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How to Repair Your Relationship with Your Adult Child After Hurt or Conflict: Helpful Therapy Words, Part 3

Coaching Your Family Relationships · Tina Gosney · Sep 8, 2026 · 26 min

What's in this episode

Tina covers two skills for reconnecting after conflict: repair and accountability. She explains how to acknowledge your impact without defensiveness or collapsing into guilt, and how apologies plus changed behavior rebuild trust over time.

Questions it answers

How do you repair a relationship with your adult child after a fight?

Coach Tina Gosney on repairing a strained relationship with an adult child: reach out first, own your impact without guilt, rebuild trust.

Answered on Coaching Your Family Relationships

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