The Family Matters Show

Parent/child Contact Problems (including Parental Alienation)


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Ben and Heather welcome special guest forensic psychologist Dr Robert Simon from San Diego California to talk about resist/refuse behaviour in children, including the heated subject of parental alienation.  Dr Simon is a specialist in child custody matters in the United States and is renowned for his expertise in parent/child contact problems.  He provides an excellent overview of the most common reasons for resist/refuse behaviour, and makes it clear that parental alienation is not the most common cause.

Topics discussed include:

  1. The difference between a clinical and forensic psychologist.
  2. The three main reasons for parent/child contact problems:
  3. The impact of wrongfully identifying the nature of parent/child contact problems.
  4. The Australian Family Law Court's approach to parent/child contact problems.
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