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It’s All Your Fault: High Conflict People

What is the Difference Between Alienation & Estrangement?

Oct 27, 2022
Bill, an expert on alienation and estrangement, discusses the differences between the two in high conflict divorces. He emphasizes setting limits in intact families and offers insights on dealing with high conflict people. The episode explores the impact of parental decisions on child relationships and provides practical advice for managing relationships effectively.
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  • Parental alienation involves a child's resistance due to favored parent's behaviors, while estrangement results from a child's avoidance of a rejected parent's actions.
  • Estrangement can stem from a parent's behavior leading to distancing for self-preservation, highlighting the importance of personal responsibility in relational conflicts.

Deep dives

Difference Between Alienation and Estrangement in Families

Alienation in families occurs when a child resists contact with a parent influenced by the favored parent's behaviors like bad-mouthing or emotional manipulation, while estrangement in families happens when a child avoids contact due to the rejected parent's actions. In a case discussed, a high-conflict father's overwhelming emotional behavior led his son to reject contact with him, despite the mother's support for the relationship, illustrating a scenario of estrangement.

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