Therapists may not explicitly tell clients to cut off family members. But therapeutic frameworks can make estrangement feel ...

Younger generations are becoming more proactive in protecting their peace by estranging themselves from family members whom they consider to be toxic. Viral social media videos and recent op-eds point ...

Family estrangement causes ripples through one’s life and identity. The experience creates a uniquely devastating form of grief in which an estranged family member often mourns the living. The ...

Estrangement often happens to protect one’s mental or emotional well-being, especially in toxic or abusive family situations. Cultural and social pressures can make it harder to distance oneself from ...

Supporting Yourself During Estrangement Sometimes a relationship is beyond repair. If a relative remains toxic, abusive, ...

Oprah Winfrey is shining a light on family estrangement, which she calls "one of the fastest-growing cultural shifts of our time" — but one expert says the media mogul helped fuel that very culture.