Feeling cut off from spirituality due to therapy
Curious if anyone else can relate.
I've been in therapy for many years - most of my adult life. My spiritual beliefs are my own. I'm not "religious", but have always felt a deep connection to my own abstract concept of Source Consciousness/"God"/whatever. I felt safe discussing this with a Jungian therapist I saw for a decade.
Since she retired, I've seen numerous other therapists, and I can't help but feel dismissed when I've brought up any of my own beliefs. This is understandably hard for the therapist - psychology is a science. There is seemingly no place in science for spirituality. Through the lens of modern psychology, basically any spiritual belief is sort of pathological. To believe something you can't experience with your five senses is pathological. And yet, all research I've seen about happiness suggests that spirituality is extremely helpful, and I know that when I've been happiest, I've been connected to that part of myself.
I discuss my innermost thoughts in therapy. When some of those thoughts are sort of brushed aside in favor of others, it's hard not to be influenced by that, and de-prioritize those thoughts. I'm starting to wonder if this is actually blocking a crucial part of myself that has been there since I was a kid.
I can't just go get a Christian therapist, because I'm not even remotely Christian. I'm not anything, really. I just believe my own mix of what has resonated with me personally over my life, some of which meshes conceptually with the vague outlines of major religions, but never literally. There's no way for me to find a therapist who shares my beliefs, because they're just mine.
Does anyone have any thoughts or related experiences? Please refrain from commenting if you want to say that any beliefs aside from pure materialism are wrong - not interested in a religious debate. Thanks so much.
Posted Dec 29, 2025, 8:01 PM UTC