HELPING COURTS UNDERSTAND THE PHENOMENON OF ALIENATION
2021 VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
2021 VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Family Access - Fighting for Children's Rights and Steel Partners Foundation will be hosting a 3 day virtual international conference Friday, May 14, 2021, Saturday, May 15, 2021, and Sunday, May 16, 2021 via Web Ex. This conference will give a total focus on the courts.
The initial presentation will assume that the audience is familiar and knowledgeable with the basic concepts of Alienation. We will provide its basic tenants and discuss them in contradistinction to those found within Estrangement.
Parental Alienation as Child Abuse
Parental Alienation is a serious form of child abuse, but this is frequently misunderstood and minimized within the Family Court system. The first challenge then is to make this argument to the Court. We have found that the following information can be helpful in doing so.
Adverse Childhood Experiences studies (ACEs) will be described and presented to demonstrate the direct impact of childhood adverse experiences on physical, psychological, and social health. These studies show that adverse childhood experiences have lifelong consequences for the individual and are dose-related. That is, the greater number of adverse experiences the child has, the greater the affect they have on their life. It is notable that in the case of Alienation, 9 of the 10 specific adverse experiences identified in the ACEs’ studies can be applicable, which confirms the lifelong seriousness of this phenomenon.
Next, we will discuss the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s (APSAC) definition of child maltreatment or child abuse and how it fits within the experience of Parental Alienation for children. Parental Alienation sometimes is not considered child abuse because there are not visible signs of abuse. In other words, it does not “appear” to be child abuse to the untrained eye, at least on the surface. We have found that describing Parental Alienation within the definition of child maltreatment as presented by APSAC, can enlighten the Court to acknowledge and recognize it as a serious form of child abuse.
Further along these lines we will present an overview of the biology associated with marital conflict and the consequences to children. This will cover the Autonomic nervous System, the Parasympathetic systems and subcortical structures that play a vital role in reactions to stress and trauma. The short- and long-term effects of continual exposure to stress and trauma will be covered. All of this will be placed within and applied to Parental Alienation as a nexus to explain the mechanisms that cause the physical, psychological and social damage that occurs. In other words, Parental Alienation can be seen not simply as a transient social problem for children but now should be viewed as a serious medical, psychological and social phenomenon that affects children for the rest of their lives.
Strategies: Attorneys, Mental Health providers, Parents and Grandparents
Presenting Parental Alienation cases to the Court is difficult. The primary reason is that it is counter-intuitive. The appearance of what is going on is very different from what is really going on. Alienated children and their alienating parent “appear” to be very close, when they are actually in an unhealthy and enmeshed relationship where children are penalized for independent thought. The falsely accused targeted or unfavored parent may appear unstable, when in actuality, they have been traumatized by loss and false allegations. Things are not as they appear, but in many ways are the opposite to how they appear.
Attorneys who represent what they later realize are Alienating Parents have ethical challenges that can nonetheless be overcome. Strategies for the attorney of the alienating parent are discussed with sensitivity to the attorney’s unique ethical obligations to represent their client’s interest.
Attorneys for Targeted Parents must present these cases differently than would be the case if Alienation was not present. These are discussed in detail, all centering on the critical theme of exposing the alienating Parent. The cloud of suspicion naturally hovers over the Targeted Parent who has been falsely accused, and this cloud must be transferred to the Alienating Parent. Specific methods for accomplishing this are presented.
Mental Health providers, both therapists and evaluators, are at risk of uncritically accepting the false narrative offered by the alienating parent and the alienated child. The Mental Health provider must therefore be armed with the tools that allow them to identify the presence of Parental Alienation. This is critical in specific ways for the therapist, which are described. The evaluator likewise must have the onboard skillset to see past the appearances and have the tools to do so, which are discussed in detail.
Parents who have become alienated live in a very provocative environment. They have been accused falsely of various things, they are vilified sometimes by schools, churches and other organizations who have drank the Kool aid of the alienating parent. While there is little that the targeted parent can do to make the alienating parent stop, there are many ways that they can make things worse. We therefore provide a roadmap to guide this parent in how to best respond to the various provocations of the child and of the other parent.
Grandparents are often the most innocent victim of Parental Alienation. As with the parent of the alienated child, there is little that they can do to stop the alienation. However, having the tools on board to respond in ways that do not generate further alienated behavior are important to be aware of. We will cover these in detail as well.
This three-day conference will focus on the presentation of effective strategies for family courts which must identify parental and grandparental alienation and then deal with it. For understandable reasons, family courts have been challenged by this problem. This conference will present a toolbox for litigants who must turn to the courts for assistance.
Participants will be presented with evidence that:
- Parental alienation is very damaging to children
- Parental alienation is a serious form of child abuse
- Parental alienation can have several lifelong consequences
This program will present and discuss:
- Strategies for attorneys who represent families that are dealing with parental alienation
- Specific strategies for exposing the alienating parent as the source of the problem
- Strategies for mental health professionals who must establish parental alienation in court
- Strategies for the effective treatment of alienation
- Strategies for parents and grandparents who become targets of alienation
This three-day conference will provide continuing education credits for both mental health as well as legal professionals.
For Mental Health
Any mental health professional gets a certificate. If their licensing board accepts American Psychological Association approved programs then they will get credit and all they should need is the certificate. In some cases the attendee may need a copy of our agenda and we can provide that if necessary.
For Attorneys
NC attorneys get 18 CLEs. All we need is their names and bar numbers. At the conclusion of the program we need to send the NC Bar the names and numbers of attendees.
For attorneys not in NC, all they need is the certificate and they will/can then notify their bar association of their attendance. If their bar association accepts CLEs authorized by the NC Bar, then they will be the credits they need. Some attorneys may need a copy of the agenda and like the mental health professionals we can provide it upon request.
The Center For Human Potential of America, Inc has cosponsored this program with Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights. The Center For Human Potential Of America, Inc. (The Center) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program is approved by the FL Licensing Boards 490 and 491 for 18 CE’s. and is listed on CE Broker. We also have been approved for this program by the NC Bar for 18 CLE's.
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VENDORS
As a vendor, you will be able to have a flyer of your business or organization submitted to advertise before each session and also during breaks and lunches. Your flyer must have something in relation to alienation on it and then also advertising your business or organization. You also may not submit flyers if you are not attending the conference as well. All vendors are subject for approval. I have samples if you need to see them. The cost of a vendor registration is $100.00. I will add the name of your business or organization to our web page for the conference as well. Deadline to register and submit your flyer is April 15, 2021. If you have any questions, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
SPONSORS
If you wish to be a sponsor of our event, you would be able to submit a 2-3 minute video. You would need to speak also on the subject of alienation briefly and then advertise your business or organization. You must attend the conference to be a sponsor. The sponsors and videos are also subject to approval. The cost of being a sponsor is $200.00. I will add your sponsor's name of your business or organization on our web page for our conference as well. Deadline to register and submit your video is April 15, 2021. If you have any questions, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
As a vendor, you will be able to have a flyer of your business or organization submitted to advertise before each session and also during breaks and lunches. Your flyer must have something in relation to alienation on it and then also advertising your business or organization. You also may not submit flyers if you are not attending the conference as well. All vendors are subject for approval. I have samples if you need to see them. The cost of a vendor registration is $100.00. I will add the name of your business or organization to our web page for the conference as well. Deadline to register and submit your flyer is April 15, 2021. If you have any questions, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
SPONSORS
If you wish to be a sponsor of our event, you would be able to submit a 2-3 minute video. You would need to speak also on the subject of alienation briefly and then advertise your business or organization. You must attend the conference to be a sponsor. The sponsors and videos are also subject to approval. The cost of being a sponsor is $200.00. I will add your sponsor's name of your business or organization on our web page for our conference as well. Deadline to register and submit your video is April 15, 2021. If you have any questions, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021
EXCELLENT READ FROM DR. ROBERT EVANS!! THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT YOU WILL GET AT OUR CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER.
BREAK OUT ROOMS
On both Friday and Saturday nights of the conference, we will be having break out rooms for those wishing to attend them. Break out rooms will begin at 8 PM EDT after our speaker for the evening presents. There will be 3 separate groups who will have their own individual rooms broken up into small groups to be able to discuss amongst themselves things on their minds and hearts regarding alienation. There will be rooms for alienated family members, rooms for mental health professionals and rooms for legal professionals. This is a wonderful way to share your thoughts and feelings in regards to alienation and all it entails in your walk within it. I am now beginning to set up those wishing to attend these rooms so our producers of our event can get the rooms set up. If you are registered and interested in being a part of these rooms, please email me at familyaccessinnc@aol.com. Please in emailing, let me know if you are:
!.) An alienated parent and/or grandparent and the ages of your children or grandchildren
2.) A mental health professional working in the field of alienation
3.) A legal professional working in the field of alienation
DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THESE BREAK OUT ROOMS IS APRIL 30, 2021
!.) An alienated parent and/or grandparent and the ages of your children or grandchildren
2.) A mental health professional working in the field of alienation
3.) A legal professional working in the field of alienation
DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THESE BREAK OUT ROOMS IS APRIL 30, 2021
CO-DIRECTORS
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STEVEN MILLER, M. D.
Dr. Miller has degrees in both Psychology and Medicine from Brown University and did residency training at Brown University and Harvard Medical School. For more than 30 years he was on the teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine; in addition, he has many years of experience practicing Behavioral Medicine -- a specialty that focuses on the interface between medicine and psychology. That background is particularly relevant to child maltreatment, child protection, child alignment, parental alienation, pathological enmeshment, and related issues since those clinical conditions are very much related to behavior, including dysfunctional, pathological, and abusive behavior. Likewise, he has several decades of experience practicing Forensic Medicine. A popular speaker, he has directed several hundred continuing education courses for physicians and other clinicians and presented over one thousand lectures on clinical reasoning, clinical problem-solving, and clinical decision-making. An internationally-known expert on alienation and estrangement – and how to distinguish one from the other – he is also an experienced expert witness, litigation consultant, and trial strategist. |
ASHISH JOSHI, LL.M.
Ashish Joshi, owner and managing partner of the firm, serves as the lead counsel in high-stakes, complex disputes and litigation matters. Mr. Joshi has counseled and/or represented clients in state and federal courts across the United States and internationally, including in India, United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands, and China. Mr. Joshi has been admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, State Bars of New York, Michigan, District of Columbia, and Gujarat, India. Mr. Joshi’s focus lies at the intersection of forensic sciences, human rights, and complex disputes in situations involving severe parental alienation and psychological maltreatment of children, false allegations of child abuse, recovery of abducted children and/or hidden assets in foreign jurisdictions and multi-jurisdictional disputes. He has made several presentations for continuing legal education programs hosted by the American Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and various state and local bar associations. Mr. Joshi is privileged to serve as the Editor in Chief for Litigation, the journal of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation and on the Advisory Board for Champion, the journal published by the National Complex Divorce & Parental Alienation Business Disputes Family Law High Conflict Cases Educating The Court On Parental Alienation Criminal Investigations and Defense International. |
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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J MICHAEL BONE, PhD
PARENTAL ALIENATION CONSULTANT J Michael Bone received his Master’s and Doctoral Degrees at the New School for Social Research, in New York City. He did his clinical training at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, and eventually had consulting and training responsibilities in their Department of Psychiatry. Upon return to his home in Orlando, Florida, he began a general clinical psychotherapy practice. By the mid 1990’s he began to work in the area of high conflict divorce, which eventually and inevitably led him to the problem of Parental Alienation. In the late 1990’s he published several articles on the problem and was invited to become a member of the Scientific and Professional Advisory Board of the Parental Alienation Research Foundation in Washington DC. It was there that he met Richard Gardner, MD, as well as many of the first pioneers in this field. From that period onward, his focus has been increasingly on the problem of grappling with Parental Alienation. In 2006 he closed his clinical practice, stopped seeing patients, and began to work exclusively on the problem of Parental Alienation in a purely consultative capacity. In that role he has become involved in cases all over the United States and Canada. He has spoken at multiple professional conferences devoted to Parental Alienation in the United States, Canada and western Europe, and has been interviewed on many radio and talk programs, including Anderson Cooper. The most recent focus on his work has been on the challenge of how to best present Parental Alienation to the Family Court system, in ways that produce healing remedies, which will be a primary focus of this conference. |
ROBERT A. EVANS, PhD
DIRECTOR OF CERTIFICATION Dr. Evans is a licensed school psychologist and has been practicing Forensic Psychology for over 25 years throughout the U.S. His forensic services include expert testimony in family law cases with a focus on Parental Alienation (PA), including allegations of parental rejection, child abuse, sex abuse, and estrangement. He is trained as a Family Divorce Mediator, Parenting Coordinator, Guardian ad Litem, Collaborative Law Practice, and Child Custody Evaluator. In 2011, he authored the book, The Essentials of Parent Alienation Syndrome, and a number of articles for bar association journals and publications. He has testified as an expert on PA in numerous courts across the U.S. as to what PA is, how to identify it, and how to rehabilitate it. He has conducted in excess of a hundred child custody evaluations in his career thus far. Dr. Evans is an approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists by the American Psychological Association. He is the co-founder of the National Association of Parental Alienation Specialists (NAOPAS.com). In addition he has been approved by many legal bar associations to conduct continuing legal education on a variety of topics, including Litigating Family Law Cases with Parent Alienation, Critiquing and Reviewing Child Custody Evaluations and An Overview of Established Rehabilitation Programs. |
SESSIONS SPEAKERS
WILLIAM BERNET, M. D.
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 individual 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. 
CAROL GOLLY, Ph. D, LCSWCarol Golly has a special interest in parent and grandparent alienation. She is a founding board member of Alienated Grandparents Anonymous, Inc. (AGA) and completed her doctoral work on grandparent alienation in 2019. She has 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist for children, adolescents, and families in Naples, Florida. Carol serves as a court-appointed therapist for children and families and as an expert witness in cases of child abuse, trauma, neglect, and parental alienation.
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LINDA GOTTLIEB, LMFT, LCSW - R
Linda is a New York State Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is also a published author on family therapy and parental alienation. Linda has been frequently cited and referenced by other authors and experts in the field. Linda was trained by the world-renowned, highly respected child psychiatrist, Salvador Minuchin. After she completed her training at the Minuchin Center for the Family, Linda served on the Center’s faculty from 2003-2007 where she trained child psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals who wished to learn the techniques of Dr. Minuchin’s structural family therapy. Linda’s professional services to 5000 children and their families in multiple settings and in multiple roles span 50 years. She began her work with 3000 adjudicated abused and/or neglected children in New York’s foster care system. Subsequent to this experience, Linda transitioned in 1994 into the mental health system at South Shore Child Guidance Center in Freeport, Long Island where she designed, implemented, and supervised a home-based crisis intervention program to prevent the psychiatric hospitalization of a child. Linda additionally accepted referrals and appointments from local family courts to provide family counseling and parent coordination services to parents who were engaged in adversarial custody conflicts. In 2003, Linda focused her practice almost exclusively on helping parents settle their custody conflicts in the best interests of their children. After writing her 2012 book on parental alienation, Linda further concentrated her clinical practice on the sub- specialty of parental alienation—a highly dysfunctional family dynamic that is accepted by overwhelming consensus within the scientific community to be a profound form of psychological child abuse. Based upon what Linda had learned from the clinical literature, from colleagues who are leading experts in the field of alienation, and from her extensive evidence-based practice with approximately 650 alienated children and with approximately 1000 children whose parents were undergoing separation/divorce but who did not experience alienation, Linda developed a specialized reunification intervention to treat unjustifiably severed/severely damaged parent-child relationships. The intervention had proven to be highly successful—even in cases in which the severed parent-child relationships exceeded 4 years. In 2015, Linda further refined her specialized reunification intervention, and it became the treatment protocol she now employs at Turning Points for Families, her 4-day intensive intervention to jump-start unjustified severed/severely damaged parent-child relationships. Linda further provides supervision in alienation and estrangement to custody evaluators, clinicians, forensic evaluators, and to other professionals who intervene in custody cases in which alienation is alleged. Linda also maintains a small practice testifying as an expert witness in family dynamics, alienation, estrangement, family therapy, and child abuse. |
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COLLEEN MURRAY, Ph. D, LPC
Colleen M. Murray, Ph.D., is a Licensed Practicing Counselor in Saint Robert, MO. Dr. Murray has an interest in better defining intimate partner violence to include parental alienation. She has spent many years working in the area of intimate partner violence and studying the effects and interventions for children subjected to intimate partner violence. Dr. Murray is in private practice with a focus on high conflict divorce and parental alienation. Dr. Murray assists families with co-parenting, reunification of alienated parent, and parent management techniques. Dr. Murray regularly testifies as an expert witness in high conflict divorce case. Dr. Murray speaks at continuing education conferences for family law attorneys and judges concerning how parental alienation effects children. Dr. Murray is also an adjunct professor at Drury University. Colleen M. Murray is the owner of Victor’s Crown Christian Counseling Center, where she specializes in working with families struggling with high conflict divorce and parental alienation. Colleen is also an adjunct faculty member of Drury University. Colleen attended Campbell University and received her bachelor’s in Psychology. After graduation Colleen went on to serve in the United States Army where she received the Medal of Merit for her work in Homeland Security. After leaving the Army, Colleen went on to received her Master’s and Ph.D. in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University graduating summa cum laude and cum laude. Colleen conducted research in childhood trauma due to domestic violence. Colleen has three children; Ashley, Stuart and Joseph and lives in Saint Robert Missouri with her husband Daniel. |
PANELISTS
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LYNN STEINBERG, Ph. D, LMFT
Trained in the Family Systems model, Dr. Steinberg works with families, couples, groups and individuals. She has specialized in working with children and adults abused as children for more than 40 years. She worked in the courts as an expert on sexual abuse with children, adults and in the work place. Her interest and background grew naturally to embrace the psychological abuse of Parent Alienation, which she has specialized in for the last 10 years. This includes false accusations of sexual abuse. She offers a Four Day Intensive Family Reunification program for Alienated Parents and their alienated children. It takes place in Los Angeles. She is an expert witness in Parent Alienation in the Children’s Court and Family Court. She can also testify to the treatment of members of the Alienated Family and assist with Court Appearances. Dr. Steinberg is also a trained Mediator and has mediated for the Superior Court. |
ROBERT HOFFMAN, P.L.L.C.
Robert Hoffman is Board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is also a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Robert has been practicing family law for 33 years. He has been successful in handling as lead counsel numerous bench and jury trials and negotiating highly contested child custody battles, high net worth divorces, complex financial disputes and cases involving parental alienation. He successfully represented Kelly Jones against Alex Jones (Infowars fame) in a jury trial in Austin, Texas in 2016. He is well-known and specializes in trying complex cases. Robert enjoys working closely with and advocating for people at a critical time in their lives. Robert has been consistently included in Texas Super Lawyers 2003-2019 and Best Lawyers US 2008-2020. |
FRIDAY NIGHT SPEAKER
On Friday night, May 14, 2021 from 7:00-8:00 PM EST, Robert Hoffman will be presenting to us on the subject "Anticipating and Defending Against the Inevitable Courtroom Attacks on Parental Alienation on your Case"
From 8:00-9:00 PM EDT, we will have breakout rooms for alienated family member, mental health professionals and legal professionals who work in the field of alienation. I am now registering those who wish to participate.
From 8:00-9:00 PM EDT, we will have breakout rooms for alienated family member, mental health professionals and legal professionals who work in the field of alienation. I am now registering those who wish to participate.
ROBERT HOFFMAN, P.L.L.C.
Robert Hoffman is Board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is also a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Robert has been practicing family law for 33 years. He has been successful in handling as lead counsel numerous bench and jury trials and negotiating highly contested child custody battles, high net worth divorces, complex financial disputes and cases involving parental alienation. He successfully represented Kelly Jones against Alex Jones (Infowars fame) in a jury trial in Austin, Texas in 2016. He is well-known and specializes in trying complex cases. Robert enjoys working closely with and advocating for people at a critical time in their lives. Robert has been consistently included in Texas Super Lawyers 2003-2019 and Best Lawyers US 2008-2020.
Robert Hoffman is Board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is also a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Robert has been practicing family law for 33 years. He has been successful in handling as lead counsel numerous bench and jury trials and negotiating highly contested child custody battles, high net worth divorces, complex financial disputes and cases involving parental alienation. He successfully represented Kelly Jones against Alex Jones (Infowars fame) in a jury trial in Austin, Texas in 2016. He is well-known and specializes in trying complex cases. Robert enjoys working closely with and advocating for people at a critical time in their lives. Robert has been consistently included in Texas Super Lawyers 2003-2019 and Best Lawyers US 2008-2020.
SATURDAY NIGHT SPEAKER
LINDA GOTTLIEB, LMFT, LCSW - R
Linda is a New York State Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is also a published author on family therapy and parental alienation. Linda has been frequently cited and referenced by other authors and experts in the field.
Linda was trained by the world-renowned, highly respected child psychiatrist, Salvador Minuchin. After she completed her training at the Minuchin Center for the Family, Linda served on the Center’s faculty from 2003-2007 where she trained child psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals who wished to learn the techniques of Dr. Minuchin’s structural family therapy.
Linda’s professional services to 5000 children and their families in multiple settings and in multiple roles span 50 years. She began her work with 3000 adjudicated abused and/or neglected children in New York’s foster care system. Subsequent to this experience, Linda transitioned in 1994 into the mental health system at South Shore Child Guidance Center in Freeport, Long Island where she designed, implemented, and supervised a home-based crisis intervention program to prevent the psychiatric hospitalization of a child. Linda additionally accepted referrals and appointments from local family courts to provide family counseling and parent coordination services to parents who were engaged in adversarial custody conflicts.
In 2003, Linda focused her practice almost exclusively on helping parents settle their custody conflicts in the best interests of their children. After writing her 2012 book on parental alienation, Linda further concentrated her clinical practice on the sub- specialty of parental alienation—a highly dysfunctional family dynamic that is accepted by overwhelming consensus within the scientific community to be a profound form of psychological child abuse.
Based upon what Linda had learned from the clinical literature, from colleagues who are leading experts in the field of alienation, and from her extensive evidence-based practice with approximately 650 alienated children and with approximately 1000 children whose parents were undergoing separation/divorce but who did not experience alienation, Linda developed a specialized reunification intervention to
treat unjustifiably severed/severely damaged parent-child relationships. The intervention had proven to be highly successful—even in cases in which the severed parent-child relationships exceeded 4 years.
In 2015, Linda further refined her specialized reunification intervention, and it became the treatment protocol she now employs at Turning Points for Families, her 4-day intensive intervention to jump-start unjustified severed/severely damaged parent-child relationships.
Linda further provides supervision in alienation and estrangement to custody evaluators, clinicians, forensic evaluators, and to other professionals who intervene in custody cases in which alienation is alleged. Linda also maintains a small practice testifying as an expert witness in family dynamics, alienation, estrangement, family therapy, and child abuse.
Linda is a New York State Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is also a published author on family therapy and parental alienation. Linda has been frequently cited and referenced by other authors and experts in the field.
Linda was trained by the world-renowned, highly respected child psychiatrist, Salvador Minuchin. After she completed her training at the Minuchin Center for the Family, Linda served on the Center’s faculty from 2003-2007 where she trained child psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals who wished to learn the techniques of Dr. Minuchin’s structural family therapy.
Linda’s professional services to 5000 children and their families in multiple settings and in multiple roles span 50 years. She began her work with 3000 adjudicated abused and/or neglected children in New York’s foster care system. Subsequent to this experience, Linda transitioned in 1994 into the mental health system at South Shore Child Guidance Center in Freeport, Long Island where she designed, implemented, and supervised a home-based crisis intervention program to prevent the psychiatric hospitalization of a child. Linda additionally accepted referrals and appointments from local family courts to provide family counseling and parent coordination services to parents who were engaged in adversarial custody conflicts.
In 2003, Linda focused her practice almost exclusively on helping parents settle their custody conflicts in the best interests of their children. After writing her 2012 book on parental alienation, Linda further concentrated her clinical practice on the sub- specialty of parental alienation—a highly dysfunctional family dynamic that is accepted by overwhelming consensus within the scientific community to be a profound form of psychological child abuse.
Based upon what Linda had learned from the clinical literature, from colleagues who are leading experts in the field of alienation, and from her extensive evidence-based practice with approximately 650 alienated children and with approximately 1000 children whose parents were undergoing separation/divorce but who did not experience alienation, Linda developed a specialized reunification intervention to
treat unjustifiably severed/severely damaged parent-child relationships. The intervention had proven to be highly successful—even in cases in which the severed parent-child relationships exceeded 4 years.
In 2015, Linda further refined her specialized reunification intervention, and it became the treatment protocol she now employs at Turning Points for Families, her 4-day intensive intervention to jump-start unjustified severed/severely damaged parent-child relationships.
Linda further provides supervision in alienation and estrangement to custody evaluators, clinicians, forensic evaluators, and to other professionals who intervene in custody cases in which alienation is alleged. Linda also maintains a small practice testifying as an expert witness in family dynamics, alienation, estrangement, family therapy, and child abuse.
On Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 7:00-8:00 PM EST, Linda Gottlieb will be presenting on "Memories: An Indispensable Co-Therapist in Reunification Therapy". This will take the place of her previously scheduled Monday presentation.
From 8:00-9:00 PM EDT, we will have breakout rooms for alienated family member, mental health professionals and legal professionals who work in the field of alienation. I am now registering those who wish to participate.
From 8:00-9:00 PM EDT, we will have breakout rooms for alienated family member, mental health professionals and legal professionals who work in the field of alienation. I am now registering those who wish to participate.
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