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
Shelf-Breaking
The moment when you can no longer suppress your doubts or contradictions in faith
You finally say out loud what you've been quietly questioning for years.
You feel overwhelmed after discovering historical or doctrinal issues that were hidden from you.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Disorientation and emotional flooding may occur, leading to confusion about what or whom to trust.
Grief, anxiety, and anger may emerge as a belief system begins to collapse.
Isolation may follow while working to reconcile newly uncovered truths with past teachings.