Ethics approval has now been obtained to commence social science research into ‘the lived experience of parental alienation in a social context’.
Launching the research is imminent so stay tuned for news about participation in online surveys and interviews about targeted parent’s social experiences of parental alienation.
A significant milestone, together with my 9thanniversary of working with targeted/alienated parents in the field of parental alienation, a field in which, as far as I know, I was the only one engaged in Australia at the time-please correct me if I am wrong about this.
Some of you will know that about 2 years ago, I commenced a research doctorate in social science in order to investigate parental alienation as a social phenomenon, not just as a psychopathology or as a ‘family relationship problem’.
So far, my research has discovered how little is known about parental alienation in the social domain. Social science has been largely silent about parental alienation as a social phenomenon that affects each gender more or less frequently. After 2 years of theorising and planning, the marginalisation and de-identification of targeted/alienated parents and the abuse of power in which alienated children are inculcated is becoming clearer.
It is of some concern that I note how the social silence about parental alienation risks normalising parental alienation as the unilateral reconfiguration of a family system into one parent’s own image, by a parent motivated to maladaptively satisfy their social needs.
We need to ask ourselves whether this is what we want for families and children in our society and whether this is the type of society we want to have.
I am now more convinced than ever that social research into the phenomenon of parental alienation is required to end this silence. Social research into parental alienation as a social phenomenon may provide better feedback and advice to our socio-legal institutions about the footprint they leave on families and parents, especially when they decide that leaving the child in the care of their favoured/alienating parent is in their best interests.
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Stan, as a researcher and high conflict specialist, I’m so excited about your announcement! Fabulous!!
I’m trying to find ten individuals who are highly conflicted and would agree to test a new 10 hour online course, High Conflict Solutions in Beta stage. If you can assist me now, that will be wonderful! I have a pre and post course questionnaire, and need results for a presentation and of September. Can you help?
Dear Stan
We need to stop this in Australia, I am shocked to see what is happening to my family member who is suffering as her partner has brainwashed their children against them and have taken them away from them and all legal advice is that they have lost the children and there is nothing they can do as the courts will listen to the children who don’t want to be with her.It seems the courts won’t even consider that the children are emotionally abused.
My family is devastated and cant believe that there is nothing she can do to stop this abuse on her children. The children are severely impacted and she is sick to the soul that this is happening in this country
Dear Stan,
The level of loss/grief/sense of betrayal/acquired invisibility, of an alienated parent, consumes the very fibre of ones being every day. Such anguish is like an undiagnosed invisible cancer that continues to spread into all aspects of life. I am such a parent. I would like to take part in your research study.
Yours kindly,
Juliana
Thank you for your support. I think you have framed the dilemma of the targeted parent very well; unrecognised suffering in silence yet the targeted parent is the solution.
Stay tuned for announcements that research is open for recruitment. I suggest you sign up (if you have not already done so) for my newsletter on this website (you can always unsubscribe later) so you will receive the research announcement first hand. The announcement will direct you to the research website and any interaction with me needs to be via the contact details provided on the research website. This is an ethical requirement to avoid any conflict of interest.