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
Initiate
A person undergoing introduction or formal induction into a religious group or practice
You complete a series of classes or rituals to join a faith community.
You feel both excitement and pressure to conform quickly.
You hide lingering doubts to appear devout.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Individual needs may be suppressed when group demands take priority.
Performance-based self-worth can form if belonging depends on “passing” spiritual tests.
Future disillusionment or trauma could follow if early idealism turns into coercion.