Parental Alienation

By Christine B.L. Adams M.D. – Psychology Today 02/18/2020 “… With the birth of a child, each parent forms a bond, or attachment, to the baby. For the alienating parent this bond is based on the parent having his or her needs met by the child. Mostly these are emotional needs. The relationship reverses from […]

By Kara O’Neill – Good To Know 02/08/2020 “… Recently, a father at a family court in Bristol received a heartfelt apology from a judgeafter giving up his eight- year fight for his children, during which he claimed his ex had waged a vicious campaign, demonising him to the point they refused to see him.

By Kara O’Neill – goodtoknow.co.uk 02/08/2020 “… Childhood trauma expert Jane Evans says: The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service says there’s no single definition for parental alienation, and recognise it as ‘when a child’s resistance or hostility towards one parent is not justified and is the result of psychological manipulation by the other parent’.

By Ivy Blonwyn – Psych Central 02/03/2020 “… That’s what happened for my husband, Rhys, several months ago. After years of alienation, he was reunited with this five children. This is the update. This is what happened after ‘and they all lived happily ever after’. Real life’s not that simple. …” Read the entire article: https://blogs.psychcentral.com/full-heart/2020/02/parental-alienation-ends-the-aftermath-of-the-reunion/

By Seamus Enright – The Anglo Celt 12/28/2020 “… The brainwashing, as John calls it, is at peak awfulness when parents begin to see their children angrily change and coercively act out against them. It’s made all the more difficult in John’s case that the alienator’s family is also involved, to the point that he

By Ng Jun Sen – Today Online 01/12/2020 “… A judge who sentenced a mother to a week in jail for contempt of court amid a messy divorce case has condemned the “especially troubling” effect it had on her two children. …” Read the entire article: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/children-crossfire-messy-divorce-case-highlights-need-limit-childrens-exposure-litigation

By ANI 11/17/19 “… A parent’s attempt to ruin their child’s bond with the other parent leads to nothing else than harm to their own family. …” Read the entire article: https://www.aninews.in/news/lifestyle/quirky/families-can-be-torn-apart-due-to-parental-alienation-study20191117144648/

By Sarah Green – Family Law 11/14/19 “… However, the problem was identified too late and the extent of the children’s alienation from the father had been underestimated. The damage had already been done. …”  Read the entire article: https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/parental-alienation-treading-a-treacherous-path

By Mark Bliss – Southeast Missourian 11/09/2019 “… A documentary, “Erasing Family,” was shown Oct. 29 at The Concourse event center. The film explores the trauma experienced by children “when a loving, fit parent is erased from their lives due to separation and divorce,” said Linda Reutzel, who chairs the Missouri chapter of the National

By Michael Slish – Calaveras Enterprise 10/23/19 “… Parental alienation can no longer be a topic that is swept under the rug. It is currently the elephant in the room, even though it is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. It also defines alienation as psychological abuse involving a dysfunctional parent-child interaction; abuse that