Surviving Parental Alienation: A Journey of Hope and Healing
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (977 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1538106949 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Surviving Parental Alienation provides parents who have been ostracized from their children with understanding and validation through personal accounts and expert analysis. Offering insight and advice, the authors guide the “targeted” parent through the issues and challenges and help them better manage their experiences.
The authors give wise suggestions for alienated parents to consider as they work toward that goal. This is a moving book and a must read for parents and professionals alike. It would be hard to believe some of these stories (both of loss and of hope) if I hadn’t known such similar stories first hand experienced by some of my clients in family court. (Jill Egizii, president, Parental Alienation Awareness Organization USA)This powerful book evokes strong emotions such as anger, grief, compassion, and amazement. The authors collect some of these heartbreaking stories, put them into their psychological framework, relate them to the academic literature, and finally, offer a last chapter on ideas for maintaining communication. That group would also benefit from this text, which is a suitable purchase for academic libraries. I highly recommend this book. Their continuous contributions to the parental alienation arena are priceless. (Bill
Fine, LCSW,isa licensed clinical social worker in practice in Englewood, NJ, in a community mental health center. Baker, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized leader and expert in the field of parental alienation and loyalty conflicts. He has over 30 years’ experience providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy to adults, teens
"Thank you" according to ELR. To Amy Baker and Paul Fine for writing this much-needed book to give targeted parents validation, insight and hope to their situations. As a targeted parent for the past Thank you To Amy Baker and Paul Fine for writing this much-needed book to give targeted parents validation, insight and hope to their situations. As a targeted parent for the past 3 years (much longer if you count the pre-separation dynamics that preceded the ramp up to full blown alienation), I have longed for the written companionship that focuses on the experiences of others in the same horrific situation. Whether a parent's painful journey is catalyzed by the calculated efforts of the "favored" parent's overt or covert manipulation, or whether it's due to other factors, this book pro. years (much longer if you count the pre-separation dynamics that preceded the ramp up to full blown alienation), I have longed for the written companionship that focuses on the experiences of others in the same horrific situation. Whether a parent's painful journey is catalyzed by the calculated efforts of the "favored" parent's overt or covert manipulation, or whether it's due to other factors, this book pro. "Painful Memories have to be dealt with" according to C_R. I really can't say that I love it. I went 15 years without any contact with my biological children. I tried to put it behind me, then one day, the daughter appears in my life again, she's no longer under her mother's control, she's now a parent herself. I think becoming a parent may have helped her understand the pain in my life and opened her to the possibility of reuniting. I am glad that people are still building on the teachings of Richard A. Gardner M.D. If you think this book is going to wash away all your pain, forget it, if you want to know that you're not alone in your. "The Best Book on Alienation" according to C. F. James. The last chapter covers "Strategies for Reconnecting with Adult Alienated Children". That is the answer everyone wants. Although it warns that there is no magical wand, and I repeat no magical wand, did I say no wand . I can say that, after searching the entire world over, it is the best strategy I know of. No it did not work (yet), but I have evidence that it really got them thinking. And the book explains what to do to follow up (it can be (usually is?) more of a process than an event). So I am following up.I see the first 99% of the book as an exercise in the authors demonst