Karen Woodall

As the momentum builds towards the European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners Conference in London at the end of this month, the range of delegates attending increases in numbers and…

The European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners will be launched at our Conference in London on August 30&31st. This is our first major conference and it marks the end of…

In the run up to three major conferences focusing upon parental alienation around the world, we are busy preparing for the next phase of work in this emerging scientific field.…

'Specifically, the expressed lack of ambivalence as manifested by the alienated child serves as an observable defining characteristic of the presence of parental alienation. The understanding of this phenomenon provides…

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.  Robert Frost. There are diverging paths in…

Some would have it that all parental alienation involves personality disorder, I disagree. Some children become alienated in situations where there isn’t a whiff of personality disorder in sight and…

The European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners is getting ready to welcome its first members, who are practitioners who want to demonstrate competence and adherence to the internationally recognised standards…

I am currently fully immersed in study whilst preparing for our conference in August.  As I continue to read and compare my understanding with my observations of the children I…

Recently I have been working on a new approach to helping alienated children, an approach which combines the recognised interventions used in short term dynamic psychotherapy, with my understanding of…

As we begin the build up to the EAPAP Conference in London next month, I have something exciting to announce for parents who are affected by parental alienation on around…

Many of the cases I work with feature allegations of harm.  The allegations can range from mild to severe, from a child being chastised, to a child being involved in…

The plan to set standards of mental health policy and practice for those who work with children who reject a parent, which are recognised in the UK and European Legal…

When we assess a case of a child's rejection of a parent we begin by looking at the outward presentation of the child.  Is the child refusing to see the…

Those who read regularly will be aware that I have long been a champion of the Early Intervention Project (EI) in the UK, a project which is designed to give…

One of the biggest issues in cases of parental alienation is the manner in which the unconscious life of the family carries the secrets which cause the problem of alienation.…

The European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners is a new membership body for practitioners in Europe working with high conflict families after divorce and separation and those affected by parental…

Today is Father's Day in the UK and all around the land children will be marking the day for their dads.  For some there will be no card or present,…

Today we open our alienated mothers retreat in Somerset England. The sun is shining, the food is sourced, the yoga mats are packed and the journey of kindness begins.  …

The European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners was convened in Prague in 2017 to provide a new governing body for everyone working in the field of parental alienation.  The EAPAP…

Just like all psychotherapists, what I do is inspired by my own life.   It is therefore no accident that I work with children who experience the divorce and separation…

I was sent a copy of some research on parental alienation which was undertaken recently for CAFCASS Cymru.  A quick read through confirmed that this is not research written by…

Parental alienation is a terrifying experience and one which can drive you insane as you struggle to cope with the grief of watching beloved children sink further into the rejecting…

2018 is a year of great change in terms of consciousness raising around parental alienation.  Here is our UK contribution to global change. Alienated Mother's Retreat - June 11 -15…

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Through the…

News of reunifications comes in thick and fast this week with some of the UK's high profile campaigners being reunited with their loved ones.  As the UK family court system…

One of the things which face practitioners who work with families affected by parental alienation is the reality that they will risk drawing the negative transference, not only from the…

I wrote the above as part of a small book of thoughts about parental alienation which I write as part of my observation of what is happening in the world…

The EAPAP conference is starting to look like a game changer in the UK and Europe with key people in legal and mental health heading to London on August 30/31st…

This work we do is tough stuff.  We work in the messy, dirty, darkest parts of life and in doing so we have to find ways of keeping the self…

We are now into the change making phase at FSC in terms of learning opportunities around the world in the emerging field of parental alienation.  This is a big year,…

In the hidden and darkest places of the alienated child’s mind lie secrets in waiting. Those hidden and darkest places are unknown to the child but they exist. A diverticulitis…

 

      In the struggle with parental alienation many things are written and said.  Many people work hard to understand, explain and resolve the problem and many are left…

We are starting to get busy about the future of parental alienation at the Family Separation Clinic with a year which is packed full of activity designed to raise awareness,…

An absorption with the self is a classic trait of narcissism. This absorption is total and not just the self indulgent symptoms of a society which is concerned with how…

This week we launch training opportunities in Costa Mesa California for practitioners who wish to understand and work with alienated children and their families.  This is part of our development…

Readers might be in interested in this you tube talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ePXxeGrfvQ The work done by this man (Ronald P Rohner) has led to a paper by Professor Bill Bernet and…

I work with alienated children and their families, it is what I do.  I have this year however, been taking a rest from the reunification work I have undertaken over…

Some years ago I wrote a piece entitled 'I am the Alienator*' which has now been read over a hundred thousand times in over thirty countries around the world.  This piece,…

I am currently engaged in a lot of study on the standards of practice in reunification work, both for the Parental Alienation Study Group and with Simply Parent who are…