In-Person & Online Family Estrangement Therapy in Colorado
Family Estrangement Therapy
Support for the pain, confusion, and complicated relationships that come with family estrangement.
Whether you’re an adult child, parent, or family trying to figure out what comes next, therapy can offer a place to understand what happened, work through its impact, and decide what you want your relationships to look like.
You do not need to know whether you want reconciliation before beginning.
Specialized Experience
with Family Estrangement
My work with Estrangement.com has given me a unique window into the experiences of thousands of adult children and parents navigating estrangement, cutoff, grief, and attempts at repairing family relationships.
6,000+
Adult children and parents supported
Lead Moderator
Colorado LPC
Online and in-person therapy
You Might Be Here Because…
“My adult child won’t talk to me, and I don’t know what I’m supposed to do.”
You’ve tried reaching out, giving them space, apologizing, or trying to understand what happened, and you’re not sure what to do next.
“I love my parents, but having a relationship with them keeps hurting me.”
You may be questioning your boundaries, carrying guilt, or trying to understand whether and how a relationship could work.
“I want things to be different, but every attempt to talk seems to end the same.”
Your family may care about each other while still feeling stuck in patterns of hurt, misunderstanding, or disconnection.
“Part of me misses my family. Another part of me is relieved with the distance.”
Estrangement can bring grief, relief, anger, guilt, longing, and uncertainty, sometimes all at once.
Who I Work With
Support for adult children, parents, siblings, couples, and others navigating the impact of family estrangement.
Adult Children
People who are estranged from one or
both parents, or considering creating
distance.
Parents
Parents whose adult children have
limited or ended contact.
Siblings and Extended Family
People navigating sibling cutoff, in-law
conflict, or complicated extended-family relationships.
Couples and Individuals
Partners affected by family conflict, people considering reconciliation, and those
trying to establish healthier boundaries.
Therapy can still be helpful even when the other person is
unwilling or unable to participate.
Grief and Uncertainty
Ambiguous loss
Grief without closure
Fear of future contact
Deciding whether to reconnect
What Can Family Estrangement Therapy Help With?
Conflict and Boundaries
Anger and resentment
Boundary decisions
Repeated failed repair attempts
Coping when reconciliation isn’t possible
Family Patterns
Family loyalty conflicts
Different stories about what happened
Accountability, apology, and repair
Shame and self-doubt
Trauma and Family History
Trauma histories
Longstanding family roles
Understanding how the relationship reached this point
What Does Working Together Look Like?
Therapy begins by understanding what happened, making room for what it has cost you, and deciding how you want to move forward.
The Story
Understand what happened, what patterns developed, and what the estrangement has meant for you.
The Hurt
Explore boundaries, responsibility, grief, safety, and what belongs to you and what belongs to the other person.
The Path
Prepare for reconnection, maintain distance, communicate more clearly, or find peace without closure.
You don’t have to make these decisions alone.
Whether you are considering distance, hoping for repair, or trying to find peace with what has happened, therapy can give you a place to slow down and understand your next step.
SPECIALIZED FAMILY ESTRANGEMENT SUPPORT
Experience shaped by thousands of estrangement stories
Josh is a licensed professional counselor in Colorado and the Lead Moderator of Estrangement.com. In this role, he has worked with more than 5,000 adult children and parents navigating family estrangement.
This work has given him an ongoing view of the grief, uncertainty, responsibility, boundaries, and relationship patterns that often shape estrangement.
6,000+
Adult children and parents supported
Lead Moderator
Colorado LPC
Online and in-person therapy
Common Questions About Family Estrangement Therapy
Estrangement can create questions without simple answers. Here are a few things people often want to understand before beginning therapy.
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Family estrangement happens when family members become emotionally or physically distant from each other. This distance may be chosen by one person or requested by another family member (Agllias, 2017).
Physical estrangement means family members have very little or no contact. Emotional estrangement means they may still have contact, but the relationship feels distant, tense, or uncomfortable. Estrangement can look different in every family and can happen between many family members.
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No, therapy will not pressure you to reconnect with your family or end the relationship. Instead, therapy can help you understand the negative patterns that led to the estrangement. It can also help you heal from the pain, take responsibility for your own actions, and learn healthier ways to communicate.
You may work on repairing the relationship or setting clear boundaries. Therapy can also help you grieve what has happened, accept what you cannot change, and understand what may be possible moving forward.
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Yes, much of estrangement therapy can happen one-on-one, especially when there is little or no contact with the other person.
You can still work on grief, communication skills, trauma reactions, repair attempts, boundaries, and other important decisions, even when the other person is not willing or able to join you.
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My approach to estrangement therapy is shaped by my work and research as the lead moderator of Estrangement.com. I also train regularly with Matthias J. Barker, the founder of Estrangement.com.
In therapy, we may look at harmful patterns that keep happening between family members. We may explore past hurts and the ways each person learned to protect themselves.
We may also prepare for hard conversations, write or review repair letters, set clear boundaries, and work through painful or traumatic family experiences.
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Yes, I can work with both adult children and parents. Estrangement.com is the only online support group that serves both groups.
Through leading support and feedback calls, joining community discussions, and creating helpful education for both groups, I have worked closely with people on each side of estrangement. This has helped me understand the different struggles that adult children and parents may face.
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Your peace and healing do not depend on your family member.
Reconnecting may feel safer when you can think about contacting them with more calm and less fear, anger, or distress. This doesn’t mean you will feel no strong emotions. It means you will feel able to manage those emotions and make clear choices.
You may feel ready when you know how to keep talking, when to pause or leave a conversation, and how to clearly share what you need to feel safe.
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What we talk about in therapy is that your healing cannot depend on your parent or child admitting what they did. When your peace depends on their apology or agreement, they still have control over how you feel.
You may never agree about what happened or why the relationship became distant. Even so, healing is still possible. In some cases, you may also be able to build a new kind of relationship, even if they never take full responsibility.
This often starts with doing your own healing and learning new ways to respond, communicate, and show up in the relationship.
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Yes, I do! I am licensed to see anyone in the state of Colorado, in-person or online.
You don’t have to know the next step before reaching out.
You don’t need to know whether you want repair, distance, or something in between. Share a little about what you’re facing, and I will follow up about scheduling a free consultation.