Your Therapist Needs Therapy 34 - The Importance of Secular Therapy with Dr. Darrel Ray

Your Therapist Needs Therapy

Jeremy is joined this week by founder of the Secular Therapy Project, Dr. Darrel Ray. Jeremy and Darrel talk about the need for secular therapy, how religious groups have changed their approach to therapy over the years, and why activism is so needed to create safe, secular spaces. Dr. Ray talks about some of his previous research on sex and secularism, and we discuss the harms of purity culture for both men and women.

You can find the secular therapist directory at Secular Therapy Project, and learn more about some of Dr. Ray’s ongoing work at the wonderful hub of resources that is Recovering from Religion. Be sure to check out Dr Ray’s books, The God Virus or Sex and God.
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