10/20/2026
Nearly 4 in 10 Americans are now estranged from a close family member, and some experts say therapy is fueling the divide.
In surveys of over 5,200 estranged parents, more than 1,000 reported their adult children started therapy within the year before cutting them off.
One psychology researcher calls it an "overcorrection" — where ordinary family conflict gets reframed as emotional abuse, and cutting off a parent becomes the default solution rather than a last resort.
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