Submission to the United Nations Regarding Parental Alienation

The United Nations have sought submissions regarding Parental Alienation (PA). Their preamble suggests they do not understand (or do not want to understand) the phenomenon and they seem to have a pre-existing gendered bias and prejudice regarding parental alienation. They suggest that all practitioners who support PA commence their assessments where it is assumed that […]

Gardai Issue Warrant for Man Alleged to Have Fled to Asia with Boy

Many may well be shocked to hear of the unilateral removal of a child reported to be less than 6 years old from Ireland to Asia reported in the Irish Independent today. Link here: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/gardai-issue-arrest-warrant-for-medical-professional-alleged-to-have-fled-to-asia-with-boy-41906479.html. The mother’s distress cannot be articulated. The article conveys an image the authorities are pro-actively responding.. There will be many […]

Yet More Myths from Women’s Aid Ireland – Parental Alienation

MYTH Women’s Aid Ireland  submission page 16 states in bold print “… there is no scientifically validated instrument to assess for parental alienation…” and “…there is no reliable mechanism to identify PA or reliable evaluation of treatments….” FACT Women’s Aid have omitted to mention one such instrument referred to as the five (four) factor model […]

More Myths from Women’s Aid Ireland about Parental Alienation

MYTH A further myth relates to page 15 paragraph eight where Women’s Aid actually says “….parental alienation is not based on scientific evidence…”, “..suffers from methodological errors… lack of peer review…”. FACT: Parental Alienation first entered the psychological and psychiatric literature in the 1940’s. They have completely ignored the depth and breadth of literature published […]