CALLING HOME with Whitney Goodman, LMFT

Abuse and Estrangement in Christian Fundamentalism with Stephanie Warren

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and corporal punishment.  Stephanie Warren was taught that her parents beating her was proof of their

I Asked For Space and They Sued Me

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and domestic violence. In this Q&A episode, answers a question from a woman whose parents responded to

Why Can't I Be Me When I'm With You?

People don't walk into a therapist's office and say they're having a differentiation problem. They say they feel like a different person around their family, or that they

My Estrangement is Giving Me Migraines and Stomachaches

In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers two questions from listening asking what their responsibility is to people who aren’t going to change. In question one: a stepmom ask

The Lindsay Clancy Trial

Content warning: This episode discusses suicide, postpartum psychosis, and the deaths of children, and includes detailed discussion of the Lindsay Clancy case. The Linds

When a Parent Pulls Away

In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers questions about parents who pull back instead of facing accountability. In question one: a father goes silent for a year after his da

What it’s Like On Both Sides of Estrangment With Kreed Revere

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and references to sexual abuse. Kreed, host of the Estranged Heart Podcast, shares her perspective as

My Parents Welcomed Their Estrangment

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, child abuse, and suicidal ideation. In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers questions about famili

Are We in an Estrangement Epidemic?

Rin Reczek spent two decades studying families before she turned her research toward estrangement.  What she found in the data took her by complete surprise. In this conv

What to Do if You Inherit an Estrangement

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of self-harm, physical and emotional abuse, and a parent expressing suicidal ideation. We spend a lot of time talking

"Your Parents Were Children Too" Has Been Weaponized

We have the cure for estrangement: just see your parents as children too. Easy. Case closed. [Read: sarcasm] In this episode, Whitney traces where this sometimes helpful

The Court Gave My Estranged Mother-in-Law Access to My Kids

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of suicidal ideation, child abuse and neglect, childhood sexual abuse, and abortion. Whitney answers two questions ab

We Tried to Set One Boundary and Lost 40 Family Members with Jon and Ashley Lefrandt

If you've spent time in the estrangement conversation online, you've noticed how fast it flattens into two camps: the people who cut off and the people who got cut off. A

Why I'm Stepping Back From Instagram

Content warning: This episode contains a description of a traumatic birth, postpartum complications, and abuse. Before the Q&A, Whitney opens with an unscripted reflecti

Myth of the Bad Seed: The Dangerous Belief That Some Children Are Just Broken

“He's been hard since the day he was born.” “Something in her is just off, and always has been.” “Is there something broken with my child?” Whitney traces questions and t

Radical Acceptance in Families That Won't Meet You Halfway

How do you keep giving to a relationship that isn't giving much back? How do you know when you've finally done enough? In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers two questions

When Your Family Runs On Blame

Something goes wrong at home. A glass tips over. Someone forgot to change the laundry, unload the dishwasher. The dog escapes. Within seconds there's a full trial underwa

My Sister Didn't Survive Our Family

Content warning: This episode discusses childhood abuse, domestic violence, racial slurs, and the death of a sibling. In this Q&A episode, Whitney reads a single letter

How to Raise An Emotionally Mature Child with Dr. Lindsay Gibson

Dr. Lindsay Gibson's first book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, gave millions of people language for what happened to them growing up. Her new book flips

My Mom Chose Her Marriage with My Cheating Dad Over Me

In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers two questions from people trying to figure out where acceptance ends and cutting off begins. First, a woman who thought her mom was f