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
Religious Perfectionism
The belief that you must be flawless to be spiritually acceptable
You beat yourself up for missing one church meeting, thinking it means you're unworthy.
You avoid speaking or acting freely because you're afraid of making a single moral mistake.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Burnout and persistent stress may result from spiritual performance pressure.
Suppression of creativity or emotional honesty may become normalized.
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms may emerge around morality or rituals.