Reconnecting with Your Estranged Adul..., Tina Gilbertson
Reconnecting with Your Estranged Adul..., Tina Gilbertson
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Reconnecting with Your Estranged Adult Child
Practical Tips and Tools to Heal Your Relationship

Author: Tina Gilbertson

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/26/2020

Synopsis

Parents whose adult children have cut off contact wonder: How did this happen? Where did I go wrong? What happened to my loving child? Over time, holidays, birthdays, and even the birth of grandchildren may pass in silence. Anguish may turn into anger.

While time, in and of itself, does not necessarily heal, actions do, and while every estrangement includes situation-specific variables, there are practical, effective, and universal techniques for understanding and healing these not-uncommon breaches. Tina Gilbertson has developed these techniques and tools over years of face-to-face and online work with parents who have found her strategies transformative and even life changing.

Gilbertson cuts through the blame, shame, and guilt on both sides of the broken relationship. Parents will feel heard and understood but also challenged—and guided—to reclaim their role as "tone setter" and grow psychologically. Exercises, examples, and even sample scripts empower parents who have felt powerless. Gilbertson shows that reconciliation is a step-by-step process, but the effort is well worth it. It is never too late to renew relations and experience better-than-ever bonds.

About Tina Gilbertson

Tina Gilbertson is a licensed professional counselor and board-certified Telemental Health Provider specializing in family estrangement. She maintains a blog on PsychologyToday.com and has been quoted in hundreds of media outlets, including Fast Company, Forbes, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, and Real Simple. She lives and practices in Denver.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on July 31, 2021

very helpful book on child estrangement. i am sure everyone feels their situation is unique, and I am no exception. But reading this book (probably the first of many times) gave me a good framework for understanding MY situation and lots of things for parents to work on so they can approach/respond......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on May 15, 2022

I will hold this book very close for the next steps of my estrangement journey This book may not be for everybody but there is something in it for everybody. Being five months into navigating what is the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to deal with, this book will help me navigate the next steps......more

Goodreads review by Laura on October 11, 2021

If you’re estranged from your adult child, this is the book you’ve been waiting for: an honest, realistic, respectful resource that puts the focus squarely on you—the parent who is suffering. Gilbertson charts a healing process for broken parent-child relationships in this compassionate step-by-step......more

Goodreads review by Juli Szenki on March 20, 2021

Finding out that it’s ME who needs to change is both challenging and a relief. It seems I am the Best of mothers to one child and the greatest failure to the other. This has been a difficult thing to understand but I found much valuable insight through this presentation of practical,logical and lovi......more

Goodreads review by Rick on June 04, 2021

An Easy Read that I would recommend to all Families. Why you need to read on this work? I would say, you're investing in your future self, and future generation. Parenting Emotional Literary Adult Relationship Adult-Children Relationship Friendships As a Parent, you have the responsibility to model......more

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