{"podcast":{"title":"The Affirming Minds Podcast","slug":"the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030","podcast_index_feed_id":7020030,"rss_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/2147817279/feed","website_url":"https://shaina-siber-sanderowitz.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-affirming-minds-podcast","image_url":"https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/site/2147588465/podcasts/62c14b-434a-4335-ef7a-0283066e7f4_14a6baf4-8899-4276-b68b-c5ac799fe86f.png","author":"Shaina Siber, LCSW","episode_count":84,"summary":"Build your elite therapeutic toolkit learning through expert-led \"pod-courses\" and interviews. CEs available for Affirm Academy members.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T16:20:04.992245+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 67 | Going Low Contact & No Contact with Caregivers: A Trauma-Informed Clinical Framework for Navigating Estrangement","slug":"episode-67-going-low-contact-no-contact-with-caregivers-a-trauma-informed-clinical-framework-for-navigating-estrangement","published_at":"2026-02-17T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episode-67-going-low-contact-no-contact-with-caregivers-a-trauma-informed-clinical-framework-for-navigating-estrangement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030","url":"https://shaina-siber-sanderowitz.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-affirming-minds-podcast/episodes/2149166974","audio_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149166974.mp3","summary":"  Course Information: https://www.canva.com/design/DAHBhSxa9gU/RwQ9m-fExyl2E3Wn0felXA/view?utm_content=DAHBhSxa9gU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hbd367d8551 --- Episode Summary: Family estrangement is often portrayed as impulsive, trendy, or selfish. In reality, navigating low contact or no contact with a parent is typically a painful decision — one that is rarely made lightly and almost never without history. As public debate around estrangement has intensified — including criticism directed at therapists — this episode asks an essential question: What is our clinical role in this conversation? Host  Shaina Siber, LCSW  offers a trauma-informed, ethically grounded framework for clinicians working with adult clients who are considering distance from caregivers. She argues that therapy should not treat reconciliation as morally superior — nor estrangement as inherently empowered. Instead, clinicians are called to remain  outcome-neutral and harm-responsive . This episode provides: A structured assessment model for evaluating impact, boundary history, accountability capacity, and safety Clarification of what “boundaries” actually mean — and how they differ from requests or impact statements Guidance for navigating trauma history, identity-based rejection, and developmental instability A clear stance on avoiding coercion while naming harm when present Estrangement decisions are complex, relational, and often grief-filled. This conversation offers therapists a grounded framework for helping clients move through these waters with clarity, agency, and care. --- About Shaina: Shaina Siber-Sanderowitz, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience providing psychotherapy to div…","meta_description":"Course Information: https://www.canva.com/design/DAHBhSxa9gU/RwQ9m-fExyl2E3Wn0felXA/view?utm_content=DAHBhSxa9gU&utm_campaign=designshare&u…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4558,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episodes/episode-67-going-low-contact-no-contact-with-caregivers-a-trauma-informed-clinical-framework-for-navigating-estrangement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episode-67-going-low-contact-no-contact-with-caregivers-a-trauma-informed-clinical-framework-for-navigating-estrangement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}