Parental Alienation Evidence with Dr. Robert Simon

[@nicolesteele6000]

who decided that traumatized parents aren't capable of true alienation? they're still preventing their child from dealing with a loving parent and therefore should be dealt with the same way. most maladaptive behavior by humans is caused from painful experiences that doesn't mean its okay to cause harm.

[@gregandcarrie2]

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Kids DO reject a parent with whom they had a positive relationship. CATEGORICALLY INCORRECT.

[@hiaslayer]

No they don’t, the attachment system prevents this. Children of bad parent are motivated to attach differently (insecure attachment) but they are always motivated to attach. Read Bowlby. Only severe child abuse destroys the attachment motivation of a child to its parent. It’s a primary motivational system. You don’t just stop eating, just as you don’t just stop to attach

[@nicolesteele6000]

@@hiaslayer wouldn't that imply that no one stops eating for irrational reasons based on outside influence? and we know that anorexia is just that and also prevalent.

[@hiaslayer]

@@nicolesteele6000 thank you for making my point. The eating system prevents a person to just stop eating. If they do, then this is a pathology induced by outside influences. Just as a child rejecting a parent. This pathology can only be induced by severe child abuse. A child NEVER rejects a healthy normal range parent.

[@andrewbodey5025]

Ive had very positive memories with my daughter but as soon as she goes back with her mother, she only texts me sad emoji's. She won't even answer the phone when I call, shes 7.

[@fathersafter50com85]

Around 7:50 you basically said it is very hard to alienate a child who had a previously good relationship with the parent. You might consider watching a few "The Anti-Alienation Project" podcasts. There are many, many examples of a child who previously favored the parent that they became alienated from. Several psychological studies/experiments have shown "normal" adults can become totally different in a very short period of time (

[@jesseskellington9427]

Misinformation: Alienation Cannot be Distinguished from Estrangement Some writers suggest parental alienation (PA) cannot be effectively distinguished from estrangement For example, Emery said, My experience tells me that some extremely angry parents alienate children from their other parent. My experience also tells me that some self- absorbed parents use accusations of alienation to blame their former partner and excuse their selfish disregard of their children. . . . [However,] I do not have confidence in my own, or anyone else’s, ability to discern truth in divisive divorces . . . and I would be greatly impressed if some investigator could punch a hole in my skepticism with research demonstrating reliable and valid discriminations between accurate and inaccurate accounts of his and her divorce.46 The difference is straightforward: estrangement is a rational rejection of a parent while PA is based on an irrational rejection. For an experienced Mental Health Professional (MHP), the process of differentiating alienation from estrangement is analogous to diagnosing delusional disorder (i.e. distinguishing a rational from an irrational opinion) or a specific phobia (i.e. distinguishing a rational from an irrational fear). For example, one of the DSM-5 criteria for specific phobia is, “The fear or anxiety is out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the specific object or situation and to the sociocultural context.” (Footnote 47) Similarly, the basic premise of PA is that the child’s rejection of the alienated parent is out of proportion to anything that parent has done. To identify the presence of PA, the Five-Factor Model described in this chapter provides a reasonable methodology to follow. Once contact refusal is ruled in and maltreatment by the rejected parent is ruled out, the MHP needs to identify three other factors. These include a history of a previously healthy relationship between the child and rejected parent, the exhibition of abusive behaviors by the preferred parent, and the common symptoms of PA in the child. The degree of PA is informed by the severity of the behaviors in the child more so than the activities of the preferred parent. The Psychosocial Assessment of Contact Refusal Page 78 Parental Alienation - Science and Law by Demosthenes Lorandos (Author), William Bernet (Author) Publisher ‏ : ‎ Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd (January 14, 2020) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 682 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0398093245 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0398093242

[@jackgoodings]

It's actually not hard to disrupt that bond. Research shows this. My experience has shown me and I see it as a school teacher also. You're wrong. Parental alienation is counter intuitive and that's what people dont realize.

[@jackgoodings]

Good video. It actually happens before breakup but we didnt see it. It often leads to the breakup. And then heightened through the physical separation

[@carlaraimer718]

Thank you

[@keiramorales8116]

What happens if the other parent just can’t make it happen what happens if the other parent coaches the kid to use criminal activity and lie and basically really abuse the child for abusing the other parent just like what happens when the kid is like not strong enough to stand up to the one parent so that they can have a relationship with the other parent ?

[@larrylorimer3065]

It's called Stockholm Syndrome! Some times they are turned into MINIONs to do Damages and Criminal acts against the good parent. .

[@pammugridge4106]

How I wish there where more people like you helping children . Lile 2 of mine. And All these children being kept from having a loving caring figure to guide them through life the first most vulnerable yrs. Because of anger or hurt on the other parents part.. Sally Fields roll in the movie mrs. Doubtfire shows how common This truly is and then there are the courts who don't dig deeper like maybe hiring someone like you, to evaluate further and see what's best for the child.

[@kingsagenda]

How can an abuser be two different people at the same time? An abuser abuses. If they abused the other parent, they will abuse the child. What a laughable theory.