Children Who Resist Postseparation Parental Contact

Children Who Resist Postseparation Parental Contact is a critical empirically based review of parental alienation that integrates the best research evidence with clinical insight from interviews with leading scholars and practitioners. The authors - Fidler Bala and Saini - a psychologist a lawyer and a social worker are an multidisciplinary team who draw upon the growing body of mental health and legal literature to summarize the historical development and controversies surrounding the concept of alienation and explain the causes dynamics and differentiation of various types of parent-child relationship issues. The authors review research on prevalence risk factors indicators assessment and measurement to form a conceptual integration of multiple factors relevant to the etiology and maintenance of the problem of strained parent-child relationships. A differential approach to assessment and intervention is provided. Children''s rights the role of their wishes and preferences in legal proceedings and the short- and long-term impact of parental alienation are also discussed. Considering legal clinical prevention and intervention strategies and concluding with recommendations for practice research and policy this book is a much-needed resource for mental health professionals judges family lawyers child protection workers mediators and others who work with families dealing with divorce separation and child custody issues.