Karen Woodall

This is the official website of Karen Woodall where I write about Coerced Alignment of children in divorce and separation and Lighthouse Keeping, which is our adapted therapeutic parenting training for parents in the rejected position.

My new book is called The Journey of the Alienated Child, it will be published by Routledge in Autumn 2026.

I am currently writing the Clinical Handbook for working with coerced children with Nick Woodall who is co-founder of the Family Separation Clinic and you can find out more about that and other books we are writing and resources we are creating by following the links below.

For information about my clinical work including training and supervision for professionals training please go to the Family Separation Clinic

For details of our Lighthouse Keeping Courses and Resources

For Watch on Demand Services please go to FSCparenting.com

Our new Lighthouse Keeping Club subscription service will be available in 2026 for details of this and other resources to support you, please subscribe to our Therapeutic Parenting Newsletter below.

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6 comments on Child Focused Family Law

Child Focused Family Law

Readers will be interested to read this article from Brian Ludmer, a hugely respected Attorny in Canada and author of The High Conflict Divorce with Amy Baker and Michael Bone.

Neuroscience is telling us more and more about how the brain develops, anyone working in this field absolutely has to have a good grasp on this subject, children deserve adults supporting them who are absolutely grounded in the psychology and neurobiology of the children they seek to support.

This welcome article is essential reading.

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6 responses to “Child Focused Family Law”

  1. Child Focused Family Law – Parental Alienation

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  2. daveyone1

    Reblogged this on World4Justice : NOW! Lobby Forum..

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  3. PapaMissingKids

    QUOTE:
    “The implications that need to be considered challenge the historical assumptions about the weight to be put on the views and preferences of teenagers in custody disputes; the cognitive ability of children to handle having to make choices between their parents; and the ability of children to independently instruct counsel.”
    UNQUOTE:

    CAFCASS and Social Services: Please read this! PLEASE….

    Karen: Thanks for posting this. Instinctively, a lot of us knew this…..

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    1. everthinghappensforareason

      yes, we do, but the target audience is not us….it’s those who’ve made this discussion page necessary

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      1. PapaMissingKids

        It seems to me more and more people are coming to this site, and more and more of those are the so-called-professionals-involved-in-court as Karen’s good work is being recognised in the law courts more and more. So, therefore, it’s not just “us”, alienated, that are coming, but other’s who are researching Karen as well. DareIsayit, and yes I do, but I hope these people include cafcass, social services, lawyers, and even judges…..

        Well, we can hope anyway

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