Next week the third Conference of the European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners will take place online. Examining the psychological backdrop to the problem which

Child’s Play: Healing Relational Trauma in Divorce and Separation
Back in the country and the Family Separation Clinic will re-open from September 10th. As children all over the UK return to school today, the

circles of influence
As we wind down to our vacation, I am already discussing with colleagues, new services coming through the Lighthouse Project to bring greater support for
Reactive splitting in Rejected parents: the hidden cost of living with negative projection
In recent articles I have been talking about splitting, a defence mechanism which is used by the alienated child to cope with the intolerable situation
Relational trauma in divorce and separation
In September the EAPAP Conference will focus upon the component parts of how a child comes to reject a parent outright in divorce and separation.

‘I DID NOT SEE MY DAUGHTERS FOR YEARS:’ THE IMPACT OF COERCIVE CONTROL ON POST-DIVORCE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MOTHERS AND CHILDREN – Dr Sietska Dijkstra
Dr Dijkstra is a Board member of the European Association of Parental Alienation Practitioners. She will be presenting at the third conference of EAPAP in