Parental Alienation

A deliberate and sustained effort to damage and diminish, or outright to eliminate a child’s loving feelings towards a parent.

A severe form of child abuse.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Five-Factor Model helps to distinguish parental alienation and parental estrangement.

Yes, mental health and legal authorities everywhere consider causing severe parental alienation to be a form of child psychological abuse.

The concept of parental alienation is in DSM-5, but not the actual words.

Severely alienated children do not give reliable explanations of their feelings and opinions.

Yes, the alienated child is mentally kidnapped and brainwashed.

There are 8 common behavioral symptoms of parental alienation.

There are 17 common alienating behaviors.