03/29/2024
The "alienation industry" is the dark underbelly of the family court system-it's a lucrative industry. We will shine a light into the darkness and provide a pathway for those who find themselves trapped in the predictable but disturbing pipeline.
The term "parental alienation" or "parental alienation syndrome (PAS)" was created by Richard Gardner in 1985 for the purpose of deflecting the court's attention from child abuse claims against fathers. This is a debunked concept, based on Gardner's clinical observations, not scientific data, and is not recognized by the United Nations (UN), American Psychiatric Association (APA), the World Health Organization (WHO) or the American Medical Association. Prior to his su***de, Gardner was an unpaid part-time clinical professor of child psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He made his money mainly as a forensic expert on a foundation of disturbing views, discrediting women and children on the basis of his debunked parental alienation theories.
The seeds planted by Gardner have grown into a lucrative cottage industry, perpetuated by unscrupulous professionals who are profiting off childhood trauma, much of which they are creating. Once a child is placed in the “alienation pipeline,” it is a very predictable journey and often ends with the child being forced into traumatizing reunification therapy or worse, reunification camp.
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