Category Archives: child alienation

Once again, congress is looking a lot like a high-conflict divorce. I’m not an expert on politics, but I am quite familiar with the patterns of dysfunctional behavior and how to manage it in high-conflict divorce. Essentially what works is …

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The entire month of July is dedicated to Child Centered Divorce. This month of awareness marks the second annual event. Therapists, mediators, educators, social workers, teachers, and attorneys will come together to ensure that, collectively, all efforts are targeted toward …

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HOW CAN YOU PREVENT ALIENATION? You might be alienating your child against the other parent or against yourself, without even being conscious of it – especially during a divorce. Here are seven suggestions: 1. POSITIVE COMMENTS: Regularly point out positive …

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I just read about a recent high conflict divorce case in Ontario, Canada in the December 17th national paper, the Globe and Mail. It has gone viral around the internet in both the US and Canada, because the judge “turned to …

Posted in *Parental Alienation, child alienation, family court, family law attorney, high-conflict divorce, Judge Quinn, personality disorder | 3 Comments

I just finished reading an article about best parenting skills, based on a large research study, in the latest issue of Scientific American Mind. It has some interesting results, which surprised me and also got me to thinking about the …

Posted in borderlines, child alienation, dialectical behavior therapy, distress tolerance, divorce, family court, high conflict parents, high-conflict divorce, narcissists, parenting skills | 2 Comments

I believe that some children are alienated against one of their parents for no specific appropriate reason. As a social worker, I believe that alienation can be a form of emotional abuse. As a lawyer, I have won changes of …

Posted in *Borderline Personality Disorder, *Parental Alienation, alienation, American Psychiatric Association, child alienation, DSM-V, high-conflict divorce | 6 Comments

In my new book (Don’t Alienate the Kids!), I suggest that it is important for children to have two parents – especially to prevent child alienation which can lead to difficulties in adult relationships. This means shared parenting in separation …

Posted in *Borderline Personality Disorder, alienate, borderlines, BPD, child alienation, custody, divorce, family court, family law professional, separation, shared parenting, visitation | 35 Comments

I am responding to a comment left by a custody evaluator and parenting coordinator. It goes to the heart of the problem of child alienation or parental alienation, and how to handle it. He/she basically says: Sometimes there is only …

Posted in *Parental Alienation, alienation, blame, child alienation, Culture of Blame, custody evaluator, family court, family system, parenting coordinator, personality disorders, win-lose | 3 Comments

For the next few months, I’m going to be blogging about child alienation – the subject of my new book: Don’t Alienate the Kids! This is such a huge and important subject these days. It appears that about 15% of …

Posted in *Parental Alienation, alienation, blame, child abuse, child alienation, divorce, family court, family law professionals, high conflict, parent, personality disorders | 12 Comments