From The Parents Whom You Have Rejected Well, another festive season has arrived, another family occasion at which you are not present. This time it is different. We are not setting a place for you at our tables in the hope that by some miracle you might reverse your rejection of us and of your extended families. This time you are not … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation: A Matter of Social Pathology and Social Justice
New social science research inquiry seeks to establish the social pathology of parental alienation as another dimension to its already well-established medical pathology. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG when the state does not intervene when 'good enough' parents are rejected by their alienated children but a rehabilitated sex offender can gain access … [Read more...]
Important Changes for Parental Alienation Services in Australia
***I will be closing my practice in Melbourne, Australia at the end of 2015 and relocating to Queensland where I will commence PhD research into the social phenomenon of parental alienation*** Firstly, I have been heartened by the large number of congratulatory messages after having clocked over five years specialising in the field of parental … [Read more...]
Join The Parental Alienation Study Group
Parental Alienation Study Group Awareness of parental alienation (PA) continues to grow in Australia and New Zealand. Those of you in Australia, New Zealand interested in research, study and advocacy on all aspects of parental alienation (PA) might consider joining the Parental Alienation Study Group (PASG). The PASG now has more than 240 … [Read more...]
The Growth of Parental Alienation Advocacy and Support Groups in Australia
When I first started specialising as a practitioner in the field of parental alienation in Australia, some years ago now, there was, as far as I could tell, no one else involved in providing dedicated support, intervention, education and advocacy in this field. I, and others like me had nowhere to go for support. Indeed, there was no franchise … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation On The Air
“Great interview with Australian PA expert Counsellor & Psychotherapist Stan Korosi this Thursday on our website Dad's On The Air & on iTunes." Stay tuned for my interview about parental alienation on the community radio network “Dad's On The Air”. Check out the 'Scourge of Parental Alienation on Dads On The Air' to hear the interview by … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation: CONTACT! The Sweet Feeling of Reunification
Nothing lifts my heart more than a telephone call, email or text from a client informing me that they have made contact or received a response from their alienated, rejecting child. This could be after some months or many years and whatever the elapsed time it is the same feeling of relief and joy at reunification and relationship; rejected … [Read more...]
Anti Parental Alienation Protestor Kicks Own Goal
I presented on interventions for parental alienation at the Australian Psychological Society (APS) Conference on Saturday 28 February. It seems that my message about parental alienation was too important to ignore because to my pleasant surprise a protestor tried to hijack my presentation! The protestor attempted to hijack the presentation … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation in Australia, A Year in Review
2014 has seen major developments in the depth and breadth of social, legal and therapeutic engagement with parental alienation. 5 or 6 years ago, I would advise people to take care what they would say to their legal counsel and other practitioners about parental alienation because of the general lack of knowledge and how even mentioning … [Read more...]
The ‘Irritant Factor’ Approach: Using Seasons Greetings to Undermine the Delusional Relationship between Alienated Children and their Alienating Parent.
So it is the ‘festive season’ for alienated parents and their alienated children. ‘Joy to the world’ indeed. “Do I send a card to my children?” “Should I try and visit them (again)?” “Should I call them?” “Why don't I hear from them?” The absence of alienated children at this time is keenly felt. The same questions come around again. What … [Read more...]
