Helping families navigate estrangement, conflict, and reconciliation.
Forty-five years helping families move through conflict toward resolution
When your adult child stops talking to you
Rules of Estrangement uncovers the five primary pathways to estrangement, and shows you exactly when to reach out and when to give space.
“One of the best books on estrangement named by researchers.”
My new book is out now
Estrangement Reconciliation Therapy lays out a compassionate, structured approach to family cutoff — practical tools to process grief, move past blame, and open the door to healing.
“Estrangement Reconciliation Therapy is a gorgeous piece of thinking and writing—a life raft for families trying to find their way back to each other.”
Insight is only the beginning
Breakthrough provides practical exercises, strategies, and tools for healing from estrangement with dignity, strength, and resilience.
- Step-by-step guided practices
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Speaking on family estrangement, modern family relationships, reconciliation and the changing bonds between parents and adult children.
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The Grief of Estrangement
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Advice You Need to Navigate Family Estrangement and Rifts Ahead of the Holidays
College Students and Estrangement
Family Troubles Podcast
Family Troubles with Dr. Joshua Coleman is a free podcast exploring the intricate dynamics of family life — interviews with academics, therapists, and guests navigating their own family stories.
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