If you have ever . . .
Grieved someone who is still alive, but no longer safe or available to be around
Felt like a stranger to yourself, unsure of who you are when you stop pleasing others
Avoided your phone, texts, or emails because you simply don't have the emotional capacity to respond
Struggled to understand why a close relationship slowly faded away or suddenly exploded
Felt the urge to run from conflict or suppress your own feelings to keep the peace
Felt exiled, hurt, or betrayed by a church, family system, or institution you once trusted
Struggled with constant overthinking, indecision, and self-doubt
Pulled back or quietly checked out from communities, work, or relationships that no longer feel safe
Felt deeply isolated, even when surrounded by people
you may be experiencing . . .
ESTRANGEMENT GRIEF
Disconnection rarely stays just in your mind or in one area of your life.
Unprocessed grief from strained or severed relationships leaks into everything: your career, your self-worth, your decision-making, and your ability to let people in.
The good news?
Acknowledging our disconnections and learning how to mourn the deep grief of estrangement can be the key to coming back to life.
Ready to understand your disconnections?
Join estrangement specialist and therapist KELLY RHYNE for ESTRANGEMENT 101, a free 90-minute live workshop where you can learn more about the ESSENTIALS OF MOURNING ESTRANGEMENT, name the hidden griefs driving your daily habits, and learn how to begin to finally lift the fog.
WHAT IS ESTRANGEMENT?
Estrangement is not a cut off.
It is the progressive distancing that occurs when our beliefs, values, or perspectives are misaligned—or when harm, intentional or not, goes unaddressed.
When our estrangements are ignored, grief begins growing quietly like a tumor, metastasizing and becoming restless until it takes over every dimension of our lives. Ultimately, we face a choice: do we let unexamined estrangements destroy us from the inside out, or do we gather the essentials needed to mourn these losses and begin learning how to live with them?
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
ESSENTIALS FOR MOURNING ESTRANGEMENT
PACE
yourself as you gradually reconstruct your relations with yourself, others, and the world
SURRENDER
to the unknown and learn to set aside the need to compare, judge, and understand
ACKNOWLEDGE
the reality of your estrangements and the ways they are causing disconnection
FEEL
the pain of your estrangements and the losses and harms caused by them
REMEMBER
what was lost or harmed due to your estrangements
RESTORE
your relations with the parts of yourself you estranged from
IDENTIFY
new ways of relating with yourself, others, and the world around you
SEARCH
for the meaning of connection with yourself, others, and the world around you
RECEIVE
ongoing support from yourself, others, and the world around you
meet
KELLY RHYNE
your estrangement specialist
-Licensed Clinical Social Worker
-ACPE Trained Chaplain
-Master of Divinity & Social Work
-Fellow Griever & Holistic Healer
To anyone carrying the weight of estrangement,
My whole life, I have been drawn to understanding estrangement and the disconnections that lead to it.
-Maybe it’s because I’m a recovering people-pleaser learning that we cannot agree with or please everyone.
-Maybe it’s wanting to understand why relationships drift—whether they explode overnight or quietly fade away.
-Maybe it’s the generational trauma passed down through genetics, family patterns, and the inherited estrangements of my ancestors.
-Maybe it’s trying to make sense of the harm caused in the name of God and how individuals and communities of faith could cause significant physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual damage over a deeply held belief or particular interpretation of scripture.
No matter the source, one reality remained: we must learn how to live with misalignment and harm. Estrangement isn’t just a lost connection; it is the deep, living grief left in its wake. Because disconnection is an unavoidable part of the human experience, I kept asking: How do we learn to carry it?
Searching for that answer shaped my life's work—guiding me as a theatrical performer and musician, through theological study and chaplaincy, and into my work as a clinical social worker specializing in complex trauma and grief.
The Center for Estrangement was born out of a desire to companion and support people mourning these losses—and perhaps even learn to make friends with their grief rather than fighting it.
Whether you feel disconnected from loved ones, feel like a stranger to yourself, or are healing from systemic and cultural harms, I hope this can be a safe enough space where you can bring your grief and begin:
-RESTORING your relationship with yourself, making peace with the parts of you that you’ve had to hide, ignore, or push down to survive.
-IDENTIFYING new ways of relating to others by discovering fresh tools and perspectives to navigate painful ruptures with family, partners, or people who have caused harm.
-RECEIVING support from the world around you—because you do not have to navigate this mourning journey alone.
Wherever you are in your journey, we can take this one small step and one little moment at a time. As Dr. Alan Wolfelt would say, "There are no rewards for speed." The mourning process takes time as we learn how to surrender to the unknown while carrying our stories and experiences with a little more patience, grace and tenderness.
In hope of roots deepening and buds blooming,
KELLY RHYNE
LCSW, MDIV
FAQ
frequently asked questions
This session is completely free of cost. We hope that by attending this session you are able to leave with a new perspective and a beginning understanding of the "Essentials for Mourning Estrangement." There is an opportunity to upgrade to the ESSENTIALS PACKAGE which will grant you access to an additional Q&A session with Kelly Rhyne, a companion workbook to support you in further implementing the essentials, access to the session recording for one year, and a guided meditation practice for $44.
Yes! The Center for Estrangement will be launching our first full length course, "Essentials for Mourning Estrangement" very soon. The course is set to begin in January 2027 and will be offered as a 10 week course. Additionally, we are actively working on more courses focused on applying the essentials to particular experiences such as family estrangement, caregiving, discrimination, political conflict, and more.
Yes, Kelly is happy to provide consultation services for professionals in any and all fields including health care, legal services, non-profits, corporations, churches, and more to support you in applying the ESSENTIALS with clients, colleagues, and your communities. If you are looking to work with Kelly around more personal matters, please contact Give Into Love Therapeutics.
If you are pursuing mediation support for professional reasons, Kelly is happy to provide guidance for your business under a consultation capacity. If you are pursuing mediation for personal reasons, such as a family estrangement, please contact Give Into Love Therapeutics.