Overcoming the Alienation Crisis: 33 Coparenting Solutions *PDF
If you’ve given up on achieving coparenting coordination and cooperation, this book offers help and hope for moving forward with less conflict for the sake of your children. Overcoming the Alienation Crisis is a must-have resource for professionals and parents wanting to restore parent-child relationships. Psychologists Moran, McCall, and Sullivan present a balanced view of alienation, coparenting conflict dynamics, and parent-child resist refuse problems. Drawing on decades of experience as clinical forensic experts with family court cases, they drill down into the everyday challenges and dilemmas parents face when a child resists or refuses contact with a parent. Coparents who feel like they have been fighting a hopeless war will discover new understandings about why parent-child contact problems are so difficult to resolve. Frustrating yet all-too-common coparenting situations and predicaments are presented in a Q&A format, and hands-on solutions, tips, and strategies (33 of them!) offer concrete ways to move forward with less conflict. This book will guide coparents beyond high conflict into family peacemaking. All proceeds from the sale of this book go to Overcoming Barriers, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Read more
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Why Must Read Overcoming the Alienation Crisis: 33 Coparenting Solutions?
Don't be thrown by the title of this book. It presents a very balanced view of cases in which a child resists or refuses contact with a parent, across a broad range of circumstances. These include cases where the estrangement may be justified (e.g., abuse, neglect, untreated mental or chemical health issues), cases where the estrangement has more to do with the relationship between coparents (alienation dynamics), and the vast majority of cases which have multiple determinants. The first section of the book gives a clinical perspective of the forces at work in families where these dynamics take root. The second part focuses on the everyday challenges parents - and children - face when these dynamics exist. The authors offer hands-on, pragmatic solutions, strategies, and tips for some of the most common problems that arise (e.g., what am I supposed to do when my kid won't get in the car to go to the other parent's house?) (hint: see page 97!) I have found this to be a valuable resource for parents and for professionals. It is a great companion to the other book put out by the same organization, "Overcoming the Coparenting Trap: Essential Parenting Skills When a Child Resists a Parent." I actually do keep a stack of these handy to give to clients and colleagues alike who are looking for resources.
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