The concept of parental alienation was first put forth by Dr. Richard Gardner in 1985. Parental alienation primarily occurs during a high-conflict divorce in which the child identifies strongly with ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

A distraught divorced mother reports that when her formerly loving daughter returns from vacations at her father's house, the child treats her with disrespect and hostility. A divorced father of a ...

These last months I've been spending hours on end listening to distraught parents who have been and still are victims of parental alienation and have confided in me what they have been through. What I ...

Feeling distant or disconnected from loved ones, certain environments, or even yourself can be a symptom of alienation. Understanding its causes may help you cope. Alienation occurs when a person ...

Parental alienation occurs when a child refuses to have a relationship with a parent due to manipulation by the other parent, such as the conveying of exaggerated or false information. The situation ...

If you’re newly divorced, going through a messy separation, or even if you split from a partner a while ago, we feel for you. These things are rarely easy. And if the two of you have a child or ...