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Below is the 2020 schedule and part of our 2021 schedule of our guest speakers for our international seminar calls. These are some of our top experts and professionals in the world regarding alienation. We are extremely fortunate to have these experts and professionals who give us their time, knowledge and support at no charge to any of us. This is the ministry of Family Access - Fighting for Children's Rights. These calls are extremely helpful to all alienated family members in understanding more, in helping you to get through the hell on earth of being alienated from our children and grandchildren and knowledge to deal with all aspects of those we have to deal with in this. These calls are also a huge asset to those in the mental health and legal professions as well as researchers, writers and child advocates who work in the field of alienation.These calls are for everyone all over the world. We at present have 37 countries participating in these calls.You may call in on a free conference line, Skype or download our desk top app to join our calls. Please make these calls a priority. The knowledge and support you get on these calls is phenomenal. You will be grateful you did.
2020
Sunday, April 5th William Bernet, M. D. “The Five-Factor Model for the Diagnosis of Parental Alienation”
Sunday, April 19th Steven Miller, M.D. "Twelve Essential Principles of Cognitive Science for Alienated Parents and Their Attorneys" REPLAY
Sunday, May 3rd Colleen Murray, Ph. D, LPC "Parenting and Co-Parenting After Alienation"
Sunday, May 17th Linda Gunsberg, Ph.D "The Family Forensic Evaluation: General Methodology and Goals, and In Particular, Assessment of Parental Alienation"
Sunday, June 7th Linda Gottlieb, LMFT, LCSW - R
Sunday, July 5th Brian Ludmer, B. Com, LLB
Sunday, July 19th Phillip Hendrix
Sunday, August 2nd Mark Mosk, Ph.D
Sunday, September 13th Carol Golly, Ph.D, LCSW
Sunday, September 27th Rev. Dr. John Killinger
Sunday, October 4th Amy Baker, Ph.D
Sunday, November 8th "HOW TO COPE WITH THE HOLIDAYS"
Sunday, November 15th Lynn Steinberg, Ph.D, LMFT
(This call will feature several of our experts with information and support for this difficult time)
Sunday, December 6th Ashish Joshi
2021
Sunday, January 3rd Steven Miller, M.D.
Sunday, February 7th Robert Hoffman, P.L.L.C.
Sunday, March 7th Linda Gottlieb LMFT, LCSW-R
Sunday, April 4th William Bernet, M.D.
Sunday, May 2nd J. Michael Bone, Ph.D Robert A. Evans, Ph.D
“The Five-Factor Model for the Diagnosis of Parental Alienation”
On Sunday, April 5, 2020 from 8-10 PM EDT, Dr. William Bernet will be our guest speaker for our international seminar call. These calls are complimentary and are of no charge to any of you. This is a ministry of Family Access - Fighting for Children's Rights. We have over 1,000 callers participating in these calls in 37 countries. These calls are for alienated family members giving you much knowledge and support to deal with the hell on earth called alienation. These calls are also a huge asset to those in the mental health and legal professions as well as researchers, writers and child advocates who work in the field of alienation. Please make it a priority to join us as there are NO replays. You have the option of calling in on our free conference line, audio skype or download our desk top app.
Deadline to register for this call is Sunday, April 5, 2020 by 5 PM EDT. These are firm deadlines!! To submit your question and/or register, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
Since parental alienation (PA) was identified in the 1980’s, the topic has been criticized and even scorned for several reasons. Part of the problem has been the inconsistent terminology used by researchers, practitioners, and other writers—including “parental alienation syndrome,” “parental alienation,” “parental alienation disorder,” and various other terms. This concept has also been criticized because there has not been a consensus among professionals as to how to identify or diagnose this serious mental condition. However, research has been conducted in recent years, which has made it possible to create a systematic way to diagnose PA, which we call the Five-Factor Model.
In this Family Access presentation, Dr. Bernet will explain the Five-Factor Model for the diagnosis of PA, which consists of the following:
This topic will be of interest to parents and grandparents, since it is reassuring for them to know that there is an evidence-based way to identify and diagnose this mental condition. This topic will be of particular interest to clinicians, so that they can identify PA in a consistent, systematic manner. And this topic is important for legal professionals, since the Five-Factor Model is a good way to explain PA in legal briefs and in court.
Bottom line: In order to advance research, public education, and legislation regarding PA, we all need to be on the same page. We need to use the same terminology and the have the same criteria for the identification of PA. Clinicians, forensic practitioners, legal professionals, child advocates, and parents should try to use consistent terminology and criteria when they discuss and write about this topic.
Dr. William Bernet, a graduate of Holy Cross College and Harvard Medical School, is a professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is board certified in general psychiatry, child psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. As an expert in forensic psychiatry, Dr. Bernet has testified about 300 times in 22 states. He has written professional articles and book chapters on a variety of subjects, including: group and individual therapy with children and adolescents; humor in psychotherapy; forensic child psychiatry; child maltreatment; true and false allegations of abuse; satanic ritual abuse; reincarnation; child custody and visitation; parental alienation; testimony regarding behavioral genomics; and risk management. In 2007, Dr. Bernet and Judge Don R. Ash published Children of Divorce: A Practical Guide for Parents, Therapists, Attorneys, and Judges. Dr. Bernet edited Parental Alienation, DSM-5, and ICD-11, which was published in 2010. Dr. Bernet and his colleagues edited Parental Alienation: The Handbook for Mental Health and Legal Professionals, which was published in 2013. Most recently, Dr. Bernet and Dr. Demosthenes Lorandos have edited a new book, Parental Alienation—Science and Law, to be published in 2020.
Dr. Bernet was the founder and first president of the Parental Alienation Study Group (PASG), which now has about 700 members from 55 countries. Family Access participants may want to join PASG. If you want to do that, go to the website (www.pasg.info) and send a message through the Contact Us link.
On Sunday, April 5, 2020 from 8-10 PM EDT, Dr. William Bernet will be our guest speaker for our international seminar call. These calls are complimentary and are of no charge to any of you. This is a ministry of Family Access - Fighting for Children's Rights. We have over 1,000 callers participating in these calls in 37 countries. These calls are for alienated family members giving you much knowledge and support to deal with the hell on earth called alienation. These calls are also a huge asset to those in the mental health and legal professions as well as researchers, writers and child advocates who work in the field of alienation. Please make it a priority to join us as there are NO replays. You have the option of calling in on our free conference line, audio skype or download our desk top app.
Deadline to register for this call is Sunday, April 5, 2020 by 5 PM EDT. These are firm deadlines!! To submit your question and/or register, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
Since parental alienation (PA) was identified in the 1980’s, the topic has been criticized and even scorned for several reasons. Part of the problem has been the inconsistent terminology used by researchers, practitioners, and other writers—including “parental alienation syndrome,” “parental alienation,” “parental alienation disorder,” and various other terms. This concept has also been criticized because there has not been a consensus among professionals as to how to identify or diagnose this serious mental condition. However, research has been conducted in recent years, which has made it possible to create a systematic way to diagnose PA, which we call the Five-Factor Model.
In this Family Access presentation, Dr. Bernet will explain the Five-Factor Model for the diagnosis of PA, which consists of the following:
- Factor One: the child manifests contact resistance or refusal, i.e., avoids a relationship with one of the parents.
- Factor Two: the presence of a prior positive relationship between the child and the now rejected parent.
- Factor Three: the absence of abuse, neglect, or seriously deficient parenting on the part of the now rejected parent.
- Factor Four: the use of multiple alienating behaviors on the part of the favored parent.
- Factor Five: the child exhibits many of the eight behavioral manifestations of alienation.
This topic will be of interest to parents and grandparents, since it is reassuring for them to know that there is an evidence-based way to identify and diagnose this mental condition. This topic will be of particular interest to clinicians, so that they can identify PA in a consistent, systematic manner. And this topic is important for legal professionals, since the Five-Factor Model is a good way to explain PA in legal briefs and in court.
Bottom line: In order to advance research, public education, and legislation regarding PA, we all need to be on the same page. We need to use the same terminology and the have the same criteria for the identification of PA. Clinicians, forensic practitioners, legal professionals, child advocates, and parents should try to use consistent terminology and criteria when they discuss and write about this topic.
Dr. William Bernet, a graduate of Holy Cross College and Harvard Medical School, is a professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is board certified in general psychiatry, child psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. As an expert in forensic psychiatry, Dr. Bernet has testified about 300 times in 22 states. He has written professional articles and book chapters on a variety of subjects, including: group and individual therapy with children and adolescents; humor in psychotherapy; forensic child psychiatry; child maltreatment; true and false allegations of abuse; satanic ritual abuse; reincarnation; child custody and visitation; parental alienation; testimony regarding behavioral genomics; and risk management. In 2007, Dr. Bernet and Judge Don R. Ash published Children of Divorce: A Practical Guide for Parents, Therapists, Attorneys, and Judges. Dr. Bernet edited Parental Alienation, DSM-5, and ICD-11, which was published in 2010. Dr. Bernet and his colleagues edited Parental Alienation: The Handbook for Mental Health and Legal Professionals, which was published in 2013. Most recently, Dr. Bernet and Dr. Demosthenes Lorandos have edited a new book, Parental Alienation—Science and Law, to be published in 2020.
Dr. Bernet was the founder and first president of the Parental Alienation Study Group (PASG), which now has about 700 members from 55 countries. Family Access participants may want to join PASG. If you want to do that, go to the website (www.pasg.info) and send a message through the Contact Us link.
"Twelve Essential Principles of Cognitive Science for Alienated Parents and Their Attorneys" REPLAY
On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 8 PM EDT, we will do a replay of Dr. Steven Miller's January call. This was an excellent call with some very informative information on it. I would even go so far as to say this was Dr. Miller's best call to date and that is saying something. :) As this call is a replay, no questions can be submitted. You can NOT register for this call call until Monday, April 6, 2020. These international seminar calls are complimentary and are of no charge to anyone. This is a ministry of Family Access - Fighting for Children's Rights. On these calls, you receive much knowledge on the subject of alienation and much support for you is given as well. These calls are for both the alienated family members as well as the professionals who deal with alienation in some capacity. Please join us and invite others to attend. They will be glad you did. Thank you!
In this presentation, Dr. Steven Miller, who is both a mental health clinician and a litigation consultant, will discuss a dozen basic principles of cognitive science that, in his experience, can be critical when litigating—or otherwise dealing with—a case of parental alienation. Some of these principles are well-known, though not always well-understood. Examples in this group include anchoring and confirmation bias. These are examples of cognitive biases, which is simply a fancy term for thinking errors. (In science, the term bias does not mean prejudice; it means error—so again, a cognitive bias is a thinking error.) Unfortunately, such errors are very common in cases of parental alienation. Other principles, though at least as critical, are relatively unknown, even to mental health professionals. Those, too, have fancy names (think: psychobabble) which we will not get into here. Suffice it to say that the concepts are easy to understand and easy to use in a wide variety of settings including interpersonal relationships, social interactions, therapy sessions, crisis intervention, parenting, interviews, depositions, and court.
This will be a bread-and-butter/nuts-and-bolts presentation with an emphasis on practical applications. The twelve topics have been carefully chosen to be particularly relevant to alienated parents, alienated grandparents, mental health professionals, and family law attorneys. Among other things, the goal is to help participants make elegant use of simple concepts.
Dr. Miller has degrees in both Psychology and Medicine from Brown University and did residency training at Brown University and Harvard Medical School. For more than 30 years he was on the teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine; in addition, he has many years of experience practicing Behavioral Medicine -- a specialty that focuses on the interface between medicine and psychology. That background is particularly relevant to child maltreatment, child protection, child alignment, parental alienation, pathological enmeshment, and related issues since those clinical conditions are very much related to behavior, including dysfunctional, pathological, and abusive behavior. Likewise, he has several decades of experience practicing Forensic Medicine. A popular speaker, he has directed several hundred continuing education courses for physicians and other clinicians and presented over one thousand lectures on clinical reasoning, clinical problem-solving, and clinical decision-making. An internationally-known expert on alienation and estrangement – and how to distinguish one from the other – he is also an experienced expert witness, litigation consultant, and trial strategist.
We have over 1,000 callers participating in these calls in 37 countries. Deadline to register for this call is Sunday, April 19, 2020 by 5 PM EDT. To register for this call, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
"Parenting and Co-Parenting After Alienation"
On Sunday, May 3, 2020 from 8-10 PM EDT, Dr. Colleen Murray will be our guest speaker for this month's international seminar call. These calls are of no charge to anyone and are a ministry of Family Access-Fighting for Children's Rights. There is such an enormous amount of knowledge and support given on these calls regarding alienation. It is extremely helpful to both alienated family members as well as professionals who work with alienated family members. Please make these calls a priority as they are very helpful to all. We have over 1,000 callers each month representing 37 states. You have 3 options to join our call either calling in on our conference line, audio skype or download our desk top app.
Each caller may submit one question and the question must be in relation to the subject of this particular call. It can be no more than 3 real sentences (not sentences joined together to look like 3 sentences). Deadline to submit your question is Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Deadline to register for this call is Sunday, May 3, 2020 no later than 5 PM EDT. These are firm deadlines! To submit your question and/or register for the call, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
What happens after parental alienation? How do you redefine the relationship with your child? How do you not react to the continued attacks? And what about co parenting?
In the midst of enduring the pain of parental alienation, these are questions not normally discussed because we are often consumed by the current conflict. However, the continuing research by experts in the legal and mental health professions is yielding new information that is enabling an ever increasing number of targeted parents to get their children back. And as they get their children back, some are finding that they don’t know what to do next.
Re-initiating and then maintaining a connection with the offending “Ex” (whether that be a former spouse or estranged in-law) for the sake of your children and then redefining your parenting style with your children post-alienation is complicated at best. This is mostly because the person from whom you are trying to distance yourself remains an important presence in the life of your child. So how do you go about reestablishing your parental authority and engage in a healthy co-parenting relationship?
In this Family Access presentation, Dr. Murray will discuss techniques of how to assume parental influence in your child’s life while simultaneously managing a co-parenting relationship with an emotionally impaired Ex who lacks boundaries.
Colleen M. Murray, Ph.D., is a Licensed Practicing Counselor in Saint Robert, MO. Dr. Murray has an interest in better defining intimate partner violence to include parental alienation. She has spent many years working in the area of intimate partner violence and studying the effects and interventions for children subjected to intimate partner violence. Dr. Murray is in private practice with a focus on high conflict divorce and parental alienation. Dr. Murray assists families with co-parenting, reunification of alienated parent, and parent management techniques. Dr. Murray regularly testifies as an expert witness in high conflict divorce case. Dr. Murray speaks at continuing education conferences for family law attorneys and judges concerning how parental alienation effects children. Dr. Murray is also an adjunct professor at Drury University.
Colleen M. Murray is the owner of Victor’s Crown Christian Counseling Center, where she specializes in working with families struggling with high conflict divorce and parental alienation. Colleen is also an adjunct faculty member of Drury University. Colleen attended Campbell University and received her bachelor’s in Psychology. After graduation Colleen went on to serve in the United States Army where she received the Medal of Merit for her work in Homeland Security. After leaving the Army, Colleen went on to received her Master’s and Ph.D. in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University graduating summa cum laude and cum laude. Colleen conducted research in childhood trauma due to domestic violence. Colleen has three children; Ashley, Stuart and Joseph and lives in Saint Robert Missouri with her husband Daniel.
On Sunday, May 3, 2020 from 8-10 PM EDT, Dr. Colleen Murray will be our guest speaker for this month's international seminar call. These calls are of no charge to anyone and are a ministry of Family Access-Fighting for Children's Rights. There is such an enormous amount of knowledge and support given on these calls regarding alienation. It is extremely helpful to both alienated family members as well as professionals who work with alienated family members. Please make these calls a priority as they are very helpful to all. We have over 1,000 callers each month representing 37 states. You have 3 options to join our call either calling in on our conference line, audio skype or download our desk top app.
Each caller may submit one question and the question must be in relation to the subject of this particular call. It can be no more than 3 real sentences (not sentences joined together to look like 3 sentences). Deadline to submit your question is Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Deadline to register for this call is Sunday, May 3, 2020 no later than 5 PM EDT. These are firm deadlines! To submit your question and/or register for the call, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
What happens after parental alienation? How do you redefine the relationship with your child? How do you not react to the continued attacks? And what about co parenting?
In the midst of enduring the pain of parental alienation, these are questions not normally discussed because we are often consumed by the current conflict. However, the continuing research by experts in the legal and mental health professions is yielding new information that is enabling an ever increasing number of targeted parents to get their children back. And as they get their children back, some are finding that they don’t know what to do next.
Re-initiating and then maintaining a connection with the offending “Ex” (whether that be a former spouse or estranged in-law) for the sake of your children and then redefining your parenting style with your children post-alienation is complicated at best. This is mostly because the person from whom you are trying to distance yourself remains an important presence in the life of your child. So how do you go about reestablishing your parental authority and engage in a healthy co-parenting relationship?
In this Family Access presentation, Dr. Murray will discuss techniques of how to assume parental influence in your child’s life while simultaneously managing a co-parenting relationship with an emotionally impaired Ex who lacks boundaries.
Colleen M. Murray, Ph.D., is a Licensed Practicing Counselor in Saint Robert, MO. Dr. Murray has an interest in better defining intimate partner violence to include parental alienation. She has spent many years working in the area of intimate partner violence and studying the effects and interventions for children subjected to intimate partner violence. Dr. Murray is in private practice with a focus on high conflict divorce and parental alienation. Dr. Murray assists families with co-parenting, reunification of alienated parent, and parent management techniques. Dr. Murray regularly testifies as an expert witness in high conflict divorce case. Dr. Murray speaks at continuing education conferences for family law attorneys and judges concerning how parental alienation effects children. Dr. Murray is also an adjunct professor at Drury University.
Colleen M. Murray is the owner of Victor’s Crown Christian Counseling Center, where she specializes in working with families struggling with high conflict divorce and parental alienation. Colleen is also an adjunct faculty member of Drury University. Colleen attended Campbell University and received her bachelor’s in Psychology. After graduation Colleen went on to serve in the United States Army where she received the Medal of Merit for her work in Homeland Security. After leaving the Army, Colleen went on to received her Master’s and Ph.D. in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University graduating summa cum laude and cum laude. Colleen conducted research in childhood trauma due to domestic violence. Colleen has three children; Ashley, Stuart and Joseph and lives in Saint Robert Missouri with her husband Daniel.
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- 03/06/2020 Chapel Hill, NC 6:00-9:00pm
Varsity Theatre, 123 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514- Tickets (free if ordered before end of day today!) - 03/07/2020 Charlotte, NC 12:00-2:30pm
The Asian Herald Library, 1339 Baxter Street, Charlotte, NC 28204- Tickets - 03/14/2020 Burlington, NC 12:30-3:30pm
Victorious Event Center, 2371 Corporation Parkway, Burlington, NC 27215- Tickets
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