Monthly Webinars
Kelley Baker, PHD, LPC
Helpful Hints From Parents Who Made it to the Other Side
On Sunday, June 7, 2026 at 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights presents Dr. Kelley Baker on the topic “Helpful Hints From Parents Who Made it to the Other Side”. This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@FamiliesDividedTV
In this seminar, Dr. Baker shares insights and strategies from targeted parents who dealt with rejecting behaviors from their children and adolescents. These parents navigated years of parernting, during and after divorce, when their children were maintaining parenting time schedules with both parents but continued to engage in rejection behaviors at one home. These behaviors included withdrawing from interactions and family events, hiding in their rooms, emotional dysregulated, and verbal disparagement, among others. In these cases, the child eventually returned to normal/positive parent-child interactions with the targeted parent. The objective of this seminar is to explore possibilities for parenting during a time when children are still being negatively influenced and also discuss situations that ended positively.
Dr. Baker graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002 with a doctorate degree in Developmental, Social, and Personality Psychology and a master’s degree in Program Evaluation. She also holds a master’s degree in Counseling and Guidance and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. Dr. Baker has over 25 years of clinical experience serving families going through separation and divorce. As a forensic consultant in the Austin area of central Texas, she serves primarily as a court appointed guardian ad litem, a court appointed custody evaluator, and an expert on topics related to high conflict divorce. Her professional career includes teaching as an adjunct professor of undergraduate and graduate psychology and counseling courses and providing continuing education and training to mental health and legal professionals. She has presented training for local and state Bar Associations. Her publications include co-authored chapters in The Litigator’s Handbook: Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology and in Gender and Domestic Violence: Contemporary Legal Practice and Intervention Reforms. She has also contributed articles to the National Parents Organization. Dr. Baker is an active member in the American Counseling Association (ACA), The Association of Family and Conciliatory Courts (AFCC), Parental Alienation Study Group where she serves on the membership committee, and the International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP), where she served for two years as the vice-president of family professions. www.kelleybakerphd.co.
Roberta Wasserman, LCSW-C
Processing Ambiguous Grief From Estrangement
On Sunday, July 5, 2026 at 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights presents Roberta Wasserman on the topic “Processing Ambiguous Grief from Estrangement”. This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@FamiliesDividedTV
Estrangement from a child or grandchild is one of the most painful and isolating experiences a parent or grandparent can face. This presentation explores the emotional reality of estrangement—living with unanswered questions, grief, and loss—while offering a compassionate framework for healing and personal growth.
Participants will be invited to consider a balanced approach: accepting what is beyond their control while gently exploring what is within their power to change. Through reflection, increased self-awareness, and emotional resilience, it becomes possible to move from a place of helplessness toward one of grounded strength and hope.
Ultimately, this presentation is designed to remind participants that they are not alone, that healing is possible, and that even in the presence of estrangement, a meaningful and peaceful life can still be cultivated.
Roberta Wasserman, LCSW-C is a trauma-informed therapist, coach, and consultant with over two decades of clinical experience. As the founder of Healthwaves Counseling, Coaching, and Consulting, she specializes in family estrangement, grief, trauma, and couples work. Roberta draws from both personal and professional insight in her work, offering a uniquely compassionate and informed perspective.
She is a Certified Family Estrangement Coach, trained by Dr. Josh Coleman, a pioneer in the field, and a Certified Grief Educator through renowned expert David Kessler. Roberta is also fully trained in the Gottman Method, with specializations in couples counseling, addiction, trauma, and affair recovery.
In her practice, Roberta advocates for the well-being of children within the family system and supports clients through complex relational dynamics. She facilitates virtual support groups for individuals navigating estrangement, separation, divorce, and widowhood. Prior to the Pandemic she facilitated support groups for Alienated Grandparents Anonymous.
Providing a resource: A gentle 12-step workbook offering support, reflection, and healing for parents and grandparents navigating the pain of estrangement.
Alan D. Blotcky, PhD
False Allegations of Abuse within Parental Alienation
On Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights presents Dr. Alan Blotcky on the topic “False Allegations of Abuse within Parental Alienation.” This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@FamiliesDividedTV
False allegations of abuse are a common problem in parental alienation cases. This presentation will address both: parental alienation and false allegations of abuse as weapons.
False allegations are crucial to understand accurately because they represent a severe alienating behavior by alienating parents. Children and teenagers can be unwitting or witting participants in false allegations of abuse against targeted parents.
We will discuss definitions and characteristics in this presentation but also practical points that are relevant in real-life cases: the effects of false allegations and alienation on children and rejected parents, how to navigate a case, what therapists and attorneys and GALs need to do to help, how courts help and hurt, and much more.
Alan D. Blotcky, PhD, is a clinical and forensic psychologist in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since 2019, Blotcky has testified in 72 cases in 22 states on parental alienation and false allegations of abuse in family and criminal courts. He has written two books: “Parental Alienation for Families and Practitioners: Q&A” and “Parents’ Pawns: Expert Advice in Navigating False Allegations and Parental Alienation.
alanblotckyphd.com