Monika is providing support for professionals and parents that are dealing with parental alienation, a social dynamic that generally occurs due to divorce or separation. When a child expresses unjustified hatred or unreasonably strong dislike of one parent, making access by the rejected parent difficult or impossible. These feelings may be influenced by negative comments by the other parent and by the characteristics, such as lack of empathy and warmth, of the rejected parent.

It is important to note that the term should not be applied in cases of actual child abuse, when the child rejects the abusing parent to protect themselves.

Monika is a facilitator for the program, Children in the Middle, which has earned the Model Program rating from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). While post divorce education is beneficial, it cannot change the hearts and minds of individuals that participate in alienation. For those who are victims, or are interested in research, Monika continues to provide information at Parental Alienation Support.

From Parental Alienation Support: Regarding the terms PAS/PAD.

Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), or known by some as Parental Alienation Disorder, ” is a disorder that arises primarily in the context of child-custody disputes. Its primary manifestation is the child’s campaign of denigration against a parent, a campaign that has no justification. It results from the combination of a programming (brainwashing) parent’s indoctrinations and the child’s own contributions to the vilification of the target parent.”(Gardner, 1998).

How to Recognize PAS? Eight Manifestations:
1. A campaign of denigration
2. Weak, absurd, or frivolous rationalizations for the deprecation
3. Lack of ambivalence
4. The independent thinker phenomenon
5. Reflexive support of the alienating parent in the parental conflict
6. Absence of guilt over cruelty to and /or exploitation of the alienated parent
7. The presence of borrowed scenarios
8. Spread of animosity to friends and /or extended family of the alienated parent

[Editor Note: It is important to note that at the time of this publication, Parental Alienation Syndrome or Parental Alienation Disorder are not included in the current edition of the DSM (DSM IV-TR) and there is a current push to include the manifestation of disorder/syndrome in the next edition. The next edition is expected to be published in the year 2012.]

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