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edward_george1
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This is one of those situations where “mileage may vary,” as it were. You might contact the Diocese, and possibly Catholic Charities, who usually handles counseling type issues at that level. They might be able to put you in touch with a priest with some kind of special training for dealing with this.
Honestly, I have no special training or certification for dealing with mental health issues other than the classes we got in seminary, as well as my own personal experience, both in dealing with my own Crosses and in helping others and seeing what works and what doesn’t. Your best bet is probably to start with your own parish priest or confessor, maybe make an appointment for some additional direction or to help refer you to a priest better equipped to deal with these sorts of things. But really, most of us figure out how to deal with OCD as it manifests itself in the confessional–that is to say, scrupulosity–by both training to hear confessions and in experience actually doing it, and it’s about applying some basic principles in terms of setting limits and boundaries on how often confession is used, what is confessed and how, and things like that.
I wish I had a little better answer for you than that, but your best bet is probably start with a parish priest or any other priest you might know pretty well, and tell them what you’re looking for. Starting locally usually works best.
If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me.
-Fr ACEGC
Honestly, I have no special training or certification for dealing with mental health issues other than the classes we got in seminary, as well as my own personal experience, both in dealing with my own Crosses and in helping others and seeing what works and what doesn’t. Your best bet is probably to start with your own parish priest or confessor, maybe make an appointment for some additional direction or to help refer you to a priest better equipped to deal with these sorts of things. But really, most of us figure out how to deal with OCD as it manifests itself in the confessional–that is to say, scrupulosity–by both training to hear confessions and in experience actually doing it, and it’s about applying some basic principles in terms of setting limits and boundaries on how often confession is used, what is confessed and how, and things like that.
I wish I had a little better answer for you than that, but your best bet is probably start with a parish priest or any other priest you might know pretty well, and tell them what you’re looking for. Starting locally usually works best.
If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me.
-Fr ACEGC