“I have seen many parents and adult children reenact these issues, and this is exactly the book that everyone has been waiting for.” — Lori Gottlieb

Has your adult child cut off communication with you? How can you heal the pain and start building a bridge again? Estrangement is one of the most disorienting and painful experiences in a parent's life, characterized as a “silent epidemic” by an increasing number of therapists and researchers. Popular opinion typically tells a one-sided story of parents getting what they deserved or adult children wrongly blaming their parents. However, the reasons for estrangement are much more complex and diverse.

As a trusted psychologist who has experienced estrangement with his own daughter and eventually reconnected, Dr. Joshua Coleman is uniquely qualified to guide parents through these difficult interactions. He helps alleviate the ongoing feelings of shame, hurt, guilt, and grief that accompany these dynamics. The book "Rules of Estrangement" gives parents the language and emotional tools to engage in meaningful conversation with their child, the framework to cultivate a healthy relationship in the future, and the ability to move on if reconnection is no longer possible.

While estrangement is a complex and delicate subject, Dr. Coleman's insightful approach is based on empathy and understanding from both sides, the parent and the adult child.

Pages: 320, Year of Publication: 0304, Dimensions: 15.2x15.2cm