Providing family estrangement coaching, communication development and consulting for families experiencing fracturing relationships and parental estrangement.
My work is founded on strategic learning, self-reflection and personal growth. I base my work on individual results from the Everything DiSC interpersonal behavior style assessment., Relational Coordination Theory and Prochaska's Stages of Change Model. Together, my clients and I look at indicators like how a parent responds in highly emotional situations and how they process estrangement grief. When appropriate, I use the Wiley DiSC© as an interactive communication training tool.
Together, we work to understand each parent's grief, the circumstances of their estrangement, and their communication style.
My name is Dr. Janet Steinkamp, and I work with estranged parents to rebuild relationships with their adult children.
A strained and faltering relationship with an adult child is not new or unique. But knowing that does not help you feel less pain or navigate your unique circumstances easily.
When a relationship between a parent and an adult child crumbles, it is often surprising, overwhelming, and emotionally crippling. And still, though people are hesitant to talk about it, research tells us that estrangement is often repairable, given personal growth and patience.
In 2020, sociologist Dr. Karl Pillemer published the first large-scale national study on family estrangement, finding that about 27% of Americans are estranged from at least one family member.
That means approximately 67 million people are grappling with the confusion, pain and hopelessness stemming from estrangement grief.
If you are one of the 67 million people desperately looking for help to repair or reconnect with your family member, please look through this website, tune into the When Our Adult Children Walk Away podcast, and sign up for upcoming workshops and events or other live remote activities.
I am here for you. Let me help you find hope and navigate your circumstances. I will help you understand your interpersonal behaviors and communication style - and how it may contribute to your faltering relationship.
Together, we will prepare for opportunities to repair!
Approximately 67 million people in the US - 27% of the population - report they are estranged from at least one family member. The vast majority of people surveyed indicated that they were estranged from an adult child or parent.
Family estrangement coach, reconnection strategist, communication expert and mom.
For over 25 years, I have worked to help people communicate and develop high functioning relationships in education, health care, mental health services and community wellness. Today I use my professional and personal experience to help people learn effective communication strategies and successful conflict management skills. Together, parents strengthen how they communicate and relate in their relationships.
Finding peace and purpose is possible after someone cuts off contact and during their absence. The time of silence between you and your adult child is difficult – and can be used to constructively grieve and grow into the person your loved one is asking you to be. I know it is possible to find hope help and healing - because I’ve experienced it firsthand.
Providing hope, help and healing for people and families with distancing and estranged adult children.
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