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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Steven, you continue to offer education and deep insight into this pandemic of disconnection that we, parents of estranged adult-children, are facing. Thank you for deepening my understanding of the complexity of this situation.

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Karri Gregor's avatar

Thank you for this series. I appreciate your thoroughness in covering the different angles. I would recommend the book, “Bad Therapy” by Abigail Shrier. I found it very helpful in understanding the therapy soaked culture from which Estrangement Ideology has sprung.

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Steven Howard's avatar

Thanks Karri, I will look it up.

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Story Carrier's avatar

This is sooo good. I facilitate writing workshops with women (some men) on family/ancestral stories in which I encourage them to write the history of the family. It's amazing what a little bit of historical/cultural context can do to help writers develop a more considered, nuanced way of seeing their own experiences and understand how reductive theories (Estrangement Ideology) can impair understanding and potential acceptance that they--like their parents--are quite human. Thank you so much for this piece!

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