Can someone please explain to me the stigma in the Orthodox Jewish community in regard to an individual receiving therapy?
Well, the stigma isn’t really therapy per se, but associating with a therapist. The idea is that since therapists are all weirdos, someone who associates with them must be a weirdo also.
I myself don’t believe this though. I think that even though someone associates with the therapist weirdos, they could still themselves not be a weirdo.