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
Faith Collapse
Sudden or cumulative breakdown of one’s religious belief system
You feel like the entire worldview you built your life on is crumbling.
You can’t reconcile your beliefs with what you’ve experienced.
You no longer know how to pray or if anyone/any entity is listening.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
An existential crisis may occur.
Loss of community and support structures can happen.
There could be a risk of depression, especially if belief was a core identity anchor.