3 Ways Trauma Therapy Can Lead to Family Estrangement

It’s common for trauma therapy and chosen family estrangement to go hand-in-hand. Some trauma survivors begin therapy already estranged from family; others choose estrangement during or after treatment. Estrangement may be brief, longer term, or permanent. Regardless of duration, trauma therapists frequently work with survivors who choose estrangement so frequently that anti-estrangement advocates often claim therapy causes estrangement. This allegation isn’t true as the goal of trauma therapy..