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
Medium/Moderate-Control Religions
Groups that enforce some norms and control, but allow some room for personal choices
You’re expected to attend regularly but aren’t micromanaged in your personal life.
You can interpret some teachings differently without major consequences.
Potential clinical implications
Clients may struggle with competing religious and secular values, creating internal stress or identity fragmentation.
Teachings on purity or sexuality may contribute to shame, especially in adolescents and young adults.
Spiritual reframing ("everything happens for a reason") may unintentionally invalidate trauma experiences.