How your therapist handles this is meaningful.
This is why its important to have these conversations with your therapist.
These are also important topics to bring up when you aredeciding which therapist to work with.
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Some of those things are:
Any therapist should be able to address these topics honestly and immediately.
If a therapist refuses to discuss any of these aspects of their practice, thats a red flag.
If this matters to you, explain to your therapist why this is important to you.
If your therapist chooses not to answer, consider whether or not that matters to you.
Its very possible for a therapist who doesnt share your faith to still provide faith-affirming care.
The therapist might not be willing to completely disclose their own identity or identities.
If you feel like that kind of perspective will be important in your therapy, ask about it.
The inverse can also be trueyou might specifically want a therapist who is not neurodivergent.
Either way, this is an important conversation to have with your therapist or potential therapist.
The worst your therapist can say is no.
Its important to note that your therapist might not feel comfortable answering these kinds of questions.
Keep that in mind when deciding whether to work with them.
But if that does not feel tenable to you, its important to recognize and honor that.)
If you are not interested in knowing any of these things about your therapist, thats perfectly fine.
Both positionsand anything in betweenare totally acceptable.
