ABSTRACT

Approaches to de-triangulating children from their parents’ acrimonious relationship. The systemic framework, the relevance of attachment theory and how attachment representations can be changed as the result of triangulation. The exposure to conflicting parental narratives and how this alters the relationship between children and their parents. Attachment and mentalization-based concepts. Cognitive and other frameworks that inform the Family Ties model and its key assumptions. Related outcome research and ways of evaluating change.