News Articles - Parental Alienation

Lessons Learned From Parental Alienation Cases

By Alan D. Blotcky, PhD – Psychiatric Times, 08/08/2022 “…Parental alienation as a mental condition is indeed founded on scientific research. In addition, there is a wealth of accumulated clinical knowledge of parental alienation in real-life, high-conflict cases. In this article, my goal is to discuss lessons learned from my experiences as an expert in

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Parental Alienation as a Form of Domestic Abuse

By Psychology Today, 08/06/2022 “…We often think of parental alienation as a post-relationship phenomenon. In fact, it’s something that happens within the context of ongoing relationships every bit as much as it happens after a relationship ends. In either case, it is a manufactured manipulation that hurts everyone—except, of course, the alienator—from the abused partner

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Parental alienation: the ‘psychological manipulation’ of children

By RTE, 07/14/2022 “…Parental alienation is a repetitive routine of manipulative behaviour, not one offs. It’s crucial to highlight the difference between parental alienation and estrangement. Again, parental alienation is an unjustified rejection of a parent; whereas, estrangement is a justified rejection due to a parent’s deficient parenting style, neglect, or abuse…” Read the entire

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Overcoming Parental Alienation

By Alan D. Blotcky, PhD – Psychiatric Times, 06/02/2022 “…Parental alienation is a pathological phenomenon in high-conflict divorces where 1 parent sabotages a child’s relationship with the other parent. If the offending parent is successful in their mission, the child totally rejects the targeted parent; this would be severe alienation…” Read the entire article: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/overcoming-parental-alienation  

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