Estrangement from family used to be 'more rare, more frowned upon,' therapist says—not anymore

Estrangement from family used to be 'more rare, more frowned upon,' therapist says—not anymore

The proliferation of conversations around boundaries and toxicity stripped estrangement of its long-held stigma.

Estrangement from family used to be ‘more rare, more frowned upon,' therapist says—not anymore

When Eamon Dolan found out his mother died, he called his sister, Gerry. “Gerry said ‘Ding dong the witch is dead’ and we laughed,” Dolan, who is an editor and author of the new book “The Power of Parting,” tells CNBC Make It. Dolan hadn’t spoken to his mother in seven years by the time she passed. After enduring decades of physical and emotional abuse, he decided to stop seeing or speaking with her. Dolan is part of a growing population of adul…