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Feb 5
17m 39s

Rethinking Parental Alienation

Kim Lee
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Send a text When conflict flares after separation, it’s tempting to grab the nearest label and call it an answer. We take you inside the messy reality behind “parental alienation,” unpacking why children resist contact, how loyalty binds and dysregulation show up, and what a child-first approach looks like when the adults are at war. Drawing on clinical prac ... Show More
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