Parental Alienation Study Groups (PASG)

The Parental Alienation Study Group (PASG) consists of about 400 individuals. Most of them are mental health and legal professionals, but some are simply individuals with a strong interest in this topic.  To learn more about this group, please see the Parental Alienation Study Group website (www.pasg.info). 

USA & CANADIAN PASG MEMBERS


 California

 

Lisa C. Clark, M.B.A.

Website: www.ThinkerCollection.com

Lisa C. Clark is a rejected and alienated mother from San Diego, California. Ms. Clark has been a contributing member of the Web of Narcissism forum since 2004.


Cindy Hirsch

Family Advocate

Website: www.isnaf.info

Cindy Hirsch is a family advocate in Los Angeles, California and CEO of the International Support Network for Alienated Families (ISNAF). ISNAF is a nonprofit organization providing support, education, awareness and advocacy for families affected by parental alienation.


Catherine MacWillie

Child Custody and Divorce Coach

Website: www.custodycalculations.com

Catherine MacWillie is the CEO of Custody Calculations. as well as a child custody and divorce coach. Ms. MacWillie is a past president of Stop Parental Alienation of Children and a former board member of the Parental Alienation Awareness Organization.


Julie Verner, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist

Website: www.TheCaringParent.com

Dr. Julie Verner is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Glendora, California. Dr. Verner is a workshop leader for Family Bridges.


Shirley Wantland

Treatment Placement Consultant

Website: www.recovery-consultants.com

Shirley Wantland is a treatment placement consultant in Sausalito, California, Ms. Wantland is the co-founder and principal of Recovery Consultants, LLC. That organization specializes in working with alienated families to find the appropriate therapeutic programs and transportation services nationally for severely alienated adolescents and young adults.


Alice R. Berkowitz, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist, Neuropsychologist and Forensic Psychologist

Website: www.dr-aliceberkowitz.com

Alice R. Berkowitz is a clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, and forensic psychologist in Beverly Hills, California. Dr. Berkowitz works with children, adults, couples, and families with a wide spectrum of psychological disorders. As a forensic psychologist, she has performed custody evaluations and reviewed reports written by other evaluators.


Rebecca Bailey, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Website: www.transitioningfamilies.com

Rebecca Bailey is a licensed psychologist in Northern California, the director of Transitioning Families, which specializes in reunification counseling.

 Colorado

Zeynep Biringen, Ph.D.

Professor, Colorado State University

Website: Facebook.com/parentalalienationproject

Zeynep Biringen is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Dr. Biringen and Dr. Jennifer J. Harman co-authored “Parents Acting Badly: How Institutions and Societies Promote the Alienation of Children from Their Loving Families” and established the Colorado Parental Alienation Project.


Jennifer J. Harman, Ph.D.

Professor, Colorado State University

Website: Facebook.com/parentalalienationproject

Jennifer Harman is a professor at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Dr. Harman and Dr. Zeynep Biringen co-authored “Parents Acting Badly: How Institutions and Societies Promote the Alienation of Children from Their Loving Families” and established the Colorado Parental Alienation Project.


Phillip Hendrix, M.A., M.B.A.

Leader, Colorado Parental Alienation Support Group

Website: www.covenantcounselors.com

Phillip Hendrix is a family mediator, parent educator, child custody evaluator, and parenting coordinator in Castle Rock. Mr. Hendrix makes presentations, educates others, and leads a large in-person support group, the Colorado Parental Alienation Support Group.

 Connecticut

Jeff Opperman

Author

Website: www.afamilysheartbreak.com

Jeff Opperman is located in Danbury and is the author of “A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation” (under the penname, Michael Jeffries).


Ronald R. Rohner, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut

Website: www.csiar.uconn.edu

Ronald Rohner is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, Storrs and founder of the Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection.

 Delaware

Carly Gillotte Miller, M.S., M.F.T.

Marriage/Family Therapist

Website: www.capeintegratedwellness.com

Carly Miller is a marriage and family therapist and divorce mediator in Lewes. Ms. Miller is the co-owner of Cape Integrated Wellness, L.L.C.

 Florida

J. Michael Bone, Ph.D.

Clinical/Forensic Consultant

Website: www.jmichaelbone.com

J. Bone is a clinical and forensic consultant in Winter Park and co-author of “The Essentials of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS): It’s Real, It’s Here and It Hurts”.


Nancy Cole

Head of the Executive Team and Managing Director of Stable Paths

Website: www.stablepaths.com

Nancy Cole is the head of the Executive Team and Managing Director of Stable Paths in Miami, which offers educational, equine-assisted and dolphin-assisted, highly experiential, intensive therapeutic interventions for families impacted by separation due to moderate to severe parental alienation and familial abduction.


Robert A. Evans, Ph.D.

School Psychologist

Website: www.drbobevans.com

Robert Evans is a school psychologist in Palm Harbor who provides forensic psychological services including child custody evaluations, attorney and client consultation, and instructional testimony informing courts about parental alienation and reunification programs.


Giselle Faubel, Psy.D.

Psychologist

Website: www.stablepaths.com

Giselle Faubel is a psychologist who works at Stable Paths in Miami.


Kim Ross, LCSW

Social Worker and Therapist

Website: www.thetobycenter.org

Kim Ross is a social worker and child, adolescent, and adult therapist in Lakeland where she works for BayCare School-Based Services and at the Toby Center for Family Transitions.

 Georgia

Marsha Schechtman, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Website: www.atlantabehavioralconsultants.com

Marsha Schechtman is a licensed clinical social worker in Roswell who specializes in working with families involved in divorce and/or child custody disputes.

 Hawaii

Marvin Acklin, Ph.D.

Clinical and Forensic Psychologist

Website: www.dracklin.com

Marvin Acklin is a private practitioner and senior custody evaluator in Honolulu. He is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii.

 Illinois

Michael F. Roe, J.D.

Family Law Attorney

Website: www.illinois-attorney.net
Blog: www.illinoisdivorcelawyerblog.com

Michael Roe is a family law attorney focusing on high-conflict divorce and custody cases in Naperville.


Gwendolyn Chubb, B.S.

Child Advocate

Website: www.brokenbonds.org

Gwendolyn Chubb is a child advocate in Chicago and is the founder and president of Broken Bonds Network.

 Kentucky

Christine Adams, M.D.

Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist

Website: www.doctorchristineadams.com

Christine Adams is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist in private practice in Louisville and works on custody issues and child sexual abuse cases.

 Louisiana

Eric Green, Ph.D., LPC-S, RPT-S, S.P.

Psychotherapist

Website: www.drericgreen.com

Eric Green maintains a private practice in child and family psychotherapy in Lafayette. He is the editor of “Play Therapy with Vulnerable Populations: No Child Forgotten” and other books. Dr. Green is a consultant with Better Options Initiative.

 Michigan

Ashish S. Joshi

Lawyer

Website: www.joshiattorneys.com

Ashish Joshi is a lawyer in Ann Arbor. Mr. Joshi has been admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States and State Bars of New York, Michigan, District of Columbia, and Gujarat, India. Mr. Joshi’s practice focuses on complex litigation including cases involving severe parental alienation, international child abduction, and false allegations of child sexual abuse stemming from parental alienation.


Demosthenes Lorandos, Ph.D., J.D.

Psychologist/Attorney

Website: www.psychlaw.net

Demosthenes Lorandos is a psychologist and attorney in Ann Arbor and is co-editor of “The International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation: The Handbook for Mental Health and Legal Professionals”.


Shawn Wygant, M.A.

Forensic Psychological Researcher

Website: www.psychlaw.net

Shawn Wygant lives in Oscoda and is a forensic psychological researcher and consultant.

 Montana

Kellie A. Voyich, J.D.

Attorney

Website: www.andersonandvoyich.com

Kellie Voyich is an attorney, mediator, and guardian ad litem who specializes in domestic relations law and mediation work in the Paradise and Gallatin Valleys. Ms. Voyich is also a trained workshop leader for Family Bridges for Alienated Children.

 New Jersey

Les Linet, M.D.

Psychiatrist

Website: www.LesLinetMD.com

Les Linet is a psychiatrist in private practice in Princeton. Dr. Linet has created approximately 20 educational YouTube videos on parental alienation.

 New York

Joseph H. Nivin, Esq., B.A., J.D.

Family Law Attorney

Website: www.nivinlaw.com

Joseph Nivin is a family and matrimonial law attorney with offices in Queens and in midtown Manhattan. Mr. Nivin is the author of the article “The Jurisprudence of Parental Alienation.” He is a member of the Assigned Counsel/Attorneys for Children Panel of Queens Family Court and is certified to represent both indigent litigants and children in Family Court cases at both the trial and appellate levels.


Paul Siegel, B.A., M.B.A.

Entrepreneur

Website(s): www.starweavergroup.com
www.starweaver.com
www.paulsperkyproduce.com
www.achievelive.co

Paul Siegel is an experienced entrepreneur in New York City and is working to raise money and donate to organizations that address the problem of parental alienation. He created Paul’s Perky Produce as a “Happy, Healthy and (W)holesome™” venture to help others understand there is life after parental alienation.


Traci L. Slatton

Journalist

Website(s): www.tracilslatton.com
www.huffingtonpost.com/traci-l-slatton

Traci Slatton is a New York City-based journalist and the author of eleven books of fiction and non-fiction.


Chaim Steinberger

Attorney

Website: www.theNewYorkDivorceLawyers.com

Chaim Steinberger is an attorney in New York City.


Linda Gottlieb, LMFT, LCSW

Family Therapist

Website(s): www.endparentalalienation.com
www.turningpoints4families.com

Linda Gottlieb is a family therapist in Long Island and author of “The Parental Alienation Syndrome: A Family Therapy and Collaborative Systems Approach to Amelioration”.


Amy J.L. Baker, Ph.D.

Research Psychologist

Website: www.amyjlbaker.com

Amy Baker is research psychologist in New York City and author of empirical studies on parental alienation. Dr. Baker is also author of “Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties that Bind”.

 North Carolina

Elaine Cobb

Family Advocate

Website: www.familyaccessfightingforchildrensrights.com

Elaine Cobb is a family advocate in North Carolina and founder and president of Family Access, which advocates for equal shared parenting laws as well as grandparents’ rights.

 North Dakota

Roxie Howard

Mediator and Investigator

Website: www.roxiehoward.com

Roxie Howard is a mediator and parenting investigator in Fargo.

 Ohio

Howie Dennison, M.Sc.

Children’s Advocate

Website: sites.google.com/site/centralohiopa

Howie Dennison is an advocate for children at Central Ohio Parental Alienation in Columbus. Mr. Dennison has written an eBook, “The APA and the Mental Health Child Abuse Scandal”.

 Pennsylvania

Cindy Corsi

Counselor

Cindy Corsi lives near Edinboro and has a degree in school counseling and dedicates a lot of her time trying to educate lawyers, judges and teachers in her area about the emotional abuse of children of divorce. Ms. Corsi has been involved with Parental Alienation Awareness groups for more than a decade.


Rita Kenefic, M.S.

Reading Specialist

Website: www.helpurchildread.com

Rita Kenefic is a retired reading specialist in Warrington.

 Puerto Rico

Jose Ignacio Rodriguez

Victim

Website: Facebook.com/StopParentalAlienationEnPuertoRico

Jose Ignacio Rodriguez is a victim of parental alienation in San Juan, he is part of Asociacion Latinoamericana Contra el Sindrome de Alienacion Parental.

 South Carolina

Allison M. Foster, Ph.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Website: www.forensicfamily.com

Allison Foster is a licensed clinical psychologist in Columbia. She has served as a workshop leader for Family Bridges for Alienated Children (FBAC).

 Tennessee

Rosemary Frank, MBA, CDFA, CFE

Financial Services

Website: www.DollarsOfDivorce.com

Rosemary Frank is a financial services professional in Brentwood, Tennessee.


Emily Hastings, LPC, NCPC

Counselor

Website: www.emilyhastings.net

Emily Hastings is a counselor in Franklin, Tennessee.

 Texas

Lori L. Gonzalez, Ph.D., LPC-Intern

School Counselor

Website: www.communitycounselingassociates.com

Lori Gonzalez is a school counselor in Allen who works with families in low social economic situations.


Monika Logan, M.A., L.P.C., LSOTP

Private Practitioner

Website: www.texaspcs.org

Monika Logan is a private practitioner in Frisco.


Kelley Baker, Ph.D., L.P.C.

Counselor

Website: www.kelleybakerphd.com

Kelley Baker is a counselor in Georgetown.


Mary Alvarez, Ph.D.

Clinical and Forensic Psychologist

Website: www.drmaryalvarez.com

Mary Alvarez is a clinical and forensic psychologist in Houston.

 Virginia

Richard Purisky

Child Advocate

Website: www.againstpas.org

Richard Purisky is a child advocate in Leesburg and has published a book, “Abuse & Betrayal: The Cautionary True Story of Divorce, Mistakes, Lies and Legal Abuse”, regarding his own experiences with parental alienation. Mr. Purisky has set up an organization, the National Coalition against Parental Alienation, for facilitating awareness and effective solutions for PAS.

 Canada

Joseph Goldberg

Family Law Consultant

Website(s): www.ParentalAlienation.ca
www.ParentalAlienationEducation.com

Joseph Goldberg is a family law consultant in Aurora, Ontario, and Winter Park, Florida and is the founder of the Canadian Symposium for Parental Alienation Syndrome.


Mike Gionet

Victim

Website: www.TellMyDaughterILoveHer.com

Mike Gionet lives in Toronto, Ontario, and has experienced parental alienation in his own family.


Edward Kruk, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Professor, University of British Columbia

Website: www.edwardkruk.com

Edward Kruk is a professor of social work at the University of British Columbia and family mediator in Vancouver.Dr. Kruk’s research and teaching activities focus on parental estrangement and alienation, and the viability of shared parenting as a viable alternative approach to the legal determination of parenting after divorce.


Jacqueline Vanbetlehem, RSW, Acc.F.M.

Registered Social Worker

Website: www.vanbetlehem.ca

Jacqueline Vanbetlehem is a registered social worker and an accredited family mediator in Oakville, Ontario. Ms. Vanbetlehem is a trained team leader with Family Bridges: A Workshop for Troubled and Alienated Parent-Child Relationships.


Brian Ludmer, B.Comm., L.L.B.

Attorney

Website: http://www.ludmerlaw.com

Brian Ludmer is an attorney in Toronto, Ontario experienced in dealing with complex family law cases involving parental alienation.

INTERNATIONAL PASG MEMBERS


 Australia

Stan Korosi, M. Counseling

Psychotherapist

Website: www.dialogueingrowth.com.au

Stan Korosi is a professional counselor and psychotherapist in Melbourne. Mr. Korosi is director of Overcoming Parental Alienation and founding director of Parental Alienation Australia and New Zealand (PAANZ).


Amanda Sillars

Advocate

Website(s): www.emmm.org.au
www.parentalalienationaustralia.org.au

Amanda Sillars is located in Applecross in the western part of country and started an organization, Parental Alienation Australia, with the mission of raising awareness regarding parental alienation. Ms. Sillars is also the founder and director of Eeny Meeny Miney Mo Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Australia that works to protect children from the severe risks that arise during and after family separation.


Petrina Steer

Clinical Massage Therapist

Website: www.trinasteermassage.com.au

Petrina Steer is a clinical massage therapist in Mosman, New South Wales.


Cherie Thorpe

Survivor

Website: www.pathogenicparentingsite.wordpress.com

Cherie Thorpe resides in Perth and is a targeted parent and domestic violence abuse survivor. Ms. Thorpe offers a one-on-one, not-for-profit counselling service for targeted, alienated parents, empowering them with help, advice, education and knowledge.


Leith Erikson

Advocate

Website: www.theabf.com.au

Leith Erikson is the director of The Australian Brotherhood of Fathers, which seeks to make changes in the law with regard to child custody, access, and payment issues.

 UK

Helen Fitzsimons

Advocate

Website: www.helenfitzsimons.co.uk

Helen Fitzsimons set up Helen Fitzsimons Family Law to offer a service for children. Ms. Fitzsimons has a wealth of experience in parental alienation allegations, alleged child abuse and NAI, among other issues.


Lady Catherine Meyer, CBE

Advocate

Website: www.pact-online.org

Catherine Meyer is a leading child advocate and campaigner in the UK and is the founder and chief executive of Parents and Abducted Children Together (PACT). The purpose of PACT is to address the growing problem of missing and abducted children at home and abroad.


Alison O’Mahony, B.A.

Family Therapy Practitioner

Website: www.bestepwise.co.uk

Alison O’Mahony holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Systemic Practice, and is a family therapy practitioner in London. Ms. O’Mahony established Be StepWise, which focuses on educating, supporting, and counseling blended families.


Nicola Tew, B.Sc. (Hons)

Psychotherapist

Website: www.couragetherapies.co.uk

Nicola Tew is a counselor, psychotherapist, and Registered Member of the British Association of Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP) from Nottinghamshire.


Sue Whitcombe, DCounsPsych

Psychologist

Website: www.fpscic.org

Sue Whitcombe is a Chartered Psychologist and HCPC Registered Counseling Psychologist. Dr. Whitcombe delivers interventions for children, adults, and families impacted by alienation and estrangement. Dr. Whitcombe is currently developing collaborative provisions to provide affordable interventions for families in Wales and has attained approval from the British Psychological Society (BPS) for training in parental alienation.


Phil Whitaker, BMedSci, BM BS, MA

Medical Practitioner

Website: www.philwhitaker.co.uk

Phil Whitaker is a general medical practitioner living near Bath. Dr. Whitaker is an award-winning novelist with five books published to date and writes a fortnightly column on health matters in the “New Statesman”.


Francesca Wiley, Q.C.

Barrister

Website(s): www.1gc.com
www.francescawileyqc.com

Francesca Wiley is a barrister in London.


Karen Woodall and Nick Woodall

Therapist

Website: www.familyseparationclinic.co.uk

Karen Woodall is the director of therapeutic services at the Family Separation Clinic, London.


Neil Jones

Advocate

Website: www.absentforyou.com

Neil Jones lives in Wales and is the founder of Absent Limited.


Lisa Cohen, B.Pharm, M.Sc.

Advocate

Website: www.jump-parenting.org.uk

Lisa Cohen is based in Hertfordshire and chairs the Jewish Unity for Multiple Parenting (JUMP).


Nick Butcher, BVM&S, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Website: www.quadstar.org

Nick Butcher is a veterinary surgeon near Reading, Berkshire. Dr. Butcher established the Quadstar Foundation which aims to help children reach their aspirations and flourish.


David Bluewolf

Paralegal

Website: www.family-law-advice.org


Joanna Abrahams

Lawyer

Website: www.setfords.co.uk

Joanna Abrahams is a lawyer in Guildford, Surrey and has been an in-house expert for her local BBC radio station, appearing on BBC Radio London and BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour.

 Spain

Asunción Tejedor Huerta, Ph.D.

Forensic Psychologist

Website: www.dialogogabinetepsicologico.com

Asunción Huerta is a forensic psychologist in Asturias. Dr. Tejedor studied parental alienation in Spain, Columbia, and Mexico, and taught courses for the Official College of Psychologists in Spain.


Enric Carbó, M.A.

Educator

Website: www.filo.cat

Enric Carbó is a teacher of philosophy in Tortosa and has conducted research about the epistemological foundations of PAS deniers.


Jose Manuel Aguilar Cuenca, Ph.D.

Psychologist

Website: www.jmaguilar.com

Jose Cuenca is a clinical and forensic psychologist in Cordoba and the first author to publish books about parental alienation in Spanish and Portuguese.

 Germany

Christian T. Dum, Ph.D.

Advocate

Website: www.beideeltern.de

Christian Dum is the head of Väter für Kinder (Fathers for Children).


Walter Andritzky, Dr. Phil., Dipl.-Psychologist, Dipl.-Sociologist

Psychologist

Website: www.andritzky-online.de

Walter Andritzky is a psychologist in Düsseldorf. Dr. Andritzky is a psychological expert for the courts, co-editor of “Das Parental Alienation Syndrom: Eine inter-disziplinäre Herausforderung für scheidungsbegleitende Berufe”.

 Sweden

Sverker Sikström, Ph.D.

Educator

Website: www.psy.lu.se/en/sverker-sikstrom

Sverker Sikström is a professor and head of the Cognitive Division at Lund University, Lund and is conducting research on biases in “Communication of physical and psychological violence in custody cases.”


Peter Knudsen

Hypnotherapist

Website: bpm-juristfirma.se

Peter Knudsen is a certified hypnotherapist in Store Heddinge, Denmark and created a law firm in Limhamn, Sweden. Mr. Knudsen also founded a nonprofit for the purpose of increasing awareness regarding parental alienation, supporting victims, and educating professionals.


Lena Hellblom Sjögren, Ph.D.

Forensic Psychologist

Website: www.avskildabarn.se

Lena Sjögren is an investigative forensic psychologist in Siljansnäs and has conducted research regarding parental alienation for more than 25 years. Dr. Sjögren published “Barnets rätt till familjeliv: 25 svenska fall av föräldra” (“The Child’s Right to Family Life: 25 Swedish Cases of Parental Alienation”).


Nils-Göran Areskoug, M.D., Ph.D.

Physician

Website: sites.google.com/site/coleur/eupasg

Nils-Göran Areskoug is a physician and musician, a Fellow of Strömstad Academy and studied intergenerational parental alienation in Scandinavia.

 Romania

Camelia Anca Borlean, M.Sc.

Psychologist

Website: www.cameliaborlean.wordpress.com

Camelia Borlean is a psychologist in Oradea and has consulted to the Court of Justice regarding parental alienation in Romania.


Codin Băltăgan

Advocate

Website: www.arpcc.ro

Codin Băltăgan is an organizer and manager of the Asociaţia Română pentru Custodia Comună (Romanian Association for Joint Custody) in Bucharest.

 Ireland

Andries van Tonder, CF-PAAA, B.Tech., DipEd.

Advocate

Website: www.aps.ie/andries

Andries van Tonder lives in Enfield and is the founder of Alienated Person Support and a founding member of the Parental Alienation Awareness Association (PAAA), which is recognized in many jurisdictions as a certifying authority.


Brendan Byrne, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and J.P. Byrne, Bachelor in Civil Law (Hons)

Survivors

Website: www.donthugyourmother.wordpress.com

Brendan Byrne and J.P. Byrne, brothers living in Dublin, were alienated as children. They wrote the memoir “Don’t Hug Your Mother”.

 Mexico

Alvaro Castillo, M.Sc.

Mathematician

Website: www.ampfs.com.mx

Alvaro Castillo is a mathematician in Mexico City, D.F. and a member of the executive committee of the Mexican Association of Separated Parents (Asociación Mexicana de Padres de Familia Separados).

 Scotland

Roy Mackay

Advocate

Website(s): www.barreportersworkinggroup.wordpress.com
www.expofunction.org.uk

Roy Mackay is a family law reform campaigner in Kelso and a founding member of the Group for the Systemic Study of Parental Alienation (SSoPA) in the UK and Ireland.


Ian Maxwell

Advocate

Website: www.fnfscotland.org.uk

Ian Maxwell is the National Manager of Families Need Fathers Scotland and previously Deputy Director of One Parent Families Scotland.


Nick Child, M.D.

Psychiatrist

Website: www.forallthat.com

Nick Child is a child psychiatrist and family therapist in Edinburgh and hopes to raise the profile of parental alienation by energetic organizing, presenting, and writing.

 Netherlands

Heleen Koppejan, M.Sc.

Psychologist

Website: www.hechtscheiden.com

Heleen Koppejan is a psychologist working on her Ph.D. at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. She is interested in and conducting research regarding parental alienation.


Marieke Lips

Independent Licensed Child Representative

Website(s): www.kidsinbetween.nl
www.kindbehartiger.nl

Marieke Lips is a independently licensed child representative (Kindbehartiger) and the director of Beroepsorganisatie Kindbehartiger (the Association of Child Representatives) in the Netherlands. She is the author of the book Bekrast (Scratched).


Jan M. J. Storms, M.A.

Writer / Author

Website:

Jan M. J. Storms, M.A. is an expert in the field of consciousness from the Netherlands. He guides people in recovering from the damage they have incurred in destructive relationships and trains professionals in recognizing and managing psychopathy. His book, Destructieve Relaties op de Schop – Psychopathie Herkennen en Hanteren (Turning Around Destructive Relationships – Recognizing and Handling Psychopathy) helps people recognize various types of psychopathy as well deal with and protect themselves from it. Mr. Storms is the founder and director of the child protection organization, AMBAjeugd.


Erik van der Waal, B.Sc.

Consultant / Mediator

Website: www.herverbinden.nl

Erik van der Waal is a qualified consultant/mediator in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Mr. van der Waal’s mediation/consulting/training company is HerVerbinden (Reconnect). He has specialized in high conflict divorce with various situations of parental alienation.


Birutė van der Weg-Bražiūnienė

FAMILY ADVOCATE

Website: www.atstumimosindromas.info

Birutė van der Weg-Bražiūnienė is a native of Lithuania and now a resident of the Netherlands. She founded the Asociacijos Prieš Tėvų Atstūmimą (Association against Parental Alienation) organization in Lithuania.


Margreeth van Haaften, M.A.

Psychologist

Website: www.psycholoogalmere.nl

Margreeth van Haaften is a psychologist with a clinical practice in the Netherlands (near Amsterdam). She has experienced parental alienation in her own family.


Joep Zander

Writer / Author

Website: www.joepzander.nl

Joep Zander is the author of Moeder-kind-vader: een drieluik over ouderverstoting (Mother-Father-Child: A Trilogy about Parental Alienation, editor of Verpasseerd ouderschap: loyaliteitsmisbruik en ouderverstotingssyndroom (Parenting Broken by PAS: Loyalty Abuse and Parental Alienation Syndrome).


Rini J. Kerver, Ph.D.

Psychotherapist, Psychoanalyst and Forensic Psychologist

Website: www.inpsychotherapie.com

Rini J. Kerver is a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, and forensic psychologist in The Hague, Netherlands.


Sietske Dijkstra, Ph.D.

Domestic Violence Expert

Website: www.sietske-dijkstra.com

Sietske Dijkstra is a researcher, teacher, and expert on domestic violence with strong international affiliations in Utrecht, The Netherlands. She developed a basic course on parental alienation.

 Slovak Republic

Alena Dušatková

Family & Child Advocate

Website: www.prava-deti.sk

Alena Dušatková is a family and child advocate in Bratislava, the Slovak Republic. She is the vice-president of Rada pre práva diet’at’a Slovenská republika (Council for Children’s Rights of the Slovak Republic).

 South Africa

Sinta Ebersohn

Writer / Author

Website: www.fairdivorce.co.za

In her campaign for fair divorce practice, Sinta Ebersohn has published many articles on the Elephant Journal, Huffington Post, IOL, News24, The Good Men Project, WomanOnline, and other platforms. In South Africa, she created a global educational resource, Fair Divorce.


Errol E. Goetsch, B.A., M.B.A.

Divorce Mediator

Website(s): www.xe4.org/thejrcand
wbs-za.academia.edu/ErrolGoetsch

Errol E. Goetsch is a director of a child protection organization and divorce mediation facility in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the founder of SoSaD (Save our Sons and Daughters), a parental alienation support group.

 Portugal

Sandra Inês Feitor

Lawyer

Website: www.feitorsandra.wixsite.com/sandrainesfeitor

Sandra Inês Feitor is a lawyer in Lisbon, Portugal.

 France

Olga Odinetz, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Website(s): www.acalpa.org
www.dailymotion.com/ALCAPA

Olga Odinetz is a research scientist in Paris, France, the founding president of the Association Contre L’aliénation Parentale.


Véronique Gengler

Family & Judicial Mediator

Website: www.therapie-familiale-mediation.fr

Véronique Gengler is a family and judicial mediator and a family and couples counsellor in Antibes, France, she specializes in therapeutic intervention for parents in high-conflict separations.


Marie-France Hirigoyen, M.D.

Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst

Website: www.mariefrance-hirigoyen.com

Marie-France Hirigoyen is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in Paris, France. She is the author of Abus de faiblesse et autres manipulations (Abuse of Weakness and Other Manipulations).

 Japan

John Gomez

Founder of Kizuna Child-Parent Reunion

Website: www.kizuna-cpr.org

Having lived in Japan for 20 years, John Gomez became the founder and current chairman of the Kizuna Child-Parent Reunion (Kizuna CPR) organization. Kizuna CPR works toward restoring the human rights of children in Japan, so every child can once again enjoy relationships with both parents.

 Italy

Marco Pingitore

Forensic Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Criminologist

Website(s): www.psicologiagiuridica.eu
www.alienazioneparentale.it

Marco Pingitore is a forensic psychologist, psychotherapist, and criminologist who practices in Cosenza, Italy. He is interested in parental alienation in Italy and in other countries.


Guglielmo Gulotta

Forensic Psychology Professor

Website: www.fondazionegulotta.org

Guglielmo Gulotta is a professor of forensic psychology at the University of Turin, Italy. He is the co-author of La Sindrome di Alienazione Parentale (PAS): Lavaggio del cervello e programmazione dei figli in danno dell’altro genitore (The Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS): Brainwashing and Programming of Children to the Detriment of the Other Parent.

 Belgium

Benoit Van Dieren, Ph.D.

Psychologist

Website: www.separation-parentale.eu

Benoit Van Dieren is a psychologist in Louvain la Neuve, Belgium. Dr. Van Dieren developed a legal and therapeutic intervention for parents in high-conflict separations.


Tom Janssen

Parental Alienation Coach

Website: tom-janssen.blogspot.be

Tom Janssen is a technologist in Antwerp, Belgium. He is the chief executive officer of JATO Mentorship and Coaching, an institute to help and coach alienated parents with their grief.

 Lithuania

Živilė Kėrytė

Child Psychologist

Website: www.ssinstitut.lt

Živilė Kėrytė is a child psychologist in Kaunas, Lithuania and the administrator of The Institute of Family Relations in Kaunas.

 Cyprus

Marios Panaou

School Teacher

Website: www.cyprusdads.org

Marios Panaou is a primary school teacher in Cyprus, the creator of Cyprus Fatherhood Initiative, a group of people promoting married and divorced fathers’ active and positive involvement in their children’s lives.

 Hong Kong

Lora Lee, M.Sc., M.A., B.A.

Psychoanalytic & Developmental Psychologist

Website: www.loralee.info

Lora Lee is a psychoanalytic and developmental psychologist in Hong Kong.

 Saudi Arabia

Bayan E. Masoud, M.A.

Developmental & Therapeutic Play Specialist

Website: www.almawaddah.org.sa

Bayan E. Masoud is a developmental and therapeutic play specialist in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Ms. Masoud works for a nonprofit organization, the Almawaddah Society for Family Development.

 Israel

Yoav Mazeh, LL.B., M.St., D.Phil.

Associate Professor of Law

Website: www.papers.ssrn.com

Yoav Mazeh is the head of the Family, Equality & Law Research Institute as well as a Associate Professor of Law at Ono Academic College in Israel.

 Norway

Ole Texmo

Writer / Author

Website: www.krisesenter.org

Ole Texmo is a writer in Oslo, Norway, founder of Forum for Menn Og Omsorg (Forum for Men and Caring).

 Chile

Nelson Zicavo Martínez

Master of Clinical Psychology

Website: www.nelsonzicavo.com

Nelson Zicavo Martínez is at the Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán, Chile, author of Crianza Compartida, SAP, Padrectomía (Shared Parenting, PAS, Parentectomy) and Padres Separados: Cómo Criar Juntos a Sus Hijos (Separated Fathers: How to Raise Their Children Together).

 Slovenia

Matej Zaplotnik

Health Professional

Website: www.centermit.si

Matej Zaplotnik is the director of Svetovalno Izobraževalni Center MIT (Counseling Education Center MIT). He has developed knowledge about parental alienation in Slovenia.


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