Richard Gardner's Remedies for Parental Alienation Syndrome

SOURCE: http://www.randijames.com/2009/02/richard-gardners-remedies-for-parental.html

Richard Gardner's Remedies for Parental Alienation Syndrome

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EXCERPT : Gardner's "remedy" for purportedly severe PAS is extreme, including complete denial of maternal–child contact and "de-programming" the child through a concerted brainwashing effort to change the child's beliefs that they have been abused (Bruch, 2001; Gardner, 1992a; see also www.rachelfoundation.org). In more than one case, children subjected to these procedures have become suicidal, and in some cases killed themselves, in reaction to court orders to live with the father they said abused them (Bruch, 2001; Hoult, 2006). In other cases, courts have ordered children into jail and juvenile homes as part of Gardner's recommended "threat therapy" which is the stock in trade of strict alienation psychologists (Hoult, 2006; Johnston & Kelly, 2004a). SEE LINK FOR REST OF STORY by http://www.randijames.com/2009/02/richard-gardners-remedies-for-parental.html