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
Excommunication
Formal removal or banning from a religious community, often with public consequences
You’re publicly removed from membership and told you’re no longer welcome.
After a disciplinary hearing, you lose access to community events and relationships.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Trauma from public shame or abandonment may occur.
Feelings of humiliation or unworthiness may linger.
A disrupted sense of belonging or identity can persist.