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 members, academics, researchers, practitioners such as mental health clinicians, forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, legal counsel, and judges across more than 40 countries-including members in Australia.
The members of PASG are interested in educating the general public, and are also interested in developing and promoting research on the causes, evaluation, and treatment of parental alienation and have published more than 50 books on parental alienation and related topics and scores of articles in peer reviewed journals.
Members also receive the international newsletter, Parental Alienation International (PAI), published 6 times per year. The next edition is due in November 2015.
In particular the July 2015 addition of Parental Alienation International (PAI) featured a report on the growing interest in research on PA and PAS, noting 5 recent research studies underway around the world, in the USA, South Africa and 2 studies now underway in Australia.
The September 2015 edition of Parental Alienation International (PAI) featured:
- Advocacy efforts by PASG rebutting claims that parental alienation has no scientific basis, a report on the growing interest in research on PA and PAS, noting 5 recent research studies underway around the world, in the USA, South Africa and 2 studies now underway in Australia, and
- A report on misleading and incorrect information about parental alienation delivered to frontline family violence workers in Australia
- Commentary on Dr. Craig Childress’s book, Foundations: An Attachment-Based Model of Parental Alienation. Many of you will be aware of his views, particularly that he seeks to locate parental alienation within established psychological principles and theories, particularly attachment theory. One of his purposes is to address what he believes is one of the major criticisms of parental alienation as originally formulated by Dr. Richard Gardner, that it is based entirely upon empirical observation.
The PASG welcomes new members, especially from Australia and New Zealand. Contact the PASG through the ‘Contact Us’ button on the website (pasg.info) with a brief email explaining your interest in PA.
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- Research into the Lived Experience of Parental Alienation in a Social Context
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- Parental Alienation Australia and New Zealand (PAANZ) Launches Website
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Hello: I am an adult alienated daughter and am currently writing my memoir, excerpts which have been published in Brain, Child and Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-laquidara/hope-and-empowerment-for-_b_7861326.html
My blog includes my story of being alienated from my mother when I was four years old.
I live in the United States, but I do wish you well in your very important studies in New Zealand and Australia. Please feel free to share my writing.
Dana Laquidara
How do I be a part of this study? The lives of me(mother) my children and entire maternal family have been deeply affected by PAS. Presently still trying to find a path to getting the help for my daughter at least as she has been conditioned into a false belief system regarding her entire life.
Dana, what a wonderful piece you wrote, everything touched a cord with me and until you have been in the situation you will never know just how traumatic it is. As a mother who has been alienated from my soon to be 11 year old daughter, (April 5, 2016) I understand your mother feeling that the narcissistic forces against her were just too great to try and get you back. You lose your self esteem and your confidence, that is what they take from you, I have court orders in place as the custodial parent but I feel I don’t have the strength to exercise them at this point, I am relying on the legal system in Australia to help me but research would seem to indicate that as PAS is not recognised universally as it should be the contempt and terror will continue. I have seen my daughter three times in 11 weeks, the first time she cried, the second time she loved me with all her heart, she held my hand at every opportunity and she hugged me endlessly, the third time she cried and she was frozen and would not even look at me or answer me, I knew that there must be an explaination for the change in heart. I can tell you from a mother’s point of view it is like someone ripping your heart out, there is no place that is happy, there are no words that can console and it is with you 24/7, there is a significant history of domestic abuse and I must say even I did not believe he would stoop to this level. I read your piece and could relate to everything, it is the worst form of child abuse but only a narcissict could possible inflict such anguish. I do hope you have found some peace and if you have any words of wisdom for me I would dearly love to hear them. I pray for my daughter every day. Thank you for your insight
Hi my thirteen year old girl is exhibiting traits of alienation and is Sooo confused. Alienation is abuse. This is a fight worth getting in the ring for.
Much heartfelt love to you.
Anonymous, NSW, Australia
We fight hard here
Please let me know if you are aware of high court cases where residential care /custody arrangements have been reversed in favor of the alienated parent in order to give the child and parent an opportunity to re-establish their previous bond. There are few precedents in true PAS cases where this has happened in South Africa, to my knowledge.
My current work:
I am a school social worker in a disadvantaged area of South Africa who does a great deal of mediation and many parenting plans between feuding parents. I see the effect of this on children. I also work in private practice supervising contact between alienated parents and their children. I want to assist alienated families in being re-united so that children can have the benefit of knowing both sides of the family. Thanks and I hope to hear from other members. See http://www.aswica.co.za
A published saying on the DIg website struck a chord:
“Someday you’ll realize the damage you’ve caused”.
In 2007, I was abused by my now ex-husband and three eldest children. I called my then husband and said: “To use our children against their own mother is wrong and you will be punished for that.”
He replied, “Whose going to punish me, you?”
To that response I replied, “To use our children against me, their own mother, is wrong as they will suffer long term from what they have done to me; and no I will not punish you but God will as what you did was wrong.”
He then asked: “Who is going to punish me, you?”
I replied, “No, but God will because what you did was wrong”.
My then husband let out an evil laugh and ended the call.
The parental alienation and abuse has not stopped and continues to this day. As a direct result I suffer from flashbacks and episodes of PTSD.
The NSW Legal system aided and abetted the abuser, which empowered him.
I am an alienated father of 2 beautiful daughters. The eldest has been conditioned to reject me by their mother, which I only discovered had been going on behind closed doors after I separated. I haven’t had contact with them for over two years. The courts could not support me, in fact they were more concerned about maintaining their stability with their mother even though the family assessment acknowledged that their mother had manipulated them against me. I was told that they are old enough to decide what’s best for them. Clearly, in the eyes of the family court, living with an alienating parent may be in their best interest. I would like to be involved in the study. I live in Melbourne Australia
Hello
Fourteen years ago our eldest son met and subsequently married a girl who has caused our son to alienate himself from my husband and I as well as his other three siblings.
Our son is both physically abused (we haven’t seen it but have been told) ( she did stab one of our other sons not seriously as the knife was small and our son managed to get away ) and mentally abused by this women. We also has mentally abused us all. From death threats to random abusive phone calls to me and letters left on our cars.
She has torn us apart.
Our son has mild Aspergers , we have been told that he would find it difficult to differentiate between bad and good attention, he is a beautiful person so gentle, he unfortunately was bullied all through school and believes he is lucky that someone like his wife likes him.
This girl is also estranged from her father and sister although sometimes sees her mother who is a similar personality. ( her parents have not been together for many years )
We are exhausted and at our wits end, we love our son very much and would dearly love him in our lives
We have 4 grandchildren now from his siblings and one on the way… they have yet to meet there Uncle and Aunt
We have been told the only friend our son has left and even then he rarely sees except to offer his couch to our son when it’s needed, when her abuse is to much or she is sleeping with her boyfriend… and yes our son continues to go back
We have tried mental health the police and numerous other place to get help
I every now and then look for another avenue to get help
Our son will answer the phone if we hide our identity and ring once every 6 months but the phone call is usually less than a minute long
He rings sometimes I call a call this year on mother’s day for a few minutes, that was so welcomed and very rare.
Before he met this girl we saw him every few days… our son is now 37
Is there help for families like us?
Is there help for my husband and I to get to be able to sleep? For me to be able to go out without fear she might appear with violence or abuse in mind?
We understand mental illness is out there, we also believe everyone deserves to be loved, but won’t accept the loss of our beloved son and a life of fear both his and ours
What can we do? We have tried counselling for me… didn’t work
Every time we hear of a murder on tv we wait to hear the name of the deceased and wonder if it our son.
We have what we believe is a normal relationship with our other adult children and partners , they live there lives we live ours and come together for picnics etc birthdays Christmas etc
I would love to be apart of a support group, friends are great but no one understands our loss, we can’t reach out to our son cannot see our son