Category Archives: The Help
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
Parental Alienation’s long list of counter-intuitives
One of the hurdles we face in raising awareness of Child and Parental Alienation (PA) is that it is counter-intuitive in so many ways. We have to set aside lots of the stereotypes that shape our thinking. Richard Warshak (2015)
Parental Alienation’s long list of counter-intuitives
One of the hurdles we face in raising awareness of Child and Parental Alienation (PA) is that it is counter-intuitive in so many ways. We have to set aside lots of the stereotypes that shape our thinking. Richard Warshak (2015)
The dangers of a little learning
How do we know when learning is too little, too much, or just enough? Working with a general clientele, and teaching ordinary helping professions about Child and Parental Alienation (PA), I have been trying to develop attractive, compact learning with key practitioner points to
The dangers of a little learning
How do we know when learning is too little, too much, or just enough? Working with a general clientele, and teaching ordinary helping professions about Child and Parental Alienation (PA), I have been trying to develop attractive, compact learning with key practitioner points to
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.
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
How anyone can tell truth to power
Sometimes complex issues in big messy systems crystallise best into simple effective messages. The trick is to care and to have someone you want to get the message through to. American family therapist, Linda Gottlieb provides generic letters that any professional can send to
How anyone can tell truth to power
Sometimes complex issues in big messy systems crystallise best into simple effective messages. The trick is to care and to have someone you want to get the message through to. American family therapist, Linda Gottlieb provides generic letters that any professional can send to
Considering abuse of the targeted parent
My work with “Rob” continues (see A 1000 tiny poisonous needles with Warshak et al comments). It remains a painful challenge of sustained alienation during contact with his children. On his website Joseph Goldberg talks about the essential place of a parental alienation consultant and the right assembly of
Considering abuse of the targeted parent
My work with “Rob” continues (see A 1000 tiny poisonous needles with Warshak et al comments). It remains a painful challenge of sustained alienation during contact with his children. On his website Joseph Goldberg talks about the essential place of a parental alienation consultant and the right assembly of
Chip Chimera: Working with Parental Alienation
For those who heard her wonderful plenary and workshop in London a year earlier (Sept 2013), Chip had far too short a time at this conference to describe her work with alienated families, and her developed use of Attachment-based understanding for all parties in
Chip Chimera: Working with Parental Alienation
For those who heard her wonderful plenary and workshop in London a year earlier (Sept 2013), Chip had far too short a time at this conference to describe her work with alienated families, and her developed use of Attachment-based understanding for all parties in
Myrna Gower: A Thousand Tiny Poisonous Needles
Myrna’s presentation was mainly to share a client’s voice through his emails to her about his enduring experience of contact with his children while they remained actively alienated in all their interactions with him. Myrna described her work, drawing on Linda
Myrna Gower: A Thousand Tiny Poisonous Needles
Myrna’s presentation was mainly to share a client’s voice through his emails to her about his enduring experience of contact with his children while they remained actively alienated in all their interactions with him. Myrna described her work, drawing on Linda
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 