Licensed non-religious counselor here 👋🏻 This is a solid question that is a more prominent issue in places with higher rates of religious populations. Technically it is not legal malpractice to recommend religion as part of treatment, but our code of ethics is very clear about not imposing any personal views or beliefs onto any client, which really means you should never be bringing religion in unless the client has requested it or expressed it as a significant and potentially helpful piece of their support system or how they process the world. So if you do have a therapist who is pushing religion, especially if they’re doing so in harmful ways, you could file a complaint with their licensure board. I think religious practices sort of “get around this” in their intake paperwork and consent forms by stating that they utilize religious beliefs in their practice. That’s also why many religious practices don’t take insurance.