Parental Alienation

Parental Alienation

An Underhanded Tactic to Win Divorce Disputes Parental Alienation refers to a disturbing phenomenon where one parent systematically manipulates a child to reject or fear the other parent, often during or after a divorce or separation. From a legal standpoint, it involves the intentional undermining of the child’s relationship with the targeted parent through various …

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Understanding Coercive Control

Identification With The Aggressor: In the Lives of Children of Divorce and Separation I am often asked why children align with controlling parents and reject a parent they have witnessed being abused, the answer is simple, although the dynamic which traps the child in the mind of an abuser is not. Children align with a …

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The Lighthouse Keepers: Shining a Light on Reality

In a world which can feel unpredictable, terrifying and unsafe, the concept of Lighthouse Keeping is one which I use, to enable a sense of stability and security within for those who have suffered from the relational trauma of being rejected by a child in divorce and separation. In such circumstances, where parents are the …

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While You Were Gone

Printable Scrapbook Templates for Alienated Families Available for instant download on Etsy I have a long family history of alienation and only when I went through my own gruelling divorce, did I become aware of the term parental alienation and the horrifying extent to which families are affected by it all over the world. Since …

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Parental Alienation Interviews

Interviews with Alienated Familiy Members All Over the World Subscribe to Sinta Ebersohn’s Youtube Channel to see all her past and future interviews. Subscribe to the Fair Divorce Podcast to listen to all her interviews and other discussions. Alienated Grandmother Alienated grandmother Debbie Grande shares the shocking story of how her daughter was systematically alienated …

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The Anxiety of the Alienated Child

Alienated children in divorce and separation are captured within the anxiety cycles of the influencing parent and the reaction of the rejected parent. As such they are trapped within a recycling of feelings, which leak through to their conscious awareness and they are forced into managing this on a routine basis. This exposure to anxiety, …

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Evidence from a Decade of Reuniting Alienated Children and Parents in the UK

It is a decade since I worked with Thomas Moore to assist in reuniting him with his son after many years apart. You can read about his journey and our work together in his book ‘Please Let Me See My Son’.  This week Thomas called me to say hello and let me know that his …

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