As in my case a professional only made contact with my children after
the process of alienation had been completed.
As
the process of alienation matures, we will begin to see other symptoms cropping up.
It continues
the process of alienation from local community, nature and nonmediated culture.
In a sense, the historical
process of alienation between the religious imagination and the dominant Western consciousness is similar to what happens when late adolescents attend college and are swept up in the tide of novel ideas.
Not exact matches
Theological anthropology would agree with this but would add that it is too superficial to interpret the self - centredness in human beings as a mechanical disorder or as an organic maladjustment easily corrected by the mechanical or organic
processes to come; and that the condition
of rational objectivity also requires overcoming
of the spiritual
alienation of the self from God which is behind all psychic and social
alienations.
Process theologians are persuaded that a post-modern selfhood can be maintained in spite
of modern
alienation and despair.
The first part
of this essay, published in last month's issue, recounted how the
process of estrangement between Vanderbilt University and the Southern Methodist Church was typical
of the
alienation of mainstream Protestant colleges and universities from their churches, occurring from about 1870 to 1910.
If our account
of alienation as a repeating
process is reliable, then the American Catholic institutions
of higher education are nearing the end
of a
process of formal detachment from accountability to their church, and instead
of exerting themselves to oblige that church to be a more credible patron
of higher learning, they are qualifying for acceptance by and on the terms
of the secular academic culture, and are likely soon to hand over their institutions unencumbered by any compromising accountability to the church.
What he sees is still the
process of self -
alienation, but he sees it as a social
process.
The motifs
of death and new life,
of being lost and found,
of alienation and reconciliation may assist in the
process at this point.
There are four common stages
of the cultural adjustment
process: arrival, reality, negotiation /
alienation and the integration / marginalization phase.
In assembling an archive rather than producing art objects, Chan stresses the collaborative community - oriented
process involved in the project, and shows how, in the face
of social, political, and environmental collapse, there might be an antidote to the
alienation of contemporary life in such collaborations.
In connecting the opposing styles
of abstraction and photorealism, Weiner reflects our
alienation from physical experience within a culture that reduces bodily needs into chemical
processes.
Hirst's work is an examination
of the
processes of life and death: the ironies, falsehoods and desires that we mobilize to negotiate our own
alienation and mortality.
These experiences include watching time pass, as in Andy Warhol's Empire; marking, suspending, condensing, or elongating its flow, exemplified here by the work
of Martin Creed or Jeff Koons; subjecting the creative
process to time, as William Anastasi, Janine Antoni, and Robert Morris do; developing narratives based on cyclical, organic, or illogical models
of time, as may be seen in the video work
of Bill Viola and Pipilotti Rist; addressing history through the memory
of oppressions, displacements, and
alienation, as Carrie Mae Weems and Jane and Louise Wilson do; and considering how the past inflects the present, an experience suggested by the work
of Shirazeh Houshiary and Gerhard Richter.
It is important for judges to take control
of alienation cases, to limit the possibility
of manipulating the court
process by the parents, and to ensure a firm and quick response to violations
of court orders.
Parental
Alienation Dynamics: I am also available as a consultant for issues that are commonly referred to as parental alienation, a parent - child relationship process that involves a child's intensive and excessive rejection of one parent, with an over-idealization of the other parent, typically as part of a divorc
Alienation Dynamics: I am also available as a consultant for issues that are commonly referred to as parental
alienation, a parent - child relationship process that involves a child's intensive and excessive rejection of one parent, with an over-idealization of the other parent, typically as part of a divorc
alienation, a parent - child relationship
process that involves a child's intensive and excessive rejection
of one parent, with an over-idealization
of the other parent, typically as part
of a divorce
process.
This handout contains a series
of diagrams illustrating the «parental
alienation»
process from an attachment system framework, along with text descriptions
of how the child's symptoms are induced, why the child adopts the false beliefs
of the alienating parent, what the child's DSM - 5 diagnosis is for this type
of family
process, and what the recommended treatment approach should entail.
This is one
of the symptoms that when it is observable, you are more deeply into the
alienation process.
I am also available as a consultant for issues that are commonly referred to as parental
alienation, a parent - child relationship
process that involves a child's intensive and excessive rejection
of one parent, with an over-idealization
of the other parent, typically as part
of a divorce
process.
This is a handout regarding the online seminars I have developed regarding the Origins; Diagnosis; and Treatment
of the pathogenic parenting
processes associated with what has classically been referred to as «Parental
Alienation.»
These diagrams are part
of an upcoming article I'm working on describing the three levels
of «parental
alienation»
processes, 1) the
Garber, B. (2004) Parental
alienation in light
of attachment theory: Consideration
of the broader implications for child development, clinical practice and forensic
process.
Indigenous people need to establish decision - making
processes and governance structures that are appropriate to their own group so that important questions, like the
alienation of land, can be given the consideration they deserve by the particular group who own the land.
Parental
alienation is the manipulation
of a child's views geared against a targeted parent during the
process of divorce or separation.
We wish to emphasize here that individual psychological evaluations and therapies or «talking» group or family therapies are
of minimal value in these situations, as they may only serve to perpetuate the
alienation process.
Because the statements
of the alienating parent will not give the lawyers or the courts clues that there is
alienation in
process, it is important to look at the underlying messages that are given directly to the child.
The purpose
of the evaluation is to 1) identify the specific motivations and behaviors that are causing the divorce impasse or subsequent
alienation; 2) to assess whether or not individual therapy might be beneficial for any party to help resolve intrapsychic issues; and 3) to develop a complete behavioral plan to intervene in the
alienation process.
When you are separated from your children, as a result
of the court
process or parent
alienation, you need to learn how to remain close with your children so you can maintain a healthy, trusting relationship.
When Dr. Gardner studied cases about
alienation of children from a previously loved parent, there was ample evidence that this terrible
process occurred all too often.
At this state
of alienation, conscious motivation is always present, and the internal, interactional and external systems are fully engaged in supporting the
alienation process.
One such sin, a mammoth one, is parental
alienation, which Wikipedia defines as «the
process, and the result,
of the psychological manipulation
of a child into showing unwarranted fear, disrespect or hostility towards a parent and / or other family members.»
Gardner further asserts that, while a child contributes to the development
of the
alienation process, the predominant source
of alienation is one parent, generally the mother.
Sullivan, Matthew J., Parental
Alienation Processes in Post-Divorce Cases, Association
of Family Conciliation Courts Newsletter, Summer 1997, at 4.
Furthermore, each
of them usually takes his or her role in the
alienation process well before the dissolution or separation
process begins.
His conclusion that Ms. Sears began a
process of parent
alienation against Mr. Sears is logical and abundantly supported by the evidence.
However, the
alienation process is quite clear and the (children) present with classic symptoms
of alienation that are prompt ed by coaching or possibly overhearing things being said.»
This lecture outlines the diagnosis and treatment
of an attachment - based model for the psychological and family
processes in high - conflict divorce, traditionally described as «parental
alienation.»
Description: This lecture outlines the diagnosis and treatment
of an attachment - based model for the psychological and family
processes in high - conflict divorce, traditionally described as «parental
alienation.»
An attachment - based model
of «parental
alienation» also establishes clear treatment parameters based on a fundamental understanding
of the psychological
processes involved, which require as the first step the child's protective separation from the pathogenic parenting
of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent during the active phase
of the child's treatment and recovery.
An attachment - based model for the construct
of «parental
alienation» is based entirely in established psychological constructs and principles that are accepted by establishment mental health (i.e., the attachment system, personality disorder dynamics, delusional
processes), which can then be used to establish professional standards
of practice, and the single voice from mental health can then be used to efficiently and effectively guide decisions before the Court.
An attachment - based description
of these psychological
processes is based entirely within established and scientifically supported psychological constructs and principles, so that an attachment - based model
of parental
alienation» can serve to unite professional psychology into a single voice.
For the well - being
of our clients, professional psychology must demonstrate sufficient self - reflective insight to avoid the parallel
process dynamic
of staff splitting associated with treating borderline personality
processes (i.e., «parental
alienation») and must work together, NOT as adversaries, toward a synthesis
of understanding that recognizes the legitimacy
of both poles in the dialectic.
By bringing professional psychology together in a single voice, an attachment - based model
of «parental
alienation» allows the diagnosis and resolution
of the distorted family
processes associated with «parental
alienation» to be returned to its proper venue
of professional mental health, rather than diagnosing the nature
of psychopathology through the legal system.
An attachment - based model
of «parental
alienation» is an accurate description
of the psychological
processes involved.
We will find that it is a very specific and characteristic code that speaks to the trans - generational origins
of the «parental
alienation»
process.
What I am saying is that there is evidence suggesting that the psychological
processes currently being manifested through an attachment - based model
of «parental
alienation» could very possibly represent the trans - generational iteration
of prior sexual abuse victimization that occurred a generation or two earlier, and that is continuing to severely distort parent - child relationship
processes through the influence
of pathogenic «source code» contained in the internal working models
of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent's attachment system
Additional interviews with the «alienating» parent can be helpful to confirm the diagnosis but are not necessary to making the diagnosis
of «pathogenic parenting» associated with «parental
alienation»
processes (pathogenic: «patho» = pathology; «genic» = genesis, creation; pathogenic parenting is the creation
of pathology in a child through highly aberrant and distorted parenting practices).
The dynamics
of «parental
alienation» emerge from the narcissistic and borderline personalty disorder
processes of the allied and supposedly «favored» parent, and so it is not surprising that the phenomenon
of «staff splitting» has similarly emerged relative to the construct
of «parental
alienation,» in which sides have been drawn between supporters and detractors
of the PAS construct.
However, the relationship dynamics involved with the pathogenic parenting
of «parental
alienation»
processes are exceedingly similar across families, because they originate in the same type
of parental psychopathology (a narcissistic personality disorder with borderline features that is decompensating into persecutory beliefs regarding the targeted / rejected parent's abuse potential relative to the child).