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
Cult Hopping
Leaving one authoritarian group only to unknowingly join another with similar dynamics
You left a strict religious community but soon found yourself in another group with the same fear-based rules.
You realized later that even though the theology changed, the pressure and control stayed the same.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Repeated cycles of control and disillusionment may occur.
Uncertainty may arise around what healthy group dynamics should look like.
Re-traumatization can delay emotional healing.