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
Unspoken Religious Ultimatums
Implicit threats tied to religious compliance, often not stated outright but clearly understood
You were made to feel you'd lose family or community if you left the faith.
You understood you’d be seen as a failure or sinner for choosing another path.
You sensed certain behaviors were “conditionally” accepted.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Chronic people-pleasing or fear of abandonment.
Suppression of authentic self-expression.
Emotional paralysis when making life changes.