While on hiatus, we’re re-releasing some of our past episodes. This week, we’re finishing to our 2-part conversation with Dr. Amy J.L. Baker about high conflict divorce.
High conflict divorce and separation in the family courts consumes the majority of the courts’ time and resources and provides the most frustration and confusion.
In this episode Dr. Amy J.L. Baker, parental alienation expert and author of 9 books, including Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex; The High-Conflict Custody Battle; and Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome will talk with Bill and Megan about:
- Whether favored parents ever recognize that they’re doing it
- Parental alienation vs. parental estrangement
- Recommendations for lawyers when a child resists or refuses contact
- Tips for what can be done in mild, moderate, severe cases
- Tips for lawyers and therapists
- Tips for parents and grandparents
- Programs that can help reconnect a child with a rejected parent
Links & Other Notes
WEBSITES
BOOKS
OTHER
Note: We are not diagnosing anyone in our discussions, merely discussing patterns of behavior.
- (00:00) - Welcome to It's All Your Fault
- (02:26) - Adult Children and Alienation
- (05:17) - Advice
- (10:31) - Recognizing You're Alienating
- (14:19) - Personality Disorders and Labels
- (17:38) - Evolving the Term
- (22:48) - Added to the DSM?
- (25:23) - Treatment
- (29:33) - Therapists
- (35:32) - Lawyers
- (37:25) - Parents
- (39:53) - Cutting Off Contact
- (42:10) - Wrapping Up
- (43:19) - Reminders & Coming Next Week: Part 2 of our High Conflict Divorce series
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