What Would Dorcy Do

There is something I need to say to a specific group of people who I know are watching and listening. The adult alienated children. The ones who grew up inside the fracture. Who were put in the middle of something no child should ever be placed in. Who were asked to choose, to carry, to perform a loyalty to one parent at the cost of loving the other. And the ones who became adults carrying a wound...

Most attorneys walk into family court thinking they're handling a custody dispute. They're not. They're looking at a child protection case, and nobody in that courtroom knows how to name it correctly. Not the evaluator. Not the guardian ad litem. Not the therapist. The solution to parental alienation exists right now. It has existed for over a decade. Most professionals in the family court system...

For over 20 years I have been called a child abuser by people who are psychologically abusing children. I have had false allegations made against me by someone I caught stealing. I have watched people I helped for free turn on me the moment I told them a truth they were not ready to hear. For a long time I asked the same question a lot of you are asking right now. What is wrong with me that this k...

Book a complimentary strategy call https://dorcypruter.com/contact/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=book-call Arkansas. Nevada. Florida. Three families destroyed in the past few weeks. Five children dead. Three mothers gone. All connected to family breakdown, divorce stress, and custody conflict. And the press is covering all three as isolated tragedies. They are not isol...

This episode examines the Tumblr Ridge tragedy through a family systems lens. Instead of focusing only on the event itself, Dorcy Pruter analyzes the long term patterns that can develop inside destabilized family systems and the ways multiple institutions can fail to intervene effectively. Topics covered: • The psychological impact of parental erasure • Identity disruption in children exposed to c...

Somewhere in your family line, someone was hurt. And without meaning to… they passed it on. In this episode of What Would Dorcy Do? , I share a moment that stopped me cold — sitting in a restaurant, overhearing a mother guilt her daughter in a way that will likely echo through that child’s nervous system for decades. It triggered me. And that’s the point. After 20+ years helping families heal, I s...

Family Dropouts | Episode: Estrangement vs. Alienation – The Pain, the Patterns, and the Truth For twenty years, Maddie thought she had chosen to cut ties with her dad—only to discover she’d been manipulated into rejecting him. In this raw and revealing episode, Dorcy and Maddie unpack the tangled realities of estrangement, alienation, and child psychological abuse, and what happens when you’ve li...

Ever wondered why you’ve always been “the black sheep,” “the golden child,” or the one who disappears into the wallpaper? In this powerful episode of The Family Dropouts, Dorcy Pruter and Madi break down the family roles we never consciously chose—how they’re formed, why they stick, and the lasting impact they have on our self-worth, relationships, and identity. We dive into: The unspoken rules of...

What really happens after you go no contact with a parent? In this raw and powerful episode of The Family Dropouts , Dorcy Pruter and Madi Welborne go deep into the emotional trenches of family estrangement, scapegoating, sibling dynamics, and the long shadow of unhealed generational trauma. Together, they unpack why cutting contact doesn’t equal healing, how blame becomes a hiding place for shame...

In this powerful episode of Family Dropouts , Dorcy Pruter and Madi Welborne unpack the emotional reality of family estrangement. They explore the difference between protection and punishment, why going no-contact isn’t a diagnosis, but a boundary, and how to reclaim your truth after being scapegoated or gaslit by your family. Discover the five Healing Archetypes (Flame Holder, Shadow Walker, Freq...

Welcome to the very first episode of The Family Dropouts , where we’re not just breaking silence—we’re breaking cycles. In this raw and riveting kickoff, Dorcy Pruter and Madi Welborne share their deeply personal journeys of becoming "family dropouts" not because they stopped loving their families, but because they finally started loving themselves. This isn’t about estrangement for spite. It’s ab...

Have you ever ghosted your family? Blocked a parent? Sat through a holiday pretending everything was fine? Welcome to What Would Dorcy Dorcy? Family Dropouts Edition a podcast for the ones who walked away to survive, not to hurt. For the lineage breakers, the scapegoats turned sovereigns, the ones still asking: Am I the problem? Is it too late? Can I love them without losing myself? We’re your hos...