Keynote address
Mme. Justice Marie-France Vincent, juge responsable de la chambre familiale, district de Québec, Cour supérieure du Québec, will facilitate a conversation between target parents including Joshua Homme (two-time GRAMMY winner and lead vocalist of the 9-time GRAMMY nominated rock band Queens of the Stone Age) of Dalle-Homme v Homme Los Angeles, and Mr. X of the X v Y and Ms. G of the F v G Canadian cases.
The cases involved allegations of domestic violence and parental alienation. They were resolved with the help of Court orders that included reversals in decision-making authority, a minimum 90-day no contact period, and attendance at the Family Bridges workshop & aftercare.
Dr. Barbara Jo Fidler (psychologist) and Mr. Brian Hall (lawyer) will offer additional comments from a clinical and legal perspective.
Featured Speakers
We’re excited to welcome a lineup of passionate and respected professionals who are making a meaningful impact in the field of parental alienation.
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This page will be updated as additional speakers are confirmed.
Justice Marie-France Vincent, Francine Cyr, & Amylie Paquin-Boudreau
A psychojudicial protocol for child resistance refusal dynamics
Ashish Joshi & Judge Jon Van Allsburg
Effective Legal Interventions in Cases Involving Parental Alienating Behaviors
Dr. Denise McCartan, author of Parental Alienation: An Evidence-Based Approach
Clinical Psychology Assessment of Parents when Parental Alienation is Suspected
Prof. Nick Bala
Parental Alienation – Junk Science or Child Abuse? A Question for Politicians, Judges or Psychologists?
Dr. Jennifer Harman, Dr. Richard Warshak, Dr. Amanda Sharples, & Joshua Marsden
Parental Alienating Behaviors: Ignore at Children’s Peril
Dr. Yvonne M. Parnell
Family Bridges workshop and aftercare: 18 years of data
Heleen Koppejan
Learning from clinical and legal failures
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Family violence, parental alienation and co-parenting
Cynthia Hayek
Learning from legal failures in family court
Dr. Alan Blotcky
Expert testimony in PA cases: Four scenarios that can be successful
Dr. Ken Lewis & Merle Lewis
Using the 5-Factor Model in a Child Custody Evaluation
Dana Laquidara & William J. McGee
Both Sides Now: Two Stories of an Alienated Child and an Alienated Parent
Dr. Mark Roseman
Navigating High-Conflict Custody: The Role of Supervised Visitation
Dr. Stan Korosi
The Politics of Alienation and Implications for Advocacy: The Public, Political and Real Reasons Behind Kayden’s, Picqui’s, Kyra’s Laws and Australian 2024 Family Law Reforms
Starting the Dialogue on A Social and Public Health Policy Framework for Alienation and Children’s Needs
Joshua Marsden
The scientific rigor of parental alienation studies: A quality assessment of the peer reviewed research
Sibling rejection in parental alienation: Exploring dynamics, contributing factors, and impacts
Pilot study of parental alienation items in the adverse childhood experiences scale: The development of a screening tool
Dr. Kathleen Reay
Evaluating the Impact of the Family Reflections Reunification Program on Severely Alienated Children and Their Families
Dr. Mary Alvarez, Lisa Rothfus, & Christine Turner
Parental Alienation: Missed Judicial and Clinical Opportunities in a Real Case Study
Amylie Paquin-Boudreau, Dr. Jennifer Harman, & Brian Ludmer
Trajectories of families in parental alienation cases in Canadian courts
Michelle Jones
Successes and Failures of Reunification Therapy: Lessons to be Learned
Alyson Jones
Reunification from the Inside Out
Dr. Mary Alvarez, Dr. Kelley Baker, & Dr. Amy Eichler
Treatment Planning for Targeted and Favored Parents: Neurodevelopmental and Psychological Considerations
Dr. Inbal Kivenson Bar-On
Severe forms of inadequate boundaries in child parent relationship as reflecting maltreatment and negative impact on children’s psychological wellbeing among PA cases
Jasmine Nakano
International Parental Child Abduction to Developing Countries: Perspective of a child abducted to Bangladesh
Ian McArdle
Parental Alienation in the Family Justice System in England and Wales
Brian Ludmer
What is wrong with how the legal, therapeutic, parenting coordination and child protection worlds are assisting families in crisis - Lessons from a Career in the Vortex
Jesper Lohse
BREAKING: New Parental Alienation Legislation in Denmark
Dr. William Bernet, Dr. Ben Hine, Dr. Jennifer Harman, & Dr. Yvonne M. Parnell
Panel Discussion: Creative Research Initiatives Regarding Parental Alienation Theory
Joan Kloth-Zanard, Dr. Lynn Steinberg, & Charity Schneider
Deconstructing Parental Alienation: A Comparative Analysis of Diagnostic Criteria and Related Concepts
Rony Golczewski
Parental Alienation in Switzerland: A Cultural, Developmental, Attachment, and Family Life-Cycle Perspective
Dr. Lynn Steinberg
Debunking Myths: The Efficacy of Parental Alienation Reunification Therapy
Mary Gauci
Happy Parenting - Malta (For Happier Children)’s mission
Lawrence DeMarco
“We Are the Media Now”: A Networked Approach to Combating Misinformation About Parental Alienation
Giorgio Ilacqua
P.A.S.T.A.: Parental Alienation Syndrome and Transactional Analysis
R. K.
Parental alienation – A parent journey from a victim to a hero
Randy Flood
Parenting Under Siege: How Everyday Parenting Becomes a Battle for Targeted Parents
Lilly Landikusic
The Empowerment Collaborative Co-parenting Project ~ A Hybrid, Solution-Focused Clinical, Meditative, Protective and Legal Intervention Model to Effectively Identify, Screen/Assess and Treat Parental Alienation Abuse and/or Crimes
Anthony Bezzina
How does parental alienation affect the psychological and mental ability on workers from a safety perspective
Linda Gunsberg
The Rise and Fall of the Reset Plan
Dr. William Bernet
Parental Alienation Theory: Official Synopsis
Eveline van Dorp and Wessel Brouwer
Bringing the impact of intimate relationships to life using a new powerful tool: Family Ties®
Ivan Sammut
Shifting the Dial in Parental Alienation Litigation – The Way Forward
Yaakov Aichenbaum
The Danger of Unscientific Surveys Swaying Public Policy: The Project Justice Colorado Family Court Reform Report
Joan Kloth-Zanard & Robert Garza
Legislative Advancements
Matt Peloquin
Grieving the Loss of Fatherhood: Addressing Disenfranchised Grief in Divorced Fathers Through Tailored Counseling Interventions
Natalie Williamson & Cory Sprunger
The Sliding Scale of Parental Alienation Practice: A reference guide to implementing PA litigation strategies for all types of parental alienation cases
Anthony Cauchi
Recommendations for changes in family mentality reform
Melanie Gill
Triangulation, Trauma, and Truth
Dr. Lena Hellblom Sjögren
Family breakdowns in Sweden: Experiences of law practice in severe parental alienation cases
Randy Flood & Zach Flood
The Collateral Damage of Parental Alienation: High-Risk Dilemmas for Clinicians
Shawn Philbert
You don’t like my ruling so now you say I am biased! Enforcement of Parenting Coordinator Awards – Tools to Ensure Success when dealing with alienating conduct
Lisa Rothfus & Jayna Haney
Setting the Alienated Parent Up for Success: Preparing for the First Parent-Child Joint Session
Shawn Wygant
When Should a Child’s Exposure to Parental Alienation Behaviors Require a Child Protective Response? Exploring the Parental Alienation Child Abuse Model
Protective Parenting and Shared Parenting Models: Can They Co-Exist?
Linda Gunsberg & Jordan Trager
The Trager-Gunsberg Multidisciplinary Fast-Track Legal, Treatment and Training Model for a Parental Alienation Court within the Family Court
Dr. Paul Bensussan
Silencing the Experts: The Targeting of Parental Alienation Specialists by Ideological Activist Movements – A French Case Study
Dr. Amanda Sharples
The Connection between Parental Alienating Behaviours and Other Forms of Abuse
Dr. Ben Hine
The Prevalence of PABs in the United Kingdom
Heleen Koppejan, Mishu Kozlowski, Jenna Kozlowski, & Jasmine Nakano
The Voice of the Child: Then and Now
Linda Gottlieb & Loretta Maase
Trauma Informed Therapy for Parental Alienation
Ginger Gentile
The REVIVE Method: Restoring Relationships and Reversing Parental Alienation, Even in Severe Cases Without Judicial Intervention
Courtney Dowdall
Escalation and Exclusion: Fathers’ Narratives of Navigating Non-Cooperation and the Dynamics of Parental Alienation