NO CONTACT: A Modern Guide To Family Estrangement

Dr Becca Bland PhD, explores the ambiguity of family relationship endings and offers an explanation for why pauses in communication happen, and why they are so poorly understood. It's fine to have a voice, feel feelings, and hold expectations of safety in relationships.If you need a permission slip for making healthy connections from the family you build around you, then this is the book for you. Bringing together social research and psychological insight, Dr Bland examines estrangement in all its forms, including· low and no contact· the emotional pain and social stigma of disconnection· the ambiguity of family relationship endings and the 'living loss'Drawing on lived experience, leading research, years of advocacy, and therapeutic credentials, Dr Bland encourages offers resolution and encourages the reader to handle their family situation in the way they feel is best for them.