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When mental health professionals pathologize spirituality

My therapist says my spiritual experiences might be symptoms but they feel more real than anything else in my life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The medical model's interpretation of spiritual phenomena as pathology conflicts with the person's direct knowing of their transformative significance.

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