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Scenario

When therapy challenges your spiritual coping mechanisms

I feel peaceful when I pray but my therapist says I might be using spirituality to avoid processing trauma, and now I am confused about everything.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mental health treatment may question religious practices that serve defensive rather than integrative functions.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Faith and physical health — what research shows?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.