Healing From Family Rifts : Ten Steps to Finding Peace After Being Cut Off From a Family Member

**Ten steps to surviving a family rift, finding peace, and moving on** A family rift is one of the most traumatic experiences a person can face. It can have a profound effect on virtually every aspect of life, causing depression, relationship problems, and even physical illness. __Healing From Family Rifts__ offers hope to those coping with a split in their families. Family therapist Mark Sichel addresses the pain and shame connected with family rifts and offers a way through the crisis and on toward healing and fulfillment. Uniquely, Sichel does not assume that every rift will or even should be mended. Instead, he offers ways to recover from any outcome, including: - A 10-step process to come to terms with the family dynamics that led to the split - Methods to find peace and personal reconciliation - Skills that help to build a second family of people whose values are in line with one's own - Techniques to fight feelings of guilt when faced with a family rift - Includes inspiring and instructive stories drawn from the author's patients that help readers put their own situations in perspective. The pain of losing a family member to an irreconcilable rift can be devastating. Mark Sichel's Healing from Family Rifts will help you find peace again and recover from the isolation of family exile through his proven, ten-step healing program A Therapist And Social Worker Outlines A Ten-point Plan For Overcoming Family Divisions And Achieving Peace, Covering Skills And Techniques That Can Help A Person Find Peace In The Midst Of Divorce And Estrangement. Original. Helps recover from the isolation of family exile. This book offers ten steps to healing that helps you achieve serenity and contentment by learning how to make peace with yourself first. Whether you've been cut off by your family, or you've cut off a family member because of circumstances you find intolerable, you invariably undergo a traumatic shock.