“Aren’t they going to make me leave my faith?”
This is often the first thing I hear when Muslims are advised to seek psychological counseling or therapy. Let me begin by highlighting the ridiculousness of this notion. A psychologist has as much influence on your belief as the next guy, which is basically nothing unless you’re the type of person who’s willing to change your existential framework according to the next Joe Blow you meet on the street. Keyword here is ‘willing,’ as in, you must already want to change your religion one way or another; if not, you’ll seek anybody’s advice to change your religion, or disobey Allah, coming from a mile away. Yes indeed, contrary to popular belief, therapists don’t have any magical tools to infiltrate your mind and incept the non-existence of God; unlike Leonardo DiCaprio, psychologists can barely make it past the first layer of the dream sequence without getting shot.
This is often the first thing I hear when Muslims are advised to seek psychological counseling or therapy. Let me begin by highlighting the ridiculousness of this notion. A psychologist has as much influence on your belief as the next guy, which is basically nothing unless you’re the type of person who’s willing to change your existential framework according to the next Joe Blow you meet on the street. Keyword here is ‘willing,’ as in, you must already want to change your religion one way or another; if not, you’ll seek anybody’s advice to change your religion, or disobey Allah, coming from a mile away. Yes indeed, contrary to popular belief, therapists don’t have any magical tools to infiltrate your mind and incept the non-existence of God; unlike Leonardo DiCaprio, psychologists can barely make it past the first layer of the dream sequence without getting shot.
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