The psychosocial treatment of parental alienation

Psychiatrists, mental health workers, and lawyers serving families in court have all heard it before: a mother saying, «He is nothing but a sperm donor,» a father trying to contain his rage, saying, «My ex-wife is brainwashing my children with denigrating accusations, so the children are afraid of seeing me because of false allegations of abuse.» Observing the hostilitie…