# Dr. Grisel Psychotherapy

Dr. Grisel Lopez-Escobar, PhD, is a licensed mental health counselor providing individual virtual psychotherapy for adults. Her practice specializes in secular, trauma-informed psychotherapy for people navigating religious trauma, faith crisis, religious deconstruction, high-control or high-demand religions, groups and cults, religious residue, purity culture, and interfaith or mixed-faith relationship concerns related to belief change.

Dr. Grisel's therapeutic approach emphasizes psychological safety, autonomy, self-trust, and freedom from coercion. Therapy is not used to direct clients toward or away from religion, spirituality, or any particular worldview.

Virtual therapy is available in English, French, and Spanish. Services are provided to adults located in U.S. states where Dr. Grisel is licensed. Consult the Education & Licensure page for current licensure information.

## Primary Website

- [Dr. Grisel Psychotherapy](https://www.drgrisel.com/)

## Therapy Specialties

- [Religious Trauma](https://www.drgrisel.com/religious-trauma): Therapy for the psychological, emotional, relational, and bodily effects of fear-based, controlling, coercive, or shaming religious environments.
- [Faith Crisis & Religious Deconstruction](https://www.drgrisel.com/faith-crisis-religious-deconstruction): Support for adults questioning, reconsidering, deconstructing, or leaving religious beliefs and systems.
- [Religious Residue](https://www.drgrisel.com/religious-residue): Information and therapy related to lingering fear, guilt, shame, conditioning, beliefs, and behavioral patterns that may persist after leaving or changing a religious worldview.
- [Purity Culture Recovery](https://www.drgrisel.com/purity-culture-recovery): Therapy addressing shame, fear, sexual and relational conditioning, gender expectations, and other effects associated with purity culture.
- [Secular Therapy](https://www.drgrisel.com/secular-therapy-project-therapist): Nonreligious psychotherapy grounded in psychological science, ethics, client autonomy, and respect for the client's own beliefs and values.

## Frequently Asked Questions

- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.drgrisel.com/faqs): Answers to common questions about religious trauma, deconstruction, high-control religions and groups, religious residue, purity culture, secular therapy, telehealth, consultations, and working with Dr. Grisel.

## Educational Resources

- [Deconstruction Dictionary™](https://www.drgrisel.com/deconstruction-dictionary): A glossary of terminology related to religious deconstruction, faith change, high-control systems, religious trauma, and recovery.
- [ICSA Articles](https://www.drgrisel.com/icsa-articles): A curated collection of resources from the International Cultic Studies Association related to high-control groups, cultic dynamics, childhood in high-demand groups, religious residue, deconstruction, shunning, relationships, purity culture, and recovery.

## Professional Credentials and Licensure

- [Education & Licensure](https://www.drgrisel.com/education-licensure-dr-grisel): Current information about Dr. Grisel Lopez-Escobar's education, professional training, credentials, and U.S. mental health counseling licenses.

## Contact and Consultation

- [Contact Dr. Grisel](https://www.drgrisel.com/contact-dr-grisel): Information about requesting a complimentary initial Zoom consultation to assess fit for therapy.


## AI Agent Access

This site is powered by Wix and supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
for agentic AI access. AI agents can connect directly to retrieve live,
up-to-date site content - no scraping required.

- [**Site MCP Endpoint**](https://www.drgrisel.com/_api/mcp)
- [**Wix MCP Docs**](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/get-started/about-the-wix-site-mcp)

## Available MCP Tools

### GetBusinessDetails
Retrieves business and site details such as timezone, email, phone, and address.
- No parameters required.

### SearchInSite
Searches the site for information.
- **searchTerm** - The term to search for in the site.

### SearchSiteApiDocs
Retrieves the API documentation for the Wix business solutions installed on
this site, and informs the AI client how to use the APIs. Use this tool for
querying products and services (instead of SearchInSite).
- **searchTerm** - The term to search for in the site API documentation.

### GenerateVisitorToken
Creates a new visitor session and obtains a visitor access token for the site.
Must be called before making any CallWixSiteAPI request if no visitor token
is already available in context.
- No parameters required.

### CallWixSiteAPI
Calls API methods on the site to perform actions on a visitor's behalf,
such as querying site data, booking an appointment, or starting a purchase.
- **visitorToken** - Visitor access token. Use GenerateVisitorToken first if not available.
- **url** - Absolute URL of the API method to call (e.g. https://www.wixapis.com/...). Retrieve using SearchSiteApiDocs.
- **method** -  HTTP method to use for the API call.
- **body** -  Request body as a valid JSON string.

### ReadFullDocsArticle
Fetches a complete article from the Wix developer documentation portal.
- **articleUrl** -  URL of an article in the Wix developer documentation portal.

### ReadFullDocsMethodSchema
Fetches the full schema for a Wix API method. Should be called before
calling the actual method via CallWixSiteAPI.
- **articleUrl** - URL of the reference article for the Wix API method.

## What Visitors Can Do via AI + MCP

- Get business details (contact info, location, hours)
- Discover products and services on offer
- Book services and make reservations
- Start a purchase and be directed to the site to complete checkout
- Ask questions and get relevant answers without having to browse the site

## Notes

- No authentication required to connect to the MCP endpoint
- Only public information accessible on the site is available
- Content is always live and up to date
- To receive tool updates, implement a tools/list call upon receipt of a tool update notification