Workshops & Special Events
Parent Alienation Syndrome: Myths and Realities
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High conflict divorce creates enormous challenges for clinicians. Prominent among them is the protection of vulnerable children caught in middle of intense animosity between parents. Often this conflict can present with accusations that one parent is actively engaged in alienating a child or children from the other parent and the therapist is inveigled into supporting one or another parent. Lawyers and judges are often befuddled and uncomfortable with these situations and will frequently turn to family therapists for help. Without a solid systemic understanding of high-conflict divorce and the use, misuse and over-use of the term parent alienation therapists have often been known to exacerbate already catastrophic situations.
This workshop will address the many conceptions—and misconceptions—about PAS and present a systemic framework for understanding the phenomenon. We will examine the controversies surrounding PAS, look at case examples, and discuss ways in which therapists can be helpful in managing couples—and themselves—in high-conflict divorce.
Elliott J. Rosen, Ed.D., L.M.F.T.
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