Published in CHRISTIAN HEADLINES... Earlier this month, in a piece for The Atlantic, Joshua Coleman described an epidemic that’s not...

One of the benefits of technology has been an increase in the means available for people to stay in touch. While families once had to...

Dec 23, 2020 Remember Cousin Eddie — Randy Quaid’s lovable buffoon in National Lampoon’s Vacation series? If you’ve seen the original...

December 22, 2020 I work with some of the most heartbroken people in the world: parents whose adult children want nothing to do with...

In this conversation, Dr. Petra Deeter talks with Josh about how to reconnect with alienated adult children.

"I am pleased to bring you the thinking of today’s guest, Dr. Joshua Coleman. Josh is a psychologist in private practice in the San...

The Brian Lehrer Show: From safety concerns about travel to staving off fights about politics once you arrive, there's nothing simple...

More adult children are “breaking up” with their folks, in what’s being described as an epidemic of intergenerational dysfunction. And...

Family estrangements are fundamental to the human story, starting the day that God tossed Adam and Eve from the garden. Likewise, in...

As of this writing, the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 50,000 people in the United States and more than 200,000 people...

Instead of a dignified discussion of important issues, the country was subjected to what felt like a toxic, drawn-out family dispute gone...

Psychology Today, May 30, 2020 Therapists can make matters worse when counseling estranged parents. Blaming the parent. While it’s...

For years, Pat Hanson composed letters, hundreds of them, to a granddaughter she wasn’t permitted to see or speak to. She described her...

Of all the skills required to reclaim your life and sanity after an estrangement, self-compassion is the most key...