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
Spiritual Identity Displacement
A sense of being spiritually “homeless” after leaving a belief system
You don’t know what label (if any) fits you anymore.
You feel disconnected from both believers and skeptics.
You crave belonging but fear conforming again.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Identity confusion often follows a major belief shift.
Forming new support networks can be difficult.
The need for belonging can increase the risk of joining new high-control systems.