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The APA could also list parental alienation as a subtype of another relational problem.

Courts must exercise great care before accepting allegations of alienation as true, or they will mistakenly place children with physically and psychologically abusive parents.

The professional organization could even include parental alienation as an issue that needs further study.

I have no doubt that some abusing / neglectful parents are using the PAS explanation to explain the children's alienation as a cover - up and diversionary maneuver designed to deflect exposure of their abuse / neglect.

It is vital to have a good support system — one that will not dismiss parental alienation as the result of bad parenting, or «two bickering parents.»

As a domestic violence advocate / paralegal / journalist, I strongly support a bill to be passed into a law making it a crime of Parental Alienation as in many cases of domestic violence, this is a true form of child abuse and many times, the absent parent is paying child support and is not allowed to see their child.

Family court not recognizing parental alienation as abuse and not holding perjurers in contempt, allowing the slander of one parent by the other with no consequence, are not acting in the interest of the children they believe they are protecting.

There should also be advocates where the custodian parent will have to show and prove accountability for alienation as it is unjust and the long terms affects on a child's absent parent and relatives leaves a devastating outcome as the child grows up!

I am an adult victim of parental alienation as well as an alienated parent.

Parental alienation as the result of a newly formed union can be particularly viralent and intractable since the new stepparent may be the one who is spearheading the parental alienation process.

A set of three diagnostic indicators in the child's symptom display will be identified that can reliably identify the presence or absence of parental alienation as the cause of the child's rejection of a relationship with a parent.

So much so that, in 2010, a High Court judge ruled that «the concept of alienation as a feature of some high conflict parental disputes may today be regarded as mainstream.»

Many court ordered experts name Parental Alienation as quasi science.

Dr. J. Michael Bone and I have founded the National Association of Parental Alienation as a resource for parents in high conflict divorce cases so they may more easily find experienced attorneys and forensic mental health professionals around the country who are trained in Parental Alienation and understand how to litigate such cases effectively... Read More >

In my opinion as both an alienated parent and a psychiatric nurse, this point lends itself to the argument that parental alienation as a form of abuse should be viewed within the context of mental health to ensure an effective and robust assessment process.

As counselors, we must first and foremost recognize parental alienation as a serious form of abuse.

In terms of arguing for a more mental health orientated approach, as much as a difference of opinion regarding the clinical difficulties in diagnosing parental alienation as a syndrome persist it is however included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM - 5).

Recognizing parental alienation as a tort could provide relief for victims of alienation, even though most courts have refused to do so thus far.

Blinded perspectives see parental alienation as a normal by - product of divorce.

As regular readers of this publication will be aware I was recently invited to talk about parental alienation as part of a book launch.

It is my opinion, that describing parental alienation as «high - conflict» is not an accurate description.

According to the PASG website, it describes parental alienation as a mental condition that often arises in the children of parents engaged in high - conflict separation or divorce.

Family courts are beginning to recognize and notice Parental Alienation as a form of child abuse, as the alienating strategies used on the children are disturbing, confusing and often frightening, and rob children of their sense of security and safety.

The presence in the child's symptom display of the three characteristic diagnostic indicators (i.e., the «psychological fingerprints») of the child's psychological influence and control by a narcissistic / (borderline) parent represents sufficient and definitive clinical evidence that the symptomatic child - initiated cut - off of the child's relationship with the other parent is the direct result of the pathogenic parenting practices of a narcissistic / (borderline) parent (i.e., the allied and supposedly «favored» parent), who is using the child in a role - reversal relationship as a «regulatory other» (see my blog essay: Parental Alienation as Child Abuse: The Regulating Other) for the psychopathology of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent.

So, while the literature has dropped the concept of Syndrome, one could think of Parent Alienation as an umbrella term where a child is alienated from a parent and the question becomes why?

Dr. J. Michael Bone and I have founded the National Association of Parental Alienation as a resource for parents in high conflict divorce cases so they may more easily find experienced attorneys and forensic mental health professionals around the country who are trained in Parental Alienation and understand how to litigate such cases effectively.

Alienated children typically have conflicted or distant relationships with the alienating parent also, and are at high risk of becoming alienated from their own children; Baker reports that fully half of the respondents in her study of adult children who had experienced alienation as children were alienated from their own children.

I received a copy of this proposal, which briefly described parental alienation as follows: The essential feature of parental alienation is that a child — usually one whose parents are engaged in a hostile divorce — allies himself or herself strongly with one parent (the preferred parent) and rejects a relationship with the other parent (the alienated parent) without legitimate justification.

Such psychologist defined parental alienation as a circumstance where one parent portrays the other parent in a negative light and the child takes note of such portrayal.

2) To legislate the non-existence of alienation as forbidden in assessments of children in custody and visitation disputes (Assembly Bill in the California 2010 legislature).

Dr. Tener rated the degree of alienation as moderate....

She described parental alienation as someone trying to turn a child against a parent, and she testified that she had worked with Connie to give her insight into her tendency toward alienation and to help her learn to interact with Ricky and the children in a positive and respectful manner....

Dr. Baker categorized the alienation as «moderate» and offered specific examples.

1) To legislate the existence of Parental Alienation as a psychiatric disorder (which was being considered by the body developing the DSM - 5, the internally - used diagnostic manual of mental disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association in 2012), and

On further direct questioning from myself regarding Children's Social Services lack of recognition of parental alienation, the aforementioned social worker stuck her neck out and went so far as to say «we recognise parental alienation as a term.»

Children's Social Services do not recognise parental alienation as a form of abuse.

«Thank fuck Children's Social Services recognise parental alienation as a term!

Since it is well established that children fare best through divorce when they have an ongoing relationship with BOTH of their parents, Dr. Bone describes parental alienation as attacking this important premise, making it a form of Psychological Child Abuse.

There is a plethora of evidence that informs us that adults who endured parental alienation as children suffer low self - esteem, self - hatred, lack of trust and depression.

Remaining on the subject of recognition of parental alienation as a form of abuse we then also have Children's Social Services.

As a group we welcome Cafcass» recognition of parental alienation as a form of abuse.

In other words, the understandings about Parental Alienation as born through litigation are anecdotal and unique, far from a balanced and complete instruction.

[Rejection of excessive focus placed by the trial judge on sexual abuse and parental alienation as a ground for appeal of lower court's decision to grant sole custody to the Father with supervised access to the Mother.]»

The Parental Alienation Awareness Organization, also known as PAAO, also refers to parental alienation as hostile aggressive parenting.

Alienation as a result of too much aversive learning about what not to do and what not to say is often the main reason couples end up coming to couples therapy.

Meanwhile, child rights activist and Child Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) president Kumar V. Jahgirdar is urging the central government of India to declare parental alienation as a crime.

As regular readers of this blog will be aware I was recently invited to talk about parental alienation as part of a book launch.

Parent alienation strategies: A qualitative study of adults who experienced parental alienation as a child.

Change Your World» author and Parental Alienation Awareness Organization advocate Berni Xiong has defined parental alienation as a form of «emotional and mental abuse» caused by the person doing the «alienating on those who are being alienated from each other.

However, her critique of parental alienation as a concept or theory as used in family courts, consistent with the APA Report's critique, is that it is typically misused in a gendered manner as a means of dismissing or denying abuse allegations brought by mothers.