When You Didn’t Get the Parent You Needed: Caring for Aging Parents After a Difficult Childhood
One of the more complicated experiences therapists working with family conflict, is not caring for an aging parent you feel[…]
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When an Estranged Relative Dies: The Grief Nobody Talks About
Family Estrangement Therapy in Ontario | Grief Counselling for Complicated Loss, Family Conflict, and Ambiguous Grief One of the things[…]
Read moreCaring for Aging Parents: Hidden Grief, Burnout, and Emotional Weight Facing Midlife Adults
There is a conversation happening in therapy offices like mine across Canada. It often starts with exhaustion. A client comes[…]
Read moreWhen Your Adult Child Pulls Away: “Chronic Sorrow” Maternal Estrangement
I was listening to a podcast interview this week with estrangement and family researchers and therapists Joshua Coleman and Judith[…]
Read moreFamily Estrangement During the Holidays: When Distance Hurts More Than Contact
If you are estranged from family this season, you may already be exhausted from holding it all together, or from[…]
Read moreHealing Grief and Intergenerational Trauma: Reflections on Truth and Reconciliation
Every September 30th, Canada observes the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation—a day to honour the children who never came[…]
Read moreStuck in the Middle: Gen X, the Sandwich Generation Few Talk About
Let’s be honest—if Gen X had a tagline, it might be: We’ve got this. Don’t worry about us. We were[…]
Read moreEstrangement and Father’s Day: Healing the Heartbreak of Ambiguous Loss
Father’s Day is coming up. And, not unlike Mother’s Day — this day can stir up a mix of emotions:[…]
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