ABSTRACT

This book provides a comprehensive overview of established evidence-based interventions for the problems inherent in parental alienation.

The book focuses on helping families and ensuring the needs of the child are met. Increasing attention has been given to the subject of parental alienation in recent years, as divorce rates have increased and more children are being brought up in the context of ongoing parental conflict, risking significant emotional harm. Chapters point to the application of numerous evidence-based interventions that are already available and detail how to identify, assess and intervene effectively with families where parental alienation has been identified.

This text will be of interest to those working in the family courts, particularly expert witnesses, clinical psychologists, therapists, social workers, guardians and other legal professionals, in addition to researchers with an interest in parental alienation.

chapter Chapter 1|13 pages

Understanding parental alienation

Introduction – how did this book happen?

chapter Chapter 2|13 pages

Why is it important, and what does it look like?

chapter Chapter 3|11 pages

Mild, moderate and severe parental alienation

chapter Chapter 4|9 pages

Fallacies, hybrid cases and justifiable estrangement

chapter Chapter 5|15 pages

The alienating parent

chapter Chapter 6|13 pages

The targeted parent

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

The alienated child

chapter Chapter 8|22 pages

Typical cases and insights from clinical experience

chapter Chapter 9|14 pages

The assessment

chapter Chapter 10|13 pages

Existing approaches to intervention

chapter Chapter 12|6 pages

What did we learn?