Dr. Grisel Lopez-Escobar, PhD (in Counseling),
Licensed Mental Health Counselor Providing Virtual Therapy to Adult Clients
in the States of AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, ID, IN, LA, MA, ME, NV, OR, SC, TX, UT, VT, WI & WY, USA
Specializing in Supporting Clients who are Newly Secular or Deconstructing from High Control Religions, Groups or Cults: Religious Trauma / Faith Crisis, Religious Deconstruction / Purity Culture / Religious Residue / Mixed-Faith Relationships / Secular Therapy
Confirmation Bias
The tendency to favor information that supports what you already believe while ignoring contradictory evidence
You believe your religion is the only truth, so you focus on verses that confirm this and ignore others.
You think ex-members lose their way, so you notice when they struggle but overlook their successes.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Doubts are seen as sin, increasing guilt and anxiety.
Harmful beliefs are more likely to go unchallenged.
Outside views are dismissed, making it hard to leave.