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Estrangement Ideology – Part 25. The Therapist as a Business Model
The business of therapy: Where do clients come from and is your therapist really there to fix you?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 24. Estrangement Narratives as Propaganda
Analysing two estrangement focused articles as propaganda: How does it work and who gains?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 23. Resistance and Change: Why Won’t They "Do the Work"?
Estranged Adult Children often seem mystified by their parents' apparent unwillingness to "do the work"—it's about power and the right not to be changed.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 22. Facing Old Age with Confidence
A corollary to Part 21. Can We Trust Them As We Age?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 21. Can We Trust Them As We Age?
A new era of uncertainty for aging parents: Loss of trust, aging, health and end-of-life concerns.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 20. The "No Contact" Double Bind
The tenets and methods of Estrangement Ideology create a lose-lose scenario for parents.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 19. How Estrangement Has Changed
Modern Estrangement Ideology vs estrangement in past generations: What’s changed?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 18. Is There Any Awareness of the Pain Caused to Parents?
Estranged adult children are aware of the emotion pain they are causing and are not as emotionally detached as they claim.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 17. The Lasting Emotional and Relational Toll on Estranged Adult Children
The consequence of their own choices: The lasting emotional impacts of estrangement on those practicing it.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 16. Yes, Some Parents are Far From Perfect
Real vs lesser harms in estrangement: Can we differentiate justifiable, and ideological or socially performed estrangement?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 14. Case Study: How to Grieve the Parent Who Could Have Been and Never Will Be
A case study in how parents are idealised in therapeutic language and discarded on failing to meet these unspecified one-sided expectations.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 13. Who's the Narcissist?
Looking too deeply into the mirror: Estrangement Ideology as a form of narcissism.