Apostates - a hidden population for potential trauma and abuse - with Hari Parekh

Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. In today’s episode we will be considering religion and what happens when someone decides to leave a faith. This is called being ‘an apostate’ and it can also have implications for identity trauma and abuse. I am joined by Hari Parekh who is a trainee clinical psychologist and has conducted research in this area. We hope you enjoy it. The Highlights: 00:30: Welcome 01:31: Progress as a podcaster! & Context to the podcast episode 03:29: Intro to Hari 04:32: What is an apostate? 06:09: Why haven’t we heard of it before? 07:40: Family context and abuse 08:43: Domestic violence and apostates’ crossover 09:25: Culture and violence and abuse within families. 10:34: Childhood ACE’s and apostasy 11:48: 80-year-old apostate 13:02: Family reactions to apostasy 14:14: ‘Coming out’ as an apostate 14:30: Scriptures 15:44: Human reactions to apostasy 16:20: Professional approaches and apostasy 18:49: Formulation 19:19: Confidence as professionals 20:26: An organization to support apostates 21:05: Hari’s own experiences 21:48: Choosing a research topic 22:31: Publishing research 24:33: Raising awareness with professionals 25:29: Thanks to Hari 25:30: The Aspiring psychologist Collective, Aspiring psychologist Membership and future podcast episodes 27:36: Connecting on Socials & Close Links: To read Hari’s research article head to: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0886260519898428 To connect with Hari: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrhariparekh/ Get your Supervision Shaping Tool now: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/supervision Connect socially with Marianne and check out ways to work with her, including the upcoming Aspiring Psychologist Book and The Aspiring Psychologist Membership on her Link tree: https://linktr.ee/drmariannetrent • To check out The Clinical Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3jOplx0 To join my free Facebook group and discuss your thoughts on this episode and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aspiringpsychologistcommunity Like, Comment, Subscribe & get involved: If you enjoy the podcast, please do subscribe and rate and review episodes. If you'd like to learn how to record and submit your own audio testimonial to be included in future shows head to: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/podcast and click the blue request info button at the top of the page. Hashtags: #aspiringpsychologist #dclinpsy #psychology #assistantpsychologist #psychologycareers #clinicalpsychology #mentalhealth #supervision #BPS #apostate #hariparekh #traineeclinicalpsychologist #clinicalpsychology #religion #faith #losingmyreligion Mentioned in this episode: Sponsored by WriteUpp Tap to Pay This episode is sponsored by WriteUpp. Their Tap to Pay app turns your smartphone into a card reader, helping private practitioners take secure payments without additional hardware. Use code MARIANNE30 for a free 30-day trial and 30% off your first 6 months at this link: https://writeupp.com/?refid=142336