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

The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast

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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/

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