Do you think you need to be spiritual or religious to heal? Do you need to believe in a higher power?

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I don’t believe you need to personally, as long as you can respect the consumer’s beliefs and use that to benefit them. I have to work in the south- southern Baptists abound and I am a agnostic/pagan with a broad leaning toward atheism- my beliefs don’t ever come up. Not only that- but as therapists- focusing on the science rather than spiritual is often important.

Does the "Universe" count as a higher power? Or are we talking about zero recognition of forces outside ourselves?

It depends on what you mean by "heal"? I mean, the body is naturally designed to heal itself from many things (e.g. the immune system fighting off an infection, a cut scabbing over, a broken bone rejoining, etc.). I don't see spirituality playing a role in that. If you're talking about someone's tumor going away, or something that is not expected and cannot be explained by medical professionals or scientists, that's different. I've personally witnessed several instances like this, and it's hard not to attribute it to some kind of higher power.

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