Children need. . . THIS? standards and practices in chld custody evaluations IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Children need. . . THIS? standards and practices in chld custody evaluationsCHILD CUSTODY EVALUATORS: IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Parental Alienation Theory
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[ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: "...8. Data is beginning to accumulate to show that no one intervention is consistently helpful. Forget counseling when it comes to moderately and severely alienated families. In these cases, placing the child primarily with the aliented parent may help more often than not." (Pennsylvania doctorate-level MHP, February 27, 2005).
        [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE RESPONSE]: "I concur with all but #8. I believe the current thinking is that "parentectomies" are ill advised." (California doctorate-level MHP, February 27, 2005).
        [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE RESPONSE]: "what about mutually alienating parents" (Florida doctorate-level MHP, February 27, 2005).
        [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE RESPONSE]: "But what about cases in which BOTH occur? I'm thinking of a scenario where a kid has a rational reason to feel estranged, but then this is fanned into alienation by a 3rd party?" (California doctorate-level MHP, February 28, 2005).
        [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: "I think we should begin to educate courts that the estrangement or alienation of a child from a parent in a complex, multi-level process with many individual, parent-child, and family level contributors that cannot be reduced to simple explanatory frameworks, In my practice, a child's disaffection from a parent (expressed via visitation avoidance) is very often a complex mix of realistic estrangement (rational, sometimes trauma-base) and irrational (the result of internal cognitive distortions by the child or toxic contributions from an alienating parent)." (New York doctorate-level MHP, February 28, 2005).
        [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: "Myself and ___ have identified specific behaviors leading to a definition of parental alienation. We do make a distinction between estrangement and parental alienation. We anticipate future publications on the results of our studies." (Ohio doctorate-level MHP, February 28, 2005).
        [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE RESPONSE]: "The Drozd Olesen decision tree has much to recommend it. The only element that I sometimes have trouble with is the idea that in a case where there has been abuse and the abused parent is engaging in behavior that would have the effect of undermining the other parent-child relationship, that behavior is necessarily based on fear or protection. Depending on the type and severity of the abuse, how much mutuality there was, whether it was a battering relationship... a case of common couple violence or a high conflict case that escalated to violence, the abused parent may be engaging in undermining behavior that is based on other issues - such as anger, high conflict dynamics, or an attempt to use a single-incident as a tool in the custody conflict." (California doctorate-level MHP, February 28, 2005).
        [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE RESPONSE]: "I have seen several other cases in which the alienating parent was the father, not the mother. It isn't always the mother. If fathers are doing the alienating as much as mothers, it shouldn't be seen as a concept manufactured by the father's rights movement. I agree that the behaviors should be described but the term "parental alienation syndrome" avoided." (Minnesota masters-level MHP, February 28, 2005).
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