Category Archives: understanding parental alienation

Underground Love

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

♪ Baby, baby/Where did our love go? ♪ One of the most disheartening and confounding aspects of parental alienation is the evaporation of your child’s lifelong love for you, sometimes in the blink of an eye. In most cases the … Continue reading →

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Ten Parental Alienation Fallacies

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

I am pleased to announce my new paper, published online earlier this month by the American Psychological Association (APA). Ten Parental Alienation Fallacies That Compromise Decisions in Court and in Therapy passed a peer review process and was published in … Continue reading →

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What Courts Can Do About Parental Alienation

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

Last February I was honored to be invited to Victoria, British Columbia to film segments as a guest on the leading talk show produced in Canada: Family Matters. The show is hosted by Justice Harvey Brownstone who is actually a … Continue reading →

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Teaching Children to Hate

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

Two common divorce scenarios: You thought your marriage was on solid ground, until you discovered your spouse’s affair. You file for divorce, and blame the end of your marriage on your spouse’s infidelity. Or, you knew your relationship was fraught … Continue reading →

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Managing Severe Cases of Parental Alienation

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

I am pleased to announce my new article: Managing Severe Cases of Parental Alienation. Published by the State Bar of Texas, it includes never-before-published material previously available only through my trial testimony and consultation. Some of the highlights: • 3 … Continue reading →

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Divorce Poison (2nd ed) Now in iTunes and Kindle

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

The wait is over. Through some gap between my publisher and the Kindle folks, the downloadable edition of the revised edition of Divorce Poison never saw the light of digital day in 2010. Last April, when a reader expressed her … Continue reading →

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Milestone: 100 Five-Star Reviews of Divorce Poison on Amazon!

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

As I mention in the Introduction to the revised edition of Divorce Poison, it has been so gratifying to hear from readers who find my work helpful in navigating a difficult passage in their life. I am grateful, too, that … Continue reading →

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NY Higher Court Decision on Parental Alienation

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

MATTER OF BOND v. MacLEOD 2011 NY Slip Op 03153 509360.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department. Decided April 21, 2011. Based upon the expressed preferences of 13-year-old and 11-year-old children, and the mother ceasing her … Continue reading →

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Why Did You and Daddy Get Divorced?

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

When parents decide to divorce they face the difficult challenge of telling the children. The task is so difficult that about one in four parents say nothing to the children. They leave the kids to figure out for themselves what … Continue reading →

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Kudos for Pluto

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Dr. Richard A. Warshak

The American Journal of Family Therapy, a peer-review, refereed journal, has published a review of the DVD, Welcome Back, Pluto: Understanding, Preventing, and Overcoming Parental Alienation. The review was co-written by forensic psychologist Dr. S. Richard Sauber, and attorney, David … Continue reading →

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