Parental Alienation: From Couch to Courtroom and Beyond

This is a discussion of the consistent, reliable and valid pattern of alienating behaviors found across family law cases. The discussion includes ideas for informing judges as to how to recognize the patterns and equate these behaviors to child abuse.

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In this episode, Robert A. Evans, Ph.D. and Dr. Michael Bone, Ph.D. discuss the role of the Guardian ad Litem in custody cases with parental alienation.

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This is the first in a series of podcasts with Michael Bone, Ph.D. that will examine the various roles of professionals that can be found in family law cases that involve Parental Alienation. We will discuss potential issues that can arise with these roles (e.g., GaL, Custody Evaluators, Judges, etc.) as it pertains to Parental Alienation.

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In this episode, we discuss the resist and refuse phenomenon of parental alienation.  Dr. Evans discusses the following:

• Understanding Parental Alienation
• Looking at the potential causes
• The impact on children
• Addressing Parental Alienation

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Splitting behavior in children is frequently seen but almost always misunderstood. It is not evidence of child abuse as one might think, but a form of adjustment for children.

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In this episode, we discuss Nick Woodall's article which presented the psycho-dynamics of child splitting in cases of parental alienation. I include looking at what works and what doesn't for intervention. 

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All too often legal and mental health professionals focus strictly on the rejected parent and alienated child's relationship. The real pathology is actually in the other direction. The focus needs to be on favored parent and the child. Because it is counter instinctual (unnatural; biologically inconsistent) for a child to reject a parent, when this is observed in family court cases we need to pay attention. And the details are in the pathological relationship.

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Alienation cases frequently find the professionals associated with the case also split in advocating for one side or the other when in fact they are supposed to be neutral or at a minimum supporting the child. Frequently researchers publish "me-search" supporting a position that reflects their bias. All one has to do is dig into their references and you that they quote others who have simply said the same unsupported statements. While all this is going on the children are left in an abusive, alienating relationship.

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In this episode, we talk to J. Michael Bone, PhD, a parental alienation expert and consultant.

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A brief review of an article by Drs. Bernet, Wamboldt, and Narrow which presents a mental condition that is in the DSM-V-TR essentially describes Parental Alienation. 

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