I am thankful to the University of Adelaide, Australia and SAHMRI for hosting the parental alienation symposium in September 2017. In the video, I am presenting to a group of approximately 100 alienated parents, extended family members, legal and affiliated professionals and practitioners who have a stake (personal and professional) in … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation:Evidence Based Reunification Available in Australia
The first Family Bridges programme for Alienated Children and Families (FBAC) has been conducted in Australia under the orders of a Family Court in Australia. For this family, children can now enjoy a loving relationship with the parent from whom they were alienated, for the first time in many years. A team of accredited facilitators is … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation Symposium-Adelaide, Australia
For those who can, please join me at this free public symposium in Adelaide, Australia hosted by the Freemasons Foundation Centre, Freemasons Hospital, University of Adelaide For more details: Freemasons Foundation Centre. "This symposium aims to take a practical look at the issue of parental alienation and how family law legislation and … [Read more...]
Festive Greetings to Adult Alienated Children
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...]
Hope for Reconnection and Reunification after Parental Alienation
I have just returned from participating in a symposium on parental alienation: “Parental Alienation: A Critical Problem for Families in Many Countries” presented at the International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2016) in Yokohama, Japan. Six of us representing Japan, U.S.A, Australia and Hong Kong had been working towards this symposium for over a … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation: What is Wrong with Your Family Assessment?
Time and time again, rejected/alienated parents come to see me after an adverse or at best an ambivalent family assessment conducted by family consultants (custody evaluators). These parents are frustrated hurt and angry and indeed frightened for their children because it seems to them that family consultants make inadequate (or no) recommendations … [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...]
