Move Closer: Lessons For Those Seriously Interested in PA-UK 28 Dec 20171 Jan 2018 We are fast approaching the end of 2017 and I thought it might be useful to round up the PA news in the UK, ahead of what is going to…
Lighthouses of Love 24 Dec 20171 Jan 2018 Christmas Eve is the hardest time of the year for so many families, the day when children and lost loved ones are close in our hearts and minds and missing…
The Haunting of the Alienated Child 19 Dec 20171 Jan 2018 I have been reading Oliver James's book 'Not in Your Genes' this week and in doing so have found myself uncovering another layer of understanding of what it means to…
The Place Where the Green Grasses Grow 15 Dec 20171 Jan 2018 I work with alienated children of all ages and have done so for a long time now. I know the landscape in which alienated children live very well. What I…
Moving Upstream – London Conference on Parental Alienation 2018 – Open for Bookings 13 Dec 20171 Jan 2018 The European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners opens its conference booking today. Headline speakers include leading researcher and writer Amy J.L.Baker PhD. Brian Ludmer from Ludmer Law in Canada, Professor…
Love Lies Bleeding: Trauma and Loss in the Post Separation Landscape 10 Dec 20171 Jan 2018 Being a veteran in the post separation landscape (I first began work in this field in 1991), I find myself again and again returning to the same places in my…
The Drama of Being a Social Worker: Counter Transference in The Post Separation Landscape 9 Dec 20171 Jan 2018 In the United Kingdom the welfare threshold is a test which is applied to determine whether a child is suffering from or is likely to suffer from significant harm in…
2018 Training Opportunities 4 Dec 201723 Jan 2018 We are launching our 2018 professionals training programme early due to the number of requests about this in recent weeks. The following trainings are available in early March and are…
Let The Love Flow – PA-UK 2018 3 Dec 201723 Jan 2018 Yesterday we worked with a group of forty parents in London, one of whom had travelled from Croatia to be with us. Amongst our group were two professionals who work…
Practicing, Protecting and Promoting. Introducing The European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners 29 Nov 20171 Jan 2018 We are just back from Holland where we training another group of practitioners to work with the differentiation model of the Family Separation Clinic in parental alienation cases. This brings…
Shining Lights 26 Nov 201713 Jan 2018 Our training in Holland continues and we have been deep in the forest today examining the role of personality disorder in pure cases of alienation and the particular configurations seen…
Fake News and Fabrications 25 Nov 201716 Mar 2018 I am in Holland today, training a group of practitioners to understand and work with parental alienation. As I do so, I am also receiving messages from people who are…
Help at Holiday Times 23 Nov 201723 Nov 2017 Today is thanksgiving in the USA. I made this for parents there and delivered it earlier this week. I thought it might be helpful for all of my readers. I…
The Battle for Britain’s Alienated Children (The Hybrid Myth) 22 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Breaking down the risks ahead for parents and children affected by parental alienation in the UK, we looked earlier this week at the high conflict myth. The notion that PA…
The Battle for Britain’s Alienated Children (The High Conflict Myth). 20 Nov 201720 Nov 2017 Those of you reading the news in the UK over the past few days, would be forgiven for thinking that a breakthrough was occurring here. Before you break out the…
Beware of False Prophets 18 Nov 201719 Nov 2017 You heard it here first folks, the dumbing down of parental alienation has already begun in the UK, with the announcement in the Guardian yesterday that CAFCASS are trialling 'intense…
Children of The Revolution (UK) 16 Nov 201716 Nov 2017 There is a revolution coming in the UK in terms of the recognition that a child's complete rejection of a parent is a maladaptive response to the family drama of…
The Battle for Britain (2) 13 Nov 201713 Nov 2017 In a world which is rapidly waking up to the reality of parental alienation, it is interesting to take a look around the UK at what is going on in…
Upside Down and Back to Front 12 Nov 201713 Nov 2017 I am currently working on a series of pieces for parents which are focused on how to remain sane as an alienated parent. In doing so I find myself back…
PASG 2017 – Video Presentations 11 Nov 201712 Nov 2017 The following sample presentations on You Tube are all from PASG 2017 and showcase all of the work which is going on around the world to develop and deliver the…
The Dimly Lit World of the Alienated Child 8 Nov 20178 Nov 2017 I was asked a question recently about how one can recover as an alienated child. Clearly the person asking the question was beginning the process of working through the reasons…
The Ghosts of All Possible Pasts 5 Nov 2017 “All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” Anna Karenina - Tolstoi This weekend I am spending my last couple of days in…
The Mouse Who Lived at Myrtle Street 27 Oct 2017 Myrtle Mouse lived on the top floor of a long tall house on Myrtle Street. Was she called Myrtle because of the street she lived on, or was the street…
Back to Basics 25 Oct 2017 We are with our US training group today, taking the first step in a year long journey to understanding and working with alienated children and their families. As I get…
PASG Conference 2017 23 Oct 2017 Something special happened in the world of parental alienation work this weekend as a large group of academics and practitioners in the field, gathered to discuss how to bring together…
The View from America 20 Oct 201720 Oct 2017 'the “Mr. (Mrs.) good-guy” approach, so important in traditional individual and family therapy, has no place in the treatment of PAS families. Only therapists who are comfortable with stringent and…
The European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners Conference 2018 8 Oct 20178 Oct 2017 The European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners was launched in Prague in June 2017. With a bold vision to establish recognised and regulated practice with alienated children and their families,…
The Captured Mind: Stockholm Syndrome in cases of Parental Alienation 3 Oct 20173 Oct 2017 One of the behaviours we see in our work with families affected by parental alienation is Stockholm Syndrome in which not only the child becomes bound into the reactive behaviour…
Talismans, Triggers and Twists in the Tale: Understanding thematic narratives in the intrapsychic world of the alienated child 29 Sep 201729 Sep 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…
Understanding Parental Alienation Workshops – What Will You Learn? 27 Sep 201727 Sep 2017 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…
Introducing The Understanding Parental Alienation Workshop Series 2017/18 23 Sep 201725 Sep 2017 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…
Pass it On 22 Sep 201722 Sep 2017 'A guru gives you himself and then his system. A teacher gives us his subject and then ourselves.' (Adam Gopnik in Through the Children's Gate). I am back now from our retreat…
Imagine. 19 Sep 201720 Sep 2017 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…
A Problem Shared…. 15 Sep 201715 Sep 2017 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…
I Believe This Wave Will Bear My Weight, So Let it Flow 10 Sep 201710 Sep 2017 I made breakfast this morning accompanied by a song, posted here by someone with whom I have crossed swords with more than once in my journey to fully understand parental…
The Power of Peace 7 Sep 20177 Sep 2017 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…
Broken Hearts and Broken Minds: The Recovery Journey of the Psychologically Split (Alienated) Child. 4 Sep 20175 Sep 2017 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…
Mirrors of Sanity 3 Sep 20173 Sep 2017 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…
Above All Else Be True To Yourself 2 Sep 2017 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…
Reflections on Attachment in Parental Alienation 1 Sep 2017 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…
