Monthly Archives: September 2017

Working in the intrapsychic world of the alienated child means working with those things which are occurring within the psyche, mind, or personality.  This world is not definitive because it is the subjective experience of the child in relationship to the parent who is exerting influence over them. Thus it is essential that any practitionerContinue reading “Talismans, Triggers and Twists in the Tale: Understanding thematic narratives in the intrapsychic world of the alienated child”

Our workshops are designed to help you to understand parental alienation at the deepest level and to unpick and unravel your own case so that you are prepared to build and deliver on the strategy to help your child. Working with the model of differentiation which is set out in our book Understanding Parental Alienation:Continue reading “Understanding Parental Alienation Workshops – What Will You Learn?”

Our first workshop in the series Understanding Parental Alienation, Learning to Cope, Helping to Heal, will be in Central London on December 2nd 2017.  This will begin a series of workshops in the UK and Europe in which we aim to walk parents through the process of managing their own case of parental alienation, includingContinue reading “Introducing The Understanding Parental Alienation Workshop Series 2017/18”

I am writing this from the silent kitchen in Provence which has been the heart of our home for the past four days.  As I write, the long fingers of sunlight poke through the windows and the shadows from the leaves on the trees dance across the table. To my left, a vase of flowersContinue reading “Imagine.”

We are in Provence this weekend working with practitioners from Europe and the USA to grow strong leadership in the field of parental alienation.  As we prepare, bringing fresh foods in from the nearby markets and preparing the learning, I am reflecting on the field we work in and the importance of this collaborative practice.Continue reading “A Problem Shared….”

Back to London for a week before we hold our leadership retreat with a group of practitioners and message makers who will play a key role in the development of best practice in their own countries.  These people, along with those we are working with in our US training group, are those who are poisedContinue reading “The Power of Peace”

We are back in Zagreb after a tour of Europe for holiday and rest time as well as work.  Returning to the Child Protection Centre in Zagreb to work with Professor Bhuljan Flander and her team, we find ourselves back in the same location, but in a different time and space. This time we areContinue reading “Broken Hearts and Broken Minds: The Recovery Journey of the Psychologically Split (Alienated) Child.”

Readers may be interested in this article which I wrote and published on this blog in June 2014, in which I discuss mirror neurons and attachment. Readers who are interested to do so can go back through the archives and retrieve all of the articles on neuroscience, attachment issues, trans-generational haunting, psycho-geneology and other subjectsContinue reading “Mirrors of Sanity”

I am currently on a trip through Europe having travelled through Italy, Switzerland, Lichtenstein and now Austria. Next we move onto Croatia to further collaborate with the Child Protection Centre in Zagreb on developing their work and our joint plans for the European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners. Later this month we will be workingContinue reading “Above All Else Be True To Yourself”

Readers may be interested in these pieces about mirror neutrons and the attachment system, which were written and published in February 2016 and In January 2017 on this blog. When the Lights Come On Sometimes I just love what I do, I mean I really really love what I do. This has been one ofContinue reading “Reflections on Attachment in Parental Alienation”