Category Archives: *Parental Alienation

By Bill Eddy, LCSW, ESQ Different Needs at Different Ages Birth to age 5:Generally, this is a period when children need lots of stability and “secure attachment” experiences, which are best provided by one parent having the majority of the …

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by Bill Eddy, LCSW, ESQ Agreed-Upon Schedules In reality, as a lawyer, counselor, mediator and consultant, I have worked with many parents who use shared parenting schedules that are approximately 50-50. However, these are determined by the parents by agreement, …

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by Bill Eddy, LCSW, ESQ May, 2012 A controversial issue today in family law is whether there should be a presumption that parents should have equal shared parenting time after a separation or divorce. I just returned from speaking for …

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I just returned from Minnesota where I had the opportunity to speak for two days to over one hundred family law judges and their law clerks about understanding and managing high-conflict parents in separation and divorce. It was a very …

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The Future of Family Court STRUCTURE, SKILLS AND LESS STRESS Bill Eddy, LCSW, CFLS Author of Managing High Conflict People in Court   Disorders in the Court THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED FOR family court judicial officers, although I realize it …

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Several years ago I wrote an article on Calming the Alienation Debate, which later evolved into my book titled Don’t Alienate the Kids! Raising Resilient Children While Avoiding High Conflict Divorce. Now, it seems that the debate is just about …

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On March 5-6, I gave a seminar to over 40 counselors, lawyers, parent educators and others working with high-conflict divorce cases. There was probably a thousand years’ combined experience in the room, which produced a lot of good questions and …

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In this issue:      High-Conflict Training on DVD Article:  Who Are High-Conflict People?      Book of the Month: Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents Interview with author, Blaise Aguirre, MD Click this Link to Read the full issue

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By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. copyright High Conflict Institute 2010 I just finished writing a book about child alienation (Don’t Alienate the Kids!), broadly defined as when a child resists spending time with one parent after a divorce, without assuming the …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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After three years of hard work, I’ve finished my book, Don’t Alienate the Kids! Raising Resilient Children While Avoiding High Conflict Divorce. High-Conflict divorces are on the increase. With it, more cases of child alienation are appearing – when a …

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I just got back after a 7-day speaking trip ranging from New Orleans (state bar family law section), to Indianapolis (federal hearings officers for employment disputes), and Calgary, Canada (police conference for handling community complaints). High conflict people (HCPs) are …

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I just got back after a 7-day speaking trip ranging from New Orleans (state bar family law section), to Indianapolis (federal hearings officers for employment disputes), and Calgary, Canada (police conference for handling community complaints). High conflict people (HCPs) are …

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