Choice and Rebirth

Psychology

The Psychological Immigrant

Pesach Eisen, LMHC on August 16, 2020

What's a "psychological immigrant?" New research aims to shed light on religious disaffiliation through the lens of immigration psychology.

What's a "psychological immigrant?" New research aims to shed light on religious disaffiliation through the lens of immigration psychology.

Religion

Normalize Leaving the Fold

Pesach Eisen, LMHC on July 11, 2020

Those leaving organized religion often have a difficult time putting their deconstructed lives back together. A potential factor at play is their internalized stigma of exiting.

Those leaving organized religion often have a difficult time putting their deconstructed lives back together. A potential factor at play is their internalized stigma of exiting.

Religion

The Invisible Demographic

Pesach Eisen, LMHC on June 30, 2020

It’s true that many find joy and a sense of belonging in organized religion. It’s also true that it's experienced as traumatic by many others —within or in the process of leaving.

It’s true that many find joy and a sense of belonging in organized religion. It’s also true that it's experienced as traumatic by many others —within or in the process of leaving.