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Rethinking Parental Alienation
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When conflict flares after separation, it’s tempting to grab the nearest label and call it an answer. We take you inside the messy reality behind “parental alienation,” unpacking why children resist contact, how loyalty binds and dysregulation show up, and what a child-first approach looks like when the adults are at war. Drawing on clinical practice with children and families, we explain why labels without careful formulation can mislead courts, inflame parents, and silence the child’s experience.
We explore a family systems perspective: behavior emerges in a relational…
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