November 4 • 8PM ET

Virtually all alienators exhibit strong narcissistic tendencies. Yet the DSM diagnostic criteria for narcissistic personality disorder focus almost exclusively on self-image, omitting interpersonal aspects of the disorder. This talk clarifies key relationship habits of such people. Knowledge is power. Knowing that someone is blind prevents your feeling ignored when they do not see you. Similarly, the more clearly you understand what is missing in individuals who interact narcissistically, the less upset you are likely to feel in response to these deficits.

Susan Heitler, PhD, is a clinical psychologist. Formerly of Denver, she currently lives in Israel. She has written over a dozen blogposts for psychologytoday.com to educate the general public and psychotherapy professionals about alienation. For a list of these articles, scroll down in the alienation section of her therapyhelp.com website. In her clinical work, her blogposts on psychologytoday.com (which have attracted over 23 million reads), and her books, Dr. Heitler focuses in particular on how people deal with the conflicts in their lives. Her book From Conflict to Resolution was the first to bring understandings of the art of win-win conflict resolution into the general psychotherapy literature. In addition, she has written a useful workbook for the general public entitled The Power of Two. Related to the workbook, her website features a module called PowerOfTwoMarriage.com that teaches collaborative communication, anger management, and conflict resolution—skills that sustain both personal well-being and positive family relationships.

Susan Heitler, Ph.D. 1410 Grant St., Denver, CO 80203 and Raanana, Israel Email: drheitler@gmail.com Books, on Amazon Websites: prescriptionswithoutpills.com, therapyhelp.com Marriage education program: poweroftwomarriage.com

November 11 • 8PM ET

This presentation with attorney Brian Ludmer is regarding a very intense topic today regarding false allegations and memory science.

Brian Ludmer is a Canadian attorney whose practice focuses on cases involving high conflict custody battles, denial of parenting time and parental alienation, as well as high net worth financial disputes. He is also a business and securities law attorney with over 32 years of experience. Brian is the Legal Column Editor and Writer for the bi-monthly newsletter of the Parental Alienation Study Group, an organization of professionals and others interested in the area with members world- wide. Brian is a frequent speaker for Family Access and is widely quoted in multiple media sources on family law issues. Brian has spoken at the first International Conference of the Parental Alienation Study Group in Washington in October 2017, for the Canadian PA Forum -a three-day conference – in 2009 and for PAAO, the Children’s Rights Council, the Canadian Equal Parenting Coalition and other organizations across Canada and the United States. Brian was also a featured speaker at the first Annual Conference of the European Association of PA Practitioners in London UK in August 2018. Brian has also been speaking to the Ontario Canada hospital network on PA Diagnosis and Therapy. Brian works as special counsel with US and Canadian attorneys and mental health professionals to assist targeted parents and grandparents. He has assisted in cases across Canada, the US.and overseas. Brian’s book: The High Conflict Custody Battle, which he co-wrote with Dr. Amy Baker and Dr. Michael Bone in 2015, is a resource that has been of assistance to countless families. Brian’s cases often involve custody disputes over parenting time. Brian’s cases have set important jurisprudence on the field of family law disputes, equal parenting and parental alienation. Brian has been an advocate for a rebuttable presumption of equal shared parenting as a solution to most high conflict parenting disputes. Brian is a co-founder of Lawyers for Shared Parenting, and an active member of several family rights organizations. He is the legal advisor to the Canadian Centre for Equality. In that capacity Brian drafted a detailed submission on a rebuttable presumption of equal shared parenting to the Justice Committee of the Canadian House of Commons and was an invited witness into its November 2018 hearings on Bill C-78, a current proposal to amend Canada’s Divorce laws. Brian anticipates making a similar presentation to the Canadian Senate when it considers the Bill in the Spring of 2019. Previously, Brian was the principal drafter of Bill C-560, a 2014 private members’ Bill introduced in the Canadian Federal Parliament to reform family law, which made it to second reading at the time.

November 18 • 8PM ET

In this episode, Sally will be discussing the topic of child defiance and estrangement and how it can impact our lives as parents. Many of us experience feelings of guilt, worry, and powerlessness when faced with a strained relationship with our adult children. However, it's important to remember that we are not alone in this struggle. Sally will share effective strategies to help parents overcome the feeling of being stuck in their current situation. She will provide practical tips to break free from the emotional burden associated with their child's defiance or estrangement. Additionally, Sally will explore the significance of setting healthy boundaries and how it can improve our own well-being. This episode is for parents who are tired of feeling powerless and stuck in their relationship with their adult child. It is for those who are ready to take control of their own lives and stop allowing their child's behavior to control their emotions. Sally will offer valuable insights, new strategies, and approaches to help listeners improve their situation and embark on a journey towards healing. Join me on this episode as we delve into the challenges of child defiance and estrangement and discover how to reclaim control and find peace in our lives.

Sally Harris is a Mom of an adult child who has traveled a difficult road, and all the while her adult child's life spun out of control, Sally's was doing the same. Sound familiar? The journey of making a 180° shift begins when you realize you need to work on yourself whether your adult child is okay or not. This has given Sally a passion for helping other desperate Moms, just like YOU regain a sense of self amid the challenges that come with your adult children’s poor life choices. She is not a certified therapist—just a Mom who has been there. A decade of addiction, depression and anxiety aka. "living in the pit". If you find yourself deep in a pit, or maybe just teetering on the edge of one, I urge you to seek help—for yourself and your family.

November 25 • 8PM ET

When Parent A makes negative statements about Parent B, children are affected and eventually damaged -- which depends on the intensity and the persistence of the badmouthing. If Parent A's remarks are infrequent and not particularly severe, the child may feel sorry for Parent B and bond more closely with that person. If the parents persistently badmouth each other, the child may be caught in the middle of the conflict and experience an intense and painful loyalty conflict. If Parent A continues to badmouth Parent B in an intense and persistent manner, the child may escape the battleground by aligning with Parent A and strongly rejecting Parent B. The presenter will emphasize the child's perception of the parental conflicts.

William Bernet, M.D., a graduate of Holy Cross College, summa cum laude, and Harvard Medical School, is a professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is board certified in general psychiatry, child psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. As an expert in forensic psychiatry, Dr. Bernet has testified about 300 times in 24 states. Dr. Bernet has written professional articles and book chapters on a variety of subjects, including: group and individ- ual therapy with children and adolescents; humor in psychother­apy; forensic child psychiatry; child maltreatment; true and false allegations of abuse; satanic ritual abuse; reincarnation; child custody and visitation; parental alienation; testimony regarding behavioral genomics; and risk management. In 2007, Dr. Bernet and Judge Don R. Ash published Children of Divorce: A Practical Guide for Parents, Therapists, Attorneys, and Judges. Dr. Bernet edited Parental Alienation, DSM-5, and ICD-11, which was published in 2010. Dr. Bernet and his colleagues edited Parental Alienation: The Handbook for Mental Health and Legal Professionals, which was published in 2013. He was the founder and first president of the Parental Alienation Study Group.