Navigating Parental Alienation
The Road Map to Reconnecting with Your Children
What is Parental Alienation?
Parental Alienation* (PA) is a process by which one parent or parental figure tries to cause a child to reject, fear or avoid contact with the other parent. It is a mental condition in which a child — usually one whose parents are engaged in a high-conflict separation or divorce — allies strongly with one parent and rejects a relationship with the other parent without legitimate justification. PA also refers to the impaired relationship between the child and the rejected parent.*
Alienating behaviors (ABs) are the words and actions of the alienating parent that contribute to the child's rejection of the alienated parent. The alienating parent is the parent who is indoctrinating or influencing the child to fear or shun the other, "targeted," parent.
* Definition of parental alienation used by the Parental Alienation Study Group (PASG).
Parental Alienation is considered a form of child abuse, family violence and intimate partner violence.
Are you being alienated?
Are you a loving and involved parent dealing with the loss of contact with your child or children?
Were you purposely cut-off from your child by a vengeful and/or abusive other parent (or parental influence)?
If that sounds like your experience, I’m glad you landed on this website. Because alienation is a horrific experience; and it’s extremely damaging and dangerous to navigate alone.
Why damaging? When you don’t know what you’re dealing with and you don’t understand how parental alienation works, it is all too easy to make completely understandable mistakes and contribute to the alienation of your
child/ren.
Why dangerous? Parental Alienation is one of the worst things a parent can go through. It is commonly understood that losing a child is beyond painful.
However, losing a child to alienation is traumatizing because you suffer the pain of loss with little, if any, compassion, understanding and support from others.
It becomes a very dangerous situation for you and your child/ren, and threatens not only your relationships but also your mental and physical health, and even your lives.
People don’t generally know or understand alienation.
That must change!
I have survived the alienation of my children, and I am determined to help you do the same.
Hi, I'm Jacqueline Rourke
Parental alienation (PA) blindsided my family and derailed my life as an award-winning broadcast journalist. I know PA's effects on children — and on targeted parents — because I lived them for almost a decade. The anguish, the confusion, the loneliness of fighting for your children while the world looks the other way.
But parental alienation is survivable. And recovery — for you and for your relationship with your children — is more possible than you may believe right now.
I learned how to deal with parental alienation the hard way, without a roadmap, mostly alone. I don't want that for you. Helping targeted parents regain their footing, understand what is happening, and prepare for the possibility of reconnection is my passion and my purpose.
I made the roadmap I was looking for. And I made it for you.
The Online Course for Alienated Parents
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GETTING A GRIP ON ALIENATION
Course #2
for Parents
TRANSFORMING THE TRAUMA Of ALIENATION
Course #3
for Parents
REBUILDING THE BRIDGE: PREPARING FOR RECONNECTION
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Listen to Our Podcasts
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Navigating Parental Alienation
If you know or suspect that your children are being alienated from you, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! On our podcast we hear from parents about their experiences with PA, to help shed light on what may be going on in your situation. And we discuss what works, what doesn’t, and why, with mental health clinicians, legal professionals, researchers and other experts.
I am on a mission to raise public awareness about Parental Alienation. This podcast is a part of that effort. So please listen, leave a comment, or send a suggestion. And please share it with someone who might need this. Together, let’s navigate and end Parental Alienation!
- Balado en français -
Naviguer à travers l'aliénation parentale
Si vous savez ou soupçonnez que vos enfants sont aliénés par rapport à vous, ce podcast est fait pour VOUS ! Les témoignages d'autres parents vous aideront à comprendre ce qui se passe dans votre situation. Nous parlons aussi avec des cliniciens en santé mentale, des juristes, des chercheurs et d'autres experts. Écouter, laisser un commentaire et partager le balado. Ensemble, naviguons et mettons fin à l'aliénation parentale !
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