Navigating a Family Cut-Off
Support and clarity for those considering distance or cutoff from a painful family system.
Navigating a Family Cut-Off
Support and clarity for those considering distance or cutoff from a painful family system.
- 2-hour instructional video, available on demand
- 22-page worksheet with guided exercises and flow chart
- Patrick's slide deck available for download
In this course, you will learn
Whether to pursue low contact or no contact — Assess your family situation honestly to determine what level of distance serves your healing, from reducing interactions to full separation
How to ground yourself in truth and manage guilt — Build on exercises that anchor you in the reality of your experiences and address the guilt, shame, and toxic loyalty that keep you tied to harmful dynamics
What to expect from family and yourself after a cut-off — Prepare for the two battles every survivor faces: retaliation and manipulation from family, and the grief and fear rising from your own inner child
How to navigate real-world complications — Handle the messy details that come with distance, including partial cut-offs, emergencies, holidays, extended family, explaining to children, and unexpected bomb drops
Overview
Going no contact or low contact with a toxic family is not a single event — it is a process that unfolds over a lifetime. This course walks you through every stage of that process, from deciding whether a cut-off is right for you to managing the emotional battles that come after. Patrick draws on years of clinical work with clients who have navigated this decision, offering both the therapeutic framework and the practical tools needed to protect yourself while grieving what you never had.
The course covers the deciding factors between low contact and no contact, how to ground yourself in truth when guilt and shame take over, the two battles every survivor faces (with family and with your own inner child), and real-world complications like partial cut-offs, emergencies, holidays, and explaining the situation to children. A comprehensive worksheet with guided exercises and a flow chart are included to support your process at every step.
What's included?
2-hour instructional video with Patrick Teahan — available on demand
22-page worksheet with guided exercises, decision-making flow chart, and truth-grounding prompts
Patrick's slide deck available for download to reinforce what you've learned
Why This Matters
Who It’s For
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