What are some things a client should NOT say to a Licensed Social Worker?

This lifestyle difference absolutely won’t dampen the therapy process if she is at all a competent practitioner. If a personal belief difference is so dramatic as to affect the therapy, she will refer you to another person.

I don’t know how long you’ve been seeing her, but doesn’t the fact that YOU had to be the one to take the initiative to find out about her religious views speak for itself?

If she is an ethical person, she will adhere to the prohibition to proselytize. So far that seems to be the case.

Now, if you can’t get over the fact that she apparently has religious beliefs, then that’s on you. It doesn’t have to dampen the therapy process unless you allow it to.

If that’s the case then perhaps you’re better off finding someone else. But if she is really an excellent therapist whom you find to be helpful, then you’re basically shortchanging yourself. It’s your call.

You have to be able to be honest with your therapist. If her religion is an issue for you, then raise it with her.

This is a personality clash. 1. you have to appear “in need” to keep your social worker. It’s not dishonest, it’s just how the game is played. 2. Keep mum on anything illegal, once something deemed deviant is put into that computer it’s fair game for all, and will be on your permanent record. The HIPPA Act isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.