Category Archives: The Families
Getting familiar with estrangement
Assessing high conflict separated families, we distinguish between Alienation (“there’s no good reason”), and justified estrangement (“there is good reason”). Commonly it is a hybrid mixture of both. Estrangement can be looked at in its own right in other adult family situations where
Getting familiar with estrangement
Assessing high conflict separated families, we distinguish between Alienation (“there’s no good reason”), and justified estrangement (“there is good reason”). Commonly it is a hybrid mixture of both. Estrangement can be looked at in its own right in other adult family situations where
Hostage, coercion, enmeshment and other unacceptably good words for it
In 1612 Francis Bacon coined the phrase ‘hostages to fortune‘. He meant how having a family constrains a man from more adventurous things. But you could also say that children are hostages to fortune. It’s just a matter of luck what family they get landed
Hostage, coercion, enmeshment and other unacceptably good words for it
In 1612 Francis Bacon coined the phrase ‘hostages to fortune‘. He meant how having a family constrains a man from more adventurous things. But you could also say that children are hostages to fortune. It’s just a matter of luck what family they get landed
Contact Matters – Early Intervention
Kenneth Lane has been working in this field for years. See his Contact Matters website. Nick Child has not. We encountered each other through Linked In. We thought we might share this recent exchange of views with this wider readership. Maybe we
Contact Matters – Early Intervention
Kenneth Lane has been working in this field for years. See his Contact Matters website. Nick Child has not. We encountered each other through Linked In. We thought we might share this recent exchange of views with this wider readership. Maybe we
Anna Karenina and alienation
A very modern real custody battle is in the news. This has been covered well by BBC R4 Today (1hr 47m), Judge Wildblood’s judgement (using and praising the media), and Karen Woodall’s post (and concern for what may now be made of it) – and no
Anna Karenina and alienation
A very modern real custody battle is in the news. This has been covered well by BBC R4 Today (1hr 47m), Judge Wildblood’s judgement (using and praising the media), and Karen Woodall’s post (and concern for what may now be made of it) – and no
We are family – Oh no you’re not!
Parental Alienation patterns are serious but not weird. They’re extremes of normal relationship spectrums. We know the inalienable experience of ‘being family’. We’ve had the unpleasant experience when that is shaken. This helps us understand the extremes of the alienation experience. Being family means your love,
We are family – Oh no you’re not!
Parental Alienation patterns are serious but not weird. They’re extremes of normal relationship spectrums. We know the inalienable experience of ‘being family’. We’ve had the unpleasant experience when that is shaken. This helps us understand the extremes of the alienation experience. Being family means your love,
A rose by any other name …
… would smell as sweet?! Alienation is more prickly than sweet! … There are lots of reasons why we need a name for the pattern commonly called Parental Alienation. Some people do great work with Alienated children and families but without using that label.
A rose by any other name …
… would smell as sweet?! Alienation is more prickly than sweet! … There are lots of reasons why we need a name for the pattern commonly called Parental Alienation. Some people do great work with Alienated children and families but without using that label.
The Misery Checklist by Amy JL Baker
Amy JL Baker rivals Richard Warshak for pride of place in the hall of Parental Alienation fame. To add to her achievements, now she has written a novel – The Misery Checklist. Surprisingly, this is from the point of view of an aligned or alienating parent. The book’s opening
The Misery Checklist by Amy JL Baker
Amy JL Baker rivals Richard Warshak for pride of place in the hall of Parental Alienation fame. To add to her achievements, now she has written a novel – The Misery Checklist. Surprisingly, this is from the point of view of an aligned or alienating parent. The book’s opening
A morte inventada – The invented death
To celebrate Parental Alienation Awareness Day today, here is a brilliant concise way to say it all in 3 mins! An English-subtitled Brazilian video: A Morte Inventada. It reminds us that Alienation is world-wide. The sincerity of the people, the gender neutrality and the clear
A morte inventada – The invented death
To celebrate Parental Alienation Awareness Day today, here is a brilliant concise way to say it all in 3 mins! An English-subtitled Brazilian video: A Morte Inventada. It reminds us that Alienation is world-wide. The sincerity of the people, the gender neutrality and the clear
A quart into a pint-pot: how to spread the word
It’s Parental Alienation Awareness Day everyone. So let’s spread the word. I’ve written about that before: PR for PA. We want to reach the unconverted as well as preach to the converted. This post is the long of it. The next one’s the short of
A quart into a pint-pot: how to spread the word
It’s Parental Alienation Awareness Day everyone. So let’s spread the word. I’ve written about that before: PR for PA. We want to reach the unconverted as well as preach to the converted. This post is the long of it. The next one’s the short of
A striking case of alienation by a non-resident parent
Read the interesting personal case story in the Guardian – an unusual Parental Alienation pattern and a good opportunity for us to raise PA awareness. The case is unusual in that the non-resident father seems to have done quite a few dastardly things to
A striking case of alienation by a non-resident parent
Read the interesting personal case story in the Guardian – an unusual Parental Alienation pattern and a good opportunity for us to raise PA awareness. The case is unusual in that the non-resident father seems to have done quite a few dastardly things to
The quick and the slow
The usual view of how Alienation starts and stops is that it is a long-drawn out process … years to create and years to repair. But read Richard Warshak and others, and the clear picture is that PA can start and stop
The quick and the slow
The usual view of how Alienation starts and stops is that it is a long-drawn out process … years to create and years to repair. But read Richard Warshak and others, and the clear picture is that PA can start and stop
Hamish Cameron, Plenary Discussion and More
Hamish sketched his own long career that was more psychoanalytical than systemic. But child psychiatrists and their multidisciplinary colleagues cannot help but work with families in both clinical and legal practice. He noted that some therapy is talking therapy, and
Hamish Cameron, Plenary Discussion and More
Hamish sketched his own long career that was more psychoanalytical than systemic. But child psychiatrists and their multidisciplinary colleagues cannot help but work with families in both clinical and legal practice. He noted that some therapy is talking therapy, and
the alienation experience 