Understanding Ruptured Mother-Daughter Relationships: Guiding the Adult Daughter's Healing Journey through the Estrangement Energy Cycle

How can therapists feel prepared to address the possible treatment focus of ruptured maternal relationships in the therapeutic space? Depending on the client, the goal of therapy may be to repair an estranged maternal relationship or to finalize parental estrangement and redefine themself. This book focuses on identifying the estrangement cycle for clinical application with adult women clients by mental health professionals. It provides clinical tools to address the challenges of estrangement and adjustment needs of these clients within the spheres of personal identity, relationships, and grief and loss to promote personal growth and healing in the therapeutic space. It also engages readers by illustrating different stages of estrangement through client vignettes and by providing practical tools for mental health professionals to create a supportive and nonjudgmental space. With this resource, clinicians and clients will feel better equipped with the skills needed to tackle the emotional rollercoaster that is Estrangement Energy. The companion resource website can be found here: https: //www.estrangementenergycycle.com

Author: Khara Croswaite Brindle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 06/23/2023
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d
ISBN13: 9781538174036
ISBN10: 1538174030
BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Parenting | Parent & Adult Child
- Psychology | Psychotherapy | General
- Social Science | Women's Studies

About the Author
Khara Croswaite Brindle, MA, LPC, ACS, is a TEDx Speaker, Licensed Mental Health Therapist, and Burnout Consultant in Denver, Colorado. Khara enjoys various roles as a serial entrepreneur, published author, professional speaker, professor, and Financial Therapist. She values giving back to the next generation of mental health therapists through teaching, consultation, and clinical supervision. Khara has served her community as a dedicated Medicaid provider in mental health for the past decade. Past projects include creating the CACS Suicide Risk Tool for helping professionals and forming Catalively, a nonprofit focused on reducing youth suicide in Colorado. Her greatest joy is engaging driven entrepreneurs, fellow helpers, and perfectionists to move from workaholic to well-balanced with streamlined strategies that fit their busy lifestyles. As a professional who has experienced burnout and burnout recovery already within her career, Khara offers trainings and on-demand courses in burnout prevention and recovery, compassion fatigue, and work-life balance along with her masterclass, workbook, and book series Perfectioneur: From Workaholic to Well-Balanced, an Amazon #1 Best Seller.