Q&A

Parental Alienation

Parental Alienation

It can be challenging to recognize the process where one parent influences their child to reject the other parent. Parental alienation expert Mandy Matthewson offers guidance for identification and intervention.

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Are mothers or fathers more likely to engage in alienating children from the other parent?
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What sorts of things do alienating parents do that makes the alienation process successful?
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What is the relationship between parental alienation and coercive control?
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I have written books about child maltreatment but always get "hate emails" and even threats when I write about parental alienation. The polarization seems massive. Deniers invoke Dr Richard Gardner's suicide to dismiss the phenomenon and other distortions. What are your thoughts on this?
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Is there any chance once children are older they will see the parent they are alienated from?
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Is much known about the psychology of parents who drive the alienation?
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I am seeing clients and the parents of clients who appear to have been co-opted in parental alienation by an aunt/uncle, grandparent, or even older siblings/half-siblings. How do you address this?
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What are the long-term effects of parental alienation?
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How can parents who are being alienated get professional help?
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Is it common for older teenagers to be alienated from a parent?
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