What Can Yet Be Done with Older Children Who Have Been Long-Term Victims of Parental Alienation

One of the most difficult tasks facing expert witnesses (psychologists and psychiatrists) is seeking to reverse parental alienation of long standing when a child has reached adolescence or become an adult. Despite the difficulty, the author describes a strategy that is sometimes effective to make a victim aware of the constancy of the alienated parent’s love, and to provide a rational explanation, via a letter, for the now adult explaining the process of parental alienation

Alienation · Developmental psychology · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology