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.

Encircling With Love: A Listening and Sharing Circle for Parents and Grandparents of Alienated Children

20th December – 19:00-21:00 – a Special Christmas Circle focused on the needs of rejected parents – Cost £20 per person (family members can join for the cost of one place).

Listening Circles have proven to be very popular with parents around the world and have been spaces in which much love and care is shared amongst those who join us. This circle, like all others, will begin with a short input from me but will then expand outwards to welcome in the experience and expertise of parents in the rejected position who know that they are their child’s best hope for a healthy future.

This circle is reduced in cost to £20 to enable as many parents to join as possible and if any parent cannot afford the £20 cost but would like to join, they can email request a free place by emailing parenting@familyseparationclinic.co.uk

For the cost of one place, family members can join free of charge, our aim is to bring as much support as possible to those with the power to help and heal.

This circle is focused upon the health and wellbeing of rejected parents and grandparents as well as wider family members and offers support and care to every member of a family where a child is currently rejecting.

The needs of rejected parents are many but the first need is to be recognised and understood. This circle provides a safe space for those who are grieving, those who are surviving, those who are coping and those who are reconnecting.

Facilitated by Karen Woodall, this is a place to pull up a chair, light a candle and be together to share stories, be hopeful understand more deeply the journey of the alienated child and know that you are not alone.

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