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State of Plutoverse – 2010

This is the first of what I hope will be an annual column recapping significant professional events of the year. 2010 was unusual in the number of major milestones that occurred. I do not expect to have another banner year … Continue reading

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Alec Baldwin’s A Promise to Ourselves

Alec Baldwin was kind enough to tell me how much my book, Divorce Poison: How To Protect Your Family From Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing, helped him understand his difficult family situation. I would like to reciprocate by sharing my thoughts about … Continue reading

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Answering Critics – Part 1

The many parents I have helped, women and men, express astonishment that some people demonize me, attempt to tarnish my reputation, and spread misleading and false information about my work and me. Although my supporters far outweigh my detractors, the … Continue reading

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The Slanted Truth: Rationalizing Trash-Talk

When a parent talks trash about the other parent directly to the children, a common rationalization is, “My children deserve to know the truth.” You will observe that “the truth” in these situations always refers to negative comments about the … Continue reading

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Kudos to Critics

In response to my first article on The Huffington Post, the blogosphere has seen a spate of attacks on me. Fortunately, the supporters outnumber the detractors by far. I thank my critics for doing such a good job of calling … Continue reading

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Parents Helping Parents: Tips from Victims of Divorce Poison

Warshak.com offers general advice that may be useful to parents. Visit the Divorce Poison Control Center. Many of these tips come directly from parents. Others are the result of what clients and readers of my books have taught me. Recently … Continue reading

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Parental Alienation Buster: Moratorium on Discussing the Past

Family Bridges: A Workshop for Troubled and Alienated Parent-Child Relationships eases the transition when irrationally alienated children, teens, and young adults reunite with rejected parents. (The workshop is not for children who have good reasons to avoid a parent.) For … Continue reading

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The Complex Tapestry of Parent-Child Relations

Stop Divorce Poison exposed the fallacy of assuming that both parents always contribute equally to their conflicts. When it comes to the psychology of alienated children, though, it is equally important to avoid reducing complex dynamics to a single factor. … Continue reading

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Welcome Back, Pluto Transforms Children’s Attitudes

My hope in writing and producing Welcome Back, Pluto was to translate the ideas in my guide, Divorce Poison: How To Protect Your Family From Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing, into a format that could reach children, teens, and parents. Alienated children … Continue reading

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Recent Higher Court Decisions Re: Parental Alienation

Parental alienation and parental alienation syndrome case law reference list. Continue reading

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