A child’s unjustified rejection of a loving parent caused through repeated negative psychological manipulation by their other parent (or main caregiver) is not a ‘gender issue’. Our research finds that both fathers and mothers can alienate their children (Access report). Yet we continue to see a proliferation of...
"ONLY CONSTANT REPETITION WILL SUCCEED IN IMPRINTING AN IDEA ON THE MEMORY OF A CROWD". We are heavily influenced by what we see and hear - by books, research papers, broadcast and written media. Influenced, significantly, by our own lived experiences, upbringing, cultural & societal norms....
All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Secondly, it is violently opposed. Thirdly, it is accepted as self-evident Without truth, we are building on sand. Without solid foundation. With no means to address any issue which falsehood perpetuates. The root cause of any given...
There is dangerous misinformation being so widely circulated and repeated so frequently among our community, that it is now becoming accepted as 'truth'. A falsehood which has the capacity to seriously emotionally harm children. Devastate and bankrupt loving parents. Damage OUR community. I write about research by...
We continue to see prolific and gender biased misinformation about the serious psychological abuse and coercive control dynamic - commonly referred to as 'parental alienation' - which renders so many precious and vulnerable children 'hostage' in a post separation landscape. Where they are simply not allowed to maintain a...
According to Women's Aid, "coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim It is a particularly insidious form of post-separation abuse". Here is why Parental...
There is a battle raging. A propaganda battle as surprising in its intensity, as its polarisation. A battle which has consequences for our very humanity. Between good and evil. Between right and wrong. Between truth and fiction. It is important we take note. The future of our children...
We all recognise the urgency of tackling domestic abuse. Society has come a long way from the 'behind closed doors' scenario where it was unspoken, stigmatised and when police often discounted it as a 'domestic'. Campaigns have raised public awareness to high levels and we understand that...
We would agree with sentiments expressed in recent blogs, that it is essential any campaigns to tackle parental alienation are effective. Too much is riding on this issue to be anything but. Which is why, after a year of research, we are yet to launch our...
Jennifer Freyd at the Centre for Advanced Study in Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University, confirms that a favourite tactic of abusers now has a name. DARVO -an acronym for Deny, Attack and Reverse the Victim and Offender. In her experience, any manipulative character (be they narcissist, psychopath,...
