Parental Alienation: From Couch to Courtroom and Beyond
Welcome to our podcast Parental Alienation: From Couch to Courtroom and Beyond. We will discuss the resisting and refusing dynamic, commonly referred to as Parental Alienation, how you know it’s happening and what can be done about it. The literature and research will be presented and show how this form of child abuse is a traumatic adverse childhood experience. Parental Alienation can cause stress and trauma in high conflict divorces. These podcasts focus on how attorneys and mental health professionals can support families and children.
Episodes
Parental Alienation presents very specific and identifiable patterns. This episode begins the presentation of applying pattern analysis to parental alienation, improving the distinction between alienating behaviors and other behaviors in high conflict divorces.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
This is a discussion of the consistent, reliable and valid pattern of alienating behaviors found across family law cases. The discussion includes ideas for informing judges as to how to recognize the patterns and equate these behaviors to child abuse.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
In this episode, Robert A. Evans, Ph.D. and Dr. Michael Bone, Ph.D. discuss the role of the Guardian ad Litem in custody cases with parental alienation.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
This is the first in a series of podcasts that will examine the various roles of professionals that can be found in family law cases that involve Parental Alienation. We will discuss potential issues that can arise with these roles (e.g., GaL, Custody Evaluators, Judges, etc.) as it pertains to Parental Alienation.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
In this episode, we discuss the resist and refuse phenomenon of parental alienation. Dr. Evans discusses the following:
- Understanding Parental Alienation
- Looking at the potential causes
- The impact on children
- Addressing Parental Alienation
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
Splitting behavior in children is frequently seen but almost always misunderstood. It is not evidence of child abuse as one might think, but a form of adjustment for children.
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In this episode, we discuss Nick Woodall's article which presented the psycho-dynamics of child splitting in cases of parental alienation. I include looking at what works and what doesn't for intervention.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
All too often legal and mental health professionals focus strictly on the rejected parent and alienated child's relationship. The real pathology is actually in the other direction. The focus needs to be on favored parent and the child. Because it is counter instinctual (unnatural; biologically inconsistent) for a child to reject a parent, when this is observed in family court cases we need to pay attention. And the details are...
Alienation cases frequently find the professionals associated with the case also split in advocating for one side or the other when in fact they are supposed to be neutral or at a minimum supporting the child. Frequently researchers publish "me-search" supporting a position that reflects their bias. All one has to do is dig into their references and you that they quote others who have simply said the same unsupported stat...
In this episode, we talk to J. Michael Bone, PhD, a parental alienation expert and consultant.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
A brief review of an article by Drs. Bernet, Wamboldt, and Narrow which presents a mental condition that is in the DSM-V-TR essentially describes Parental Alienation.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
Am. Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization recognizes Parental Alienation as being included in existing diagnoses and mental conditions. This episode reveals communications between the Parental Alienation Study Group (PASG) and the APA that establishes Parental Alienation as a mental disorders as incorporated into existing diagnoses. Also, a discussion on such controversy regarding the words "diagnosis"...
The stereotyping, name calling of the target parent gets very little attention in our litigation cases, but the research in this area suggests it's a much bigger assault than is recognized. This episode presents some of the social psychological research that presents a warning.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
This episode discusses some common myths about parental alienation that are commonly found in court rooms around America.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
In this episode, we briefly introduce the social psychology perspective of parental alienation. Spinning of the work of Dr. Zimbardo, a social psychologist who examine the evil doings of some ordinary people, we explored the notion that parental alienation can go beyond just the individual.
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Parental Alienation cases don't always present themselves immediately and favored parents enter therapists' offices with hidden agenda. The indications that a therapist is about to be lured into a case are not always blatant and obvious. As it turns out this information is not taught in graduate schools and therapists frequently have to learn these the hard way.
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More on the counter-intuitive nature of parental alienation.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
This is a brief announcement about a pre-conference training being held in Colorado this coming June on the topic of Therapy With Families in Divorce: What You Didn't Learn in Grad School.
Date: Friday, June 16, 2023
Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm
Location:
Colorado State University
Lory Student Center
Longs Peak Room #302
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Register for your seat today: https://naopas-...
A brief discussion on how courts are receiving parental alienation and some of the key features of parental alienation on which they are relying.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
A severe, but frequently overlooked and understood dysfunction is boundary violation. It clearly meets the definition of abuse, whether it is directed toward a child or an adult. Counselors and mental health professionals must pay more and closer attention to this issue.
Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.
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