I believe in Christ as Therapist - and that he does help us heal ourselves. When the bible talks about Christ giving the apostles the ability to 'loose their sins - and bind their sins', it means to me that Christ understood that for some, the burden of what they had done, or the bad things that happened to them, was often difficult or impossible to let go. He recognized that a concrete experience where a person could lay bare their soul was psychologically necessary and would make it easier to feel at peace and connected to his divine love. So if it helps to talk about it, Christ wanted someone to be there to 'loose the sin (burden)' - but if the person couldn't or wasn't ready to let it go, then Christ let them 'bind their sin' meaning, that's okay, hold on to that burden if you want, but it would be whole lot easier if you just backed it up to that dumpster over there and dropped it in.
It's not about sin and subsequent punishment/penance but rather the divine Therapist knowing how much we suffer from what we do to ourselves or what the world has done, and offering us healing when our hearts are broken. Wish the Church taught that.
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