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
Identity Reconstruction
Rebuilding your sense of self after leaving a rigid or controlling belief system
You start exploring who you are outside the roles religion assigned to you.
You create new practices or beliefs that reflect your true values, not the ones imposed on you.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
A sense of freedom may coexist with fear as external rules are replaced with self-guided choices.
Multiple identities may be explored before finding clarity.
Imposter syndrome or self-doubt may arise in forming a new identity.