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
Mandated Shunning / Faith-Related Ostracism
When your group formally instructs others to cut contact with you
After you leave the faith, your friends and family are told to stop speaking to you.
Leaders make it clear that associating with you is spiritually dangerous for others.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Intense grief and loneliness may follow the loss of community.
Feelings of punishment for making independent choices may arise.
Trust in future relationships may become difficult to establish.