Beyond Divorce Casualties: Reunifying the Alienated Family

by Douglas Darnall Ph.D.

Overview

The companion to Darnall's bestselling Divorce Casualties, Beyond Divorce Casualties is a workbook for severely alienated children and their parents. The book describes the how and why of unification therapy, how to prepare for reunification, how to effectively work with attorneys, mediators, parent coordinators and counselors, and even how to say "goodbye" if reunification is not possible. This book also provides many real life examples of alienating behavior, exercises, and specific instructions for how to change your feelings and behavior. Importantly, the book's underlying assumption is that you have the power to change even if you have no power to change the other parent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589794153
Publisher:	Taylor Trade Publishing
Publication date:	06/16/2010
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Douglas Darnall, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and CEO of PsyCare, Inc. with nine outpatient mental health clinics in northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. He is internationally recognized as an expert on parental alienation and parental alienation syndrome.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface xi

1 A New Beginning 1

2 The Alienating Cycle 15

3 Motivation for Change 27

4 Obstacles to Change: Symbolic Communication 43

5 Obstacles to Change: Blaming 63

6 Obstacles to Change: Theorizing 71

7 Setting the Stage for Reunification 77

8 Parent/Child Reunification Therapy 91

9 Reunification 113

10 Spontaneous Reunification 155

11 Other Issues 169

12 When All Else Fails: Seeking a Change in Custody 187

Postscript 201

Appendix: Parental Alienation Inventory 203

References 205

Index 211

About the Author 219

Editorial Reviews

With plenty of advice on how to bring back the feeling of family when all seems lost, author Douglas Darnall encourages parents to keep working together for the sake of their children if nothing else. Beyond Divorce Casualties is a thoughtful read with valuable advice.

Midwest Book Review