Family Healing
Divorce Changes a Family. Healing Takes Time.
After a divorce or breakup, the family can experience a process of loss, adjustment, rebuilding, and recovery. This page collects documentaries, support communities, counseling information, and educational resources that may help during that process.
Family Healing
Divorce and separation can represent a major loss for everyone involved. Families may experience stages of loss while learning how to function within a different family structure.
Understand
Learn about the emotional and relational issues that can accompany divorce, separation, and family conflict.
Find Support
Connect with people, groups, and resources that understand the challenges families may face.
Recognize Patterns
Learn to recognize unhealthy communication, manipulation, and destructive relationship patterns.
Rebuild
When safe and appropriate, identify resources that may help repair relationships and create healthier family dynamics.
Family Documentaries
Blended
A documentary exploring stepfamilies in America, including expert advice and first-hand experiences involving blended families.
Erasing Family
A documentary centered on young adults from divorced families and their efforts to reconnect with family members following separation and family-court conflict.
Support Matrix
These resources provide additional information, communities, videos, podcasts, and support for people dealing with divorce and family conflict.
Dad Surviving Divorce — YouTube
Videos and discussions focused on divorce, relationships, parenting, and rebuilding life.
YouTube Channel ↗Dad Surviving Divorce
Additional online information and resources relating to divorce and recovery.
Visit Website ↗Dad Surviving Divorce Podcast
Podcast content covering divorce, relationships, recovery, and related topics.
Open Podcast ↗Dad Talk Today Support Group
Facebook support community for parents and others dealing with divorce, custody, and family issues.
Visit Support Group ↗Reunification Counseling
Educational material discussing reunification counseling when a child has become distanced from a parent.
Read Resource ↗ManKind Initiative
UK resource providing information and support for male victims of domestic abuse.
Visit ManKind ↗Reunification Counseling
During separation or divorce, children may sometimes become physically or emotionally distant from a parent. Reunification counseling is one approach used in some family situations to examine and potentially repair damaged parent-child relationships.
Different Situations
A child's rejection of a parent can arise from very different circumstances. The referenced counseling resource distinguishes situations involving legitimate concerns such as abuse or neglect from situations in which a previously established parent-child relationship deteriorates without those circumstances.
Professional Support
Reunification cases can be complicated. The resource emphasizes the importance of appropriately trained professionals, clear assessment of the family dynamics, and coordination among those involved.
Manipulation Awareness Matrix
Understanding unhealthy relationship patterns can be part of rebuilding healthier boundaries and communication. The following educational graphics cover manipulation tactics and coping concepts.
Family Healing Resource Links
Family Healing Takes Time
Separation and divorce can change relationships, routines, finances, parenting, and the structure of a family. Learning what happened, finding appropriate support, recognizing unhealthy patterns, and rebuilding healthy relationships can all become parts of moving forward.
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