Topics Featured by Dr. Warshak
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Divorce Poison/Parental Alienation/Parental Alienation Syndrome
- allegations of alienation in celebrity custody disputes
- child abductions
- understanding alienated children
- understanding parental alienation processes
- preventing alienation and estrangement
- overcoming alienation and estrangement
- reuniting parents with their estranged adult children
- therapeutic management of parental alienation in families
- judicial management of parental alienation in families
- Family Bridges: A Workshop for Troubled and Alienated Parent-Child Relationships™
- controversies regarding parental alienation syndrome
Child Custody, Divorce, and Stepfamilies – General
- celebrity divorces and custody disputes
- psychological trauma to children of extensive media attention
- how to talk to your children about the other parent
- the Warshak Test for distinguishing between helpful and harmful criticism of a parent
- impact of divorce on children and adolescents
- child development in stepfamilies
- father custody
- mother custody
- joint custody
- mothers without custody
- coping with the stress of single parenting
- relocation cases
- when children ask to move from mom’s house to dad’s
- parenting plans for infants and young children
- child custody evaluation procedures
- benefits and hazards of involving children in custody decisions
- evaluating child custody evaluators
- ethical issues in child custody evaluations
- writing effective custody evaluation reports
- child custody consultations
- bias in child custody evaluations and consultations
- pediatric consultations with divorcing families
- divorce mediation
- collaborative divorce
- child support compliance
- the American Law Institute’s approximation rule proposal
- holidays in divorced families
- how to tell your children about your divorce
- should children decide custody?
- preparing children for summer contacts with the other parent
- tips for stepparents
- tips for remarried parents
Child Psychology and Parenting
- self-esteem in children and adolescents
- depression in children
- anxiety in children
- shy children
- children who lie
- bipolar disorder in children
- sibling rivalry
- managing your child’s difficult behavior
- teen dating tips for parents
- suggestibility in children
- childhood sexual behavior
- child sex abuse
- coping with sexual abuse of children
- evaluating sex abuse allegations
- myths in abuse and neglect cases
- empty nest syndrome
- school anxiety
- preparing your child for back-to-school and first-day fears
- teacher-student conflicts
- children who overeat
- talking to children about trauma, e.g., the Columbia Shuttle tragedy, 9/11
- talking to your children about sex
- dealing with children’s misbehavior in public
- helping children cope with trauma
- helping children cope with anxiety about war and terrorism
- how to tell when things are going well...and what to do when they’re not
- when to consult a child psychologist
- a psychological analysis of Batman
General Psychology and Mental Health
- adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- emotional affairs
- keeping New Year’s resolutions
- reducing holiday stress
- coping with job loss
- managing war-related anxiety
- coping with general anxiety
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- memory and recall
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