A call to the domestic abuse field to accept conceptual parity with parental alienation, and to embrace evidentiary governance and relational ethics in family policy The Child is Still in The Middle This essay is more direct than my recent writing on relational ethics and future families. I have mostly avoided the parental alienation versus … [Read more...]
New White Paper Calls for a Social and Public Health Policy Framework for Alienation in Families
Parental alienation cannot be addressed only through courts, clinicians and private family disputes. It requires prevention, early identification, accessible remediation and institutional accountability. Dialogue in Growth has released White Paper No. 2, Beyond the Psycho-Legal Paradigm: A Social and Public Health Policy Framework for … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation: Shaping the Future of Families
—and Policy must catch up Parental alienation (PA) is not just a private family dispute but a structural social phenomenon. It is actively reshaping family relationships, family narratives, and the future configuration of families. How is Parental Alienation a Problem? One parent uses PA behaviours (PABs) to manipulate a child into … [Read more...]
POLICY BRIEF: Rethinking Gendered Models of Family Violence
Why Gendered Theories of Family Violence Are As Contestable—If Not More So—Than Parental Alienation Theory Like many social science presentations, gendered theories of family violence and parental alienation may be considered contested concepts. They both rely fundamentally on the subjectivity of lived experience and assessment of structural … [Read more...]
IPV, Tired and Misleading Tropes From the AIFS
The report on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) released in June 2025, relies on tired, male-gendered tropes that skew its findings and may mislead the public and policymakers. It reports that in 2022, one in three Australian men used IPV, mostly against their female partners or family members. … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation: Focus on The 2025 Australian Federal Election
Reform Family Law For 2025! Ignoring the Costs at YOUR Expense! According to USA population projections1, 1.3% of Australians may be parents who have been moderately or severely alienated from their children. In 2024, that equates to more than 350,000 parents and possibly 700,000 children2. UK research3 and USA projections suggest … [Read more...]
Withdrawing the Building Family Bridges™ Workshop from Australia
We no longer provide the Building Family Bridges™ Workshop and the adjunct After Care Protocol in Australia. We previously provided these services for Family Law in Australia to remediate child psychological abuse and severely alienated parent-child relationships. The principal reasons are: Adverse Changes to the Australian Family Law Act … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation: What Doesn’t Family Law and Family Violence Know?
"We Know What You Don't Know" Family Law and Family Violence: Outdated, Misled Family Law and family violence commentary in Australia relies on outdated and misleading concepts. Considering parental alienation as a form of coercive-controlling family violence and child psychological maltreatment requiring specific assessment and … [Read more...]
Alienating Father Makes Mother Terrified of her Son
(Correction) Alienation made "M" terrified of her son and her alienating ex-partner. Family Violence Services and Family Law could not help "M" remediate her alienated teenage son's relationship with her. His father coerced her son into falsely claiming she violently abused him. He corrupted his relationship with his son to make his son think … [Read more...]
Family Law Amendment Bill 2023: An Anti-Family and Anti-Child Law
Australia proposes a Family Law that has nothing to do with families or the law and will not protect children or parents regardless of gender. The Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 is an anti-family, anti-child proposal. It does not reflect social and community expectations about the role of family relationships in protecting and nurturing … [Read more...]
