Monthly Webinars
Brian Ludmer, B., Comm. LLB.
Trying to Solve Alienation
On Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights presents Brian Ludmer on the topic “Trying to Solve Alienation”. This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@FamiliesDividedTV
The clinical, experiential and legal knowledge informing responses to Parental Alienation are still a work in progress. Brian Ludmer's presentation looks back on the preceding 35 years since a seminal Decision in Montréal, Québec Canada exhibited most of the major understandings representing state-of-the-art knowledge today. The presentation explores why we are still struggling to have these fundamental truths broadly accepted in the helping professions and legal profession, including Courts. A reminder of the specific findings from this 1991 case should trigger reflections on why we are re-fighting these battles and contesting findings that should be accepted broadly.
Brian Ludmer is a Canadian attorney whose practice focuses on cases involving high conflict divorce, denial of access and parental alienation. Brian works as special counsel with US and Canadian and foreign attorneys and mental health professionals in the field of high conflict divorce and parental alienation. Brian has co-authored a book (The High Conflict Custody Battle) with Dr. Amy Baker and Dr. Michael Bone on related issues, which can be found on Amazon, Indigo and other online book retailers. Brian uses this knowledge on his high net worth family law cases Brian is dedicated to sharing what he has learned from all of his clients and cases, and from his own personal experience, with professionals and targeted parents across North America. Brian is a frequent speaker in multiple media sources for PAAO, the Children’s Rights Council, the Canadian Equal Parenting Coalition, Family Access_Fighting for Children’s Rights frequently in its webinars and gave two papers at its 2019 Conference in Kentucky. Brian gave papers at the 2017 PASG Conference in Washington, at the 2018 EAPAP inaugural conference in London UK, and at the 2019 PASG Conference in Philadelphia and has also given presentations for other organizations across Canada and the United States focused on high conflict divorce and grandparents rights. Brian has also been speaking to the Ontario Canada hospital network on PA Diagnosis and Therapy. Brian is a founding member of Lawyers for Shared Parenting, and drafted much of Bill C-560, a 2014 proposal to amend Canada’s Divorce Act to introduce a rebuttable presumption of equal shared parenting. Brian was an invited witness to the Canadian House of Commons (2018) and Senate (2019) Committee hearings on Bill C-78, amendments to Canada’s Divorce legislation that take effect in July 2020. Brian is the legal editor of the PASG bi-monthly newsletter Brian has been successful in advancing the law and understanding of the dynamic through his tireless efforts on behalf of his clients and has been counsel or co-counsel on several of the leading cases in this area across Canada. The jurisprudence on several of Brian’s cases have made meaningful advances in the legal remedies Courts are directed to use in denial of access and parental alienation cases.
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.