SUPPORT GROUP
Ali-John offers a regularly scheduled Online Support Group on Zoom:
*** Returning Wednesday, October 8th 2026 at 6pm EST, and onwards every 2 weeks until further notice ***
Description: The twice-monthly support group online on zoom is for those that need help in real time. The group is a safe place to share your struggles, where you get stuck, as well as your successes. As a psychotherapist, Ali-John gives you actionable advice, and you get some suggestions from other participants in the group as well. It gives you an opportunity to explore with others who go through sibling estrangement, just as you do, and is done in real-time, in a welcoming and empowering atmosphere.
=> The group is held approximately every second Wednesday at 6pm Eastern Standard Time. Payments are made via Paypal or Credit Card. The cost for each group is 12.99$ US. Once paid, your seat is reserved. You will then receive a zoom invite link via email a few hours before the start, on the same day of the event. Groups typically last for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours. Please contact Ali-John through the contact page for more information. Ready to join me?
Paypal Link To register: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/FSBCLSFLB2JFY
WORKSHOPS
Getting Beyond Rumination: A Tool to Create Change
Date: Wednesday September 16th 2026 at 6pm EST via Zoom
If you’ve ever found yourself replaying the pain of sibling estrangement—whether you made the difficult choice for your own well-being, or were left with the shock of being cut off—you’re not alone.
In this intimate one-session workshop online (limited to just 3–6 participants), we’ll explore a new and innovative way of easing rumination and finding breathing room in your thoughts and emotions. Together, we’ll look at the theory behind this approach, and more importantly, how you can begin applying it right away in your own life.
You’ll also have space to briefly share your own experience, held in a supportive and compassionate circle of others who truly understand.
Come discover not only tools for calming the storm within, but also the relief of knowing you don’t have to navigate this journey alone.
I hope you’ll join me for this exciting new initiative that is helpful and empowering.
Admission: 100$ US paid through Paypal, and other payment methods.
To Register: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/7UT8MYDGF6MMQ
Navigating the Stages of Grief Associated with Sibling Estrangement
Dates:
Session 1 of 2: Wednesday October 14th 2026 at 6pm EST on Zoom.
Session 2 of 2: Wednesday October 28th 2026 at 6pm EST on Zoom.
Adult sibling estrangement is a unique and often invisible grief—a loss that defies traditional definitions because the person you mourn is still living, yet absent. If you carry the ache of silence, confusion, or unresolved hurt with a brother or sister, this workshop is your compassionate guide through that heart-wrenching journey.
Based on the groundbreaking article “How to Mourn a Sibling Relationship” — authored by Psychotherapist Ali-John Chaudhary, a recognized voice in sibling estrangement healing — this two-session workshop walks you through the essential steps of acknowledging, processing, and ultimately transforming your grief.
You will find a safe space to confront the complexity of this loss, validate your feelings, and learn practical tools to reclaim peace and emotional freedom.
Who This Workshop is For:
Anyone carrying the silent pain of sibling estrangement.
Those longing for understanding but unsure how to mourn a loss that feels “unrecognized.”
Individuals ready to move beyond confusion and grief toward healing and self-care.
Why Join This Workshop?
You won’t just get theory — you’ll engage with proven, heartfelt strategies drawn from lived experience, research, and community voices. As the original author of the bereavement roadmap on this topic, Ali-John offers rare insight and compassionate leadership that resonates deeply with those who feel unseen in their sorrow.
Hope you can be a part of this!
Admission: 200$ US for the 2 sessions, paid through Paypal and other payment methods.
To Register: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/5ZLYVT4RDRB98
People-Pleasing and Sibling Estrangement
Dates:
Wednesday, November 11th 2026 at 6pm EST on Zoom (Part 1) Wednesday, November 25th 2026 at 6pm EST on Zoom (Part 2)
For those who have spent so much time trying to understand, accommodate, repair, or preserve a sibling relationship that they’ve gradually lost sight of themselves. You may find yourself constantly questioning what you could have done differently, putting your sibling’s feelings ahead of your own, avoiding conflict, or feeling responsible for keeping the relationship together—even when the effort has left you emotionally exhausted.
In this workshop, we’ll explore where people-pleasing comes from, why it can become especially powerful within complicated family relationships, and how it can keep us caught between wanting connection and needing to protect ourselves. Together, we’ll look at how to recognize these patterns with greater compassion rather than self-criticism, and begin developing healthier ways of responding to guilt, fear, conflict, and the need for approval.
This is not about becoming cold, selfish, or uncaring. It’s about learning that caring about someone does not require abandoning yourself in the process.
You’ll leave with greater insight into your own patterns, practical strategies for beginning to shift them, and a clearer sense of how to protect your emotional well-being while navigating the complicated reality of sibling estrangement. Most importantly, you won’t have to figure this out alone. This is a supportive, compassionate space where you can explore these issues without judgment and at your own pace.
Admission: 200$ US for the 2 sessions, paid through Paypal and other payment methods.
To Register: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/MWP3LCAPMH994
Note: Zoom Invite Link will be sent to you by email 1-2 days before the workshop.
PAST WORKSHOPS
Online Intensive Workshop => Registration is CLOSED for the next upcoming workshop to be held in March and April of 2025!
=> Improving my self-esteem after sibling estrangement <=
Do you feel depleted? Highly self-critical towards yourself? At odds with how you see yourself? It may be that your self-esteem has suffered because of your experience with sibling estrangement. To help you to reclaim yourself, psychotherapist Ali-John Chaudhary will be offering an intensive workshop of 4 sessions with 3 to 5 clients who want to go further and empower themselves on a deeper, more profound level, to promote change.
This workshop is for those who would like to:
Discover what to do with their Inner Critic
Identify where it can keep us stuck
Discover experiential strategies to empower you
Identify negative beliefs that hold me back
Build inner resources to fend off the Inner Critic
Develop tools to use in real life and at home
Description of each session
In Module 1, we will chart the course with this workshop, drawing the map as to where we want to go with regards to bettering our self-esteem. Each participant will have an opportunity to introduce themselves to the group, and describe what they’re looking for. We then set off on our journey, by identifying what can happen to us if we let low self-esteem caused by sibling estrangement be the decider in our lives. We will then expose our Inner Critic, by identifying the negative beliefs it gets us to believe, and enumerating the level of discomfort this brings on inside of us. This will serve us as a means of identifying how we improved on our journey in later sessions together. We will end with a homework exercise you take home as a means of integrating what you’ve learned here into your own personal life.
In Module 2, we will be introducing the important Allies you’ll be working with to help you in your quest to improve your self-esteem. What’s more, we’ll delve into deep, creative ways you can make use of your Allies. This is especially important, as we often give in to the voice of the Inner Critic, yet other voices vie for our inner space. We will explore and discover ways in which this space can be used and cultivated as a means to further empower you. We will review our previous homework, and make use of a further homework exercise you can take home.
In Module 3, We will explore the effects of the homework exercise on the level of discomfort our Inner Critic brings. We’ll return to making use of our Allies in a new, unique, and empowering way. We will then do an interactive exchange with each person to see what insights and experiences were gained. We will then make use of the Allies in such a way as to turn the tables on the Inner Critic, using its own methods against it. We will end with an actionable homework exercise designed to further empower you at home with what you learned.
In Module 4, we will return on the insights and help gained in your quest to improve your self-esteem due to sibling estrangement. We will describe indicators of success with your sibling estrangement, as well as become conscious of risk factors that can steer you off course from your journey. Creative ways to foster and reinforce continued empowerment personal to you will be discussed with each participant. A final experiential exercise will be given as a means of freeing ourselves from the perception of being held back by our self-esteem (or any other issue). We will end with an overview of lessons learned in our journey together, and answer final questions before we bid ourselves farewell.
** This unique workshop is being offered because so few resources exist to help us with sibling estrangement. This is a first-of-its-kind workshop specific to this subject, hosted by someone who knows firsthand what sibling estrangement feels like. **
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to communicate with Ali-John through the “Contact” page.
Price:
100$ US per session, paid in total of 400$ US, via PayPal.
Dates:
Module 1: Monday, March 17th 2025 at 6pm EST
Module 2: Monday, March 31st 2025 at 6pm EST
Module 3: Monday, April 14th 2025 at 6pm EST
Module 4: Monday, April 28th 2025 at 6pm EST
=> Duration per session: 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours.
=> Registration is OPEN for the next upcoming workshop to be held in March 2025!
Please get in touch in the “Contact Me” section to register, for more information, or for any questions you may have.
