127. Enlightenment is Not a Treatment Goal (with Dr. Jim Jobin)
Very Bad Therapy
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The Negative Effects of a Therapist's Interpretation of Spirituality
Therapy is not religion where you have somebody who prescribes interpretations of the world, the universe of human existence and it's your job to fit yourself into that prescription. Therapy is something that has to be collaborative, at least to some extent, because you're showing up saying, this is making me worse. And if he's created an approach to therapy that's unfalsifiable, where if you disagree or challenge something and he can just say, no, it's your ego, not your soul. It fits into a very neat framework that is so harmful if it's actually actively harming you"
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