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 Switching / Denominational Switching
When you move from one religion or belief system to another
You leave a fundamentalist church and start exploring progressive or mystical faiths.
You shift from a high-control religion to being spiritual but not religious.
You move from believing in a deity to not believing in any deities.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Grief and disorientation may occur as old systems are let go.
Fear of repeating past mistakes may hinder spiritual exploration.
Pressure to fully conform to a new belief system may feel overwhelming.