About a third of parents with estranged adult children claim the breakdown in their family’s relationship stemmed from advice ...

"Estrangement is often not about relief. It is about containment," said Dr. Sabooh S. Mubbashar, a psychiatrist with Nuvance ...

Researchers from Manchester and Canada have shown that the claim by the authors of a study published earlier this year that ...

Elliot J. Wiener of Phillips Nizer and Bernice H. Schaul, a clinical psychologist, highlight the psychological issues involved in alienation, the remedies recommended by the mental health community, ...

What children of divorce most want and need is to maintain healthy and strong relationships with both of their parents, and to be shielded from their parents' conflicts. Some parents, however, in an ...

As Labor Day approaches, I am struck by how hard it is to be a loving and involved parent to an alienated child. It is hard in at least four ways. The first is that the child and the favored parent ...

People who were raised by emotionally abusive parents are often faced with heart-wrenching decisions once they reach adulthood. Do they continue to put their livelihood at risk by staying in touch ...

The estranged wife of one of the five people arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in a child sexual abuse ...

Adults who are estranged from their relatives know how hard it is to finally let their family go for the sake of their own peace. While this decision can lead to significant healing and growth in the ...