confirmation bias.