It’s All Your Fault: High Conflict People

Parental Alienation in Divorce with Dr. Amy J.L. Baker, Part 2

Sep 22, 2022

45:04

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.

This is the second of a two-part episode with Dr. Amy J.L. Baker in our new High Conflict Divorce series, in which we interview leading experts from the high conflict divorce world – attorneys, counselors, custody evaluators, researchers, mediators and those within the courts themselves.

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

Dr. Baker’s Website
https://www.amyjlbaker.com/

New Ways for Families
https://www.highconflictinstitute.com/new-ways-for-families

Turning Points for Families
https://www.turningpointsforfamilies.com/

BOOKS

Co-Parenting with a Toxic Ex
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608829588

Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393705196

The High-Conflict Custody Battle
https://www.amazon.com/The-High-Conflict-Custody-Battle-Accusations/dp/1626250731

OTHER

Our website: https://www.highconflictinstitute.com/

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Books: all of our books can be found in our online store or anywhere books are sold.

You can also find these show notes at our site.

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