Therapists can help estranged families understand the past, work on making amends, and potentially rebuild their ...

Many of us grow up with emotionally immature parents and may not know it. This is a key pattern seen in intergenerational trauma that is conditioned and maintained from one generation to the next. For ...

Childhood trauma leaves lasting impacts. The past is past simply doesn’t apply here. These past experiences can resurface in adulthood, affecting daily life. Dr Judith Joseph, a psychiatrist, ...

A University of Sydney-led study published in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry has found 42% of Australian adults—more than eight million people—experienced a traumatic event as ...

It’s heartbreaking when an adult child distances themselves from their parents, especially when the parent believes they did everything right. But estrangement doesn’t happen overnight. It’s often the ...

Research shows nearly half of Australian adults had traumatic childhood events; those exposed face elevated mental-health and physical-health burdens.

People often discuss familial estrangement from the adult child's perspective, yet parents, too, can make the difficult decision to go low-contact or no-contact. The reasons parents distance ...

Navigating relationships with a parent in adulthood isn't easy for anyone, whether you were lucky enough to live a peaceful and happy childhood or the opposite. Nearly 20% of adult children argue ...