When Family Relationships Break Down
How to help clients process the anger, grief, and shame of family estrangement

When a client is estranged from a family member who used to mean the world to them . . .
. . . it can evoke a very specific trauma that many of us weren’t trained to work with.
And so because of that, we often miss the key sources of tension that sustain a client’s feelings of anger, fear, guilt, or shame.
Beyond that, there are some common well-intentioned mistakes (like being too reassuring) that can make the situation worse.
So to help you more skillfully navigate the murky waters of estranged family relationships, we put together this brand-new workshop.
Working with Family Estrangement
In this workshop, Joshua Coleman, PhD will share the latest research on what causes family estrangement and what treatments are most effective.
Here’s what he’ll get into:
- Strategies to help parents and adult children reconcile
- What to do (and not do) when one parent pits the child against the other parent
- Key differences between estrangement and alienation that can impact your approach
- Ten “rules” for healthy parent-adult child relationships
- How to work with estrangement when mental illness is a factor
- When sexuality or gender identity impact estrangement: three principles for treatment
Register Here for $197
and get lifetime access to the video, audio, transcript, and presentation slides of the workshop on working with family estrangement
3 CE/CME Credits or Clock Hours are available for purchase at checkout.
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Course Instructor

Joshua Coleman, PhD
He is a contributor to TIME, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, The Washington Post, and many more national publications.
Joshua is the author of several books, including Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict; When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don’t Get Along; and The Marriage Makeover: Finding Happiness in Imperfect Harmony.
Here's What You'll Get:
Everything is yours to keep forever in your professional library
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The video recording so you can watch at your convenience |
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The audio recording if you prefer to listen in the car, at the gym or wherever you like |
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A transcript of the training to make review simple |
Register Here for $197
and get lifetime access to the video, audio, transcript, and presentation slides of the workshop on working with family estrangement
3 CE/CME Credits or Clock Hours are available for purchase at checkout.
Click HERE to get information about CE/CME credits and clock hours as well as speaker disclosures
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We invite you to register for this training program without any risk. Unless you are completely satisfied, we will refund your money. Just let us know within 30 days from the date of registration. We are that confident that you will find this information to be more than you expected.
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- Having the concepts already written allows you to take notes on how you’re going to use the ideas rather than transcribing the ideas
- Some people simply learn better by reading than by listening or watching
- You will be able to print out and share techniques presented in the session with your patients

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We invite you to register for this training program without any risk. Unless you are completely satisfied, we will refund your money. Just let us know within 30 days from the date of registration. We are that confident that you will find this information to be more than you expected.
Register Here for $197
and get lifetime access to the video, audio, transcript, and presentation slides of the workshop on working with family estrangement
3 CE/CME Credits or Clock Hours are available for purchase at checkout.
Click HERE to get information about CE/CME credits and clock hours as well as speaker disclosures