Ghost Family

The Family That Never Arrives: An Integrative Framework for Attachment, Ambiguous Loss, and the Ghost Family

A woman receives a warm text from her mother. Hope fills her heart. Maybe this time we can talk honestly. The woman changes all of her plans and contacts her mother ready to repair years of distance. The conversation remains pleasant until she mentions something painful. The words barely make it into the air before […]

Emily Williams, MA

September 9, 2026