Early Risk Assessment & Management of Parental Alienation among Practicing Front-liners.

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Parental Alienation among frontline professionals: As Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Psychologists, Teachers, Lawyers, Nurses, Coaches, Police Officers, Social Workers and frontliners working with people we notice that Parental Alienation Behaviour is visible even before it becomes diagnosable as mild to severe Parental Alienation. Signs in both children and parents emerge during therapy, or during interaction with other non-therapy frontline professionals. These can be signs of the risk of PA, like when a child is being parentified or triangulated by one parent, by being treated like an adult, taking care of adults, confided in like an adult, etc. PA doesn't necessarily start in court or during marital separation processes and signs of its risk can be detected much earlier through child and couple behaviours. This research is intended to develop further a Risk Assessment Protocol that can help frontline professionals in various fields to detect, identify and manage the risk of PA, therefore preventing it from exploding into a fully fledged PA situation.

What is Your Profession?

Systemic Family Therapist?

Psychotherapist

Counsellor

Psychologist

Psychiatrist

Social Worker

Teacher

General Practitioner

Specialist

Coach

Creative Arts/Play Therapist

Learning Support Educator

Nurse

Other:

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What kind of context do you work in?

Clinic

Hospital

School

Court

Private Practice

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Other:

How often do you work with children in your setting?

Very Often

Often

Not so often

Rarely

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Do you work with:

Individuals

Families

Couples

Groups

How Knowledgable do you consider yourself to be about Parental Alienation?

Very Knowledgable

Knowledgable

Little Knowledgable

Need to learn more about it

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In your practice, do you ever meet children of any age with these behaviours?

Too attached to one parent only

Too distant from one parent only

Sleeping in the parents' bed replacing distant parent

Adopting the opinions of the 'loved' parent as their own

Not feeling any guilt about not 'loving' one parent

Thinking that their own rejection of the distant parent is their own decision

Idealised perspective of the Close parent

Do you notice that this child

Shows hostility or unfair criticism towards distant parent.

Rejects distant parent for reasons that wouldn’t usually rationalize rejection (e.g.) appearance or food preparation skills

Sees distant parent as wholly negative and critical

Doesn't experience feelings of guilt for being ungrateful, spiteful and cold towards distant parent.

Supports the close parent without question

Borrows adult language or ideas from their close parent

Is distant from extended family of distant parent

Is taking care of younger siblings or of his/her parents (Parentified)

Other:

Do you notice that the close parent

badmouths the distant parent

Limits child contact with the distant parent

Interferes in the communication between the child and the distant parent

Sabotages child with subtle or over threats of withdrawal of love

Creates the impression in the child that the distant parent is dangerous or toxic

Forcing child to choose between parents

Close parent tells the child that the distant parent doesn't love them

Close parent confiding in child as a 'friend'

Close parent asks child to spy on distant parent

Close parent asks the child to keep secrets from the distant parent

Referring to the distant parent by first name

Referring to a step parent as “Mom” or “Dad” and encouraging child to do the same

Withholding medical, academic, and other important information from distant parent e.g. keeping distant parent's name off medical, academic, and other relevant documents

How do you see yourself on the following cultural beliefs?

Agree

Disagree

Ambivalent

The children are naturally closer to the mother than to the father

Mothers should be totally dedicated to children

Men are the main breadwinners

Men should work longer hours

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How aware are you of the relationship between somatic symptoms, children's behavioural problems and family life?

Fully aware

Aware

Very little aware

Not at all aware

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In your contact with adults, families and children do you notice any particular behaviours which are not addressed above that remind you Parental Alienation?

Do you think you need to learn further about the relationship between somatic symptoms, children's behavioural problems and family life?

A lot

A little

Nothing

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