Reconciliation Ladder

SIA

SYSTEMS IN ACTION · Family Estrangement

Reconciliation often fails at the first move. Shame makes emotional outreach intolerable. This guide shows how small, functional steps reopen the path back. Systems-in-Action.

Two steps, flowchart style, demonstrating Demir's Step 0 tasks for family reconciliation. Enmity Cured as step 0 and The Path Back as step 0.5.

Systems and Soul

Integrating Demir’s Step 0 With Coleman’s Reconciliation Ladder: Pre-Contact Interventions in Family Estrangement for Clinicians

Most estrangement frameworks begin too late, assuming both sides can manage emotional contact. Shame and reactivity can block even skilled attempts. Demir Step 0 supplies the missing on-ramp sequence prior to use of Coleman’s reconciliation ladder.