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
Post-Traumatic Self-Alienation
A dissociative or disconnected state from one's core identity following spiritual or religious trauma
You no longer recognize your values or sense of self.
You feel like you’re watching your life from the outside.
You question whether you ever truly believed or belonged.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Identity confusion or fragmentation may occur, especially if belief was central to identity.
Emotional numbness can develop as a protective response to spiritual harm.