Depending on your client, the goal of therapy may be to repair an estranged relationship with their mother or to finalize parental estrangement and redefine themself. How can clinicians feel prepared to address the possible treatment focus of ruptured maternal relationships in the therapeutic space? This book focuses on identifying the estrangement cycle for clinical application with adult women clients by mental health professionals. This resource provides clinical tool to address the challenges of estrangement and adjustment needs of these clients within the spheres of personal identity, relationships, and grief and loss in order to promote personal growth and healing in the therapeutic space. This book engages readers by 1) introducing the estrangement cycle, 2) illustrating different stages of estrangement through client vignettes, and 3) providing practical tools for mental health professionals to offer clients wanting to do therapeutic work around estrangement in 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.

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.

Book Information
ISBN 9781538174036
Author Khara Croswaite Brindle
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 299g
Dimensions(mm) 222mm * 157mm * 11mm