
Episode 22: A Look at Obsessive Compulsive Behavior and Scrupulosity (Mental Health Awareness Series, Part 3)
Being Human
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Empathy, Acceptance, and Validation in Confession
Priests often try to make sure that people don't feel guilty about their sins, says Fr. John Moya-Smith. But feeding the intellectualization is only going to increase the pattern, he says. Empathy and acceptance are better ways of dealing with such issues in a priest's brain than scrupulousness or obsessively thinking about Sunday Mass Obligation.
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