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Recognizing Parental Alienation: Signs and Solutions for Concerned Parents
Few challenges in parenting are as painful or complex as parental alienation. This occurs when a child is influenced to reject, fear, or show hostility toward one parent, often without a legitimate reason. High-conflict custody situations can make this issue even more...
When Your Parental Rights Are Challenged: Expert Strategies for Parents
Few situations are more stressful for a parent than facing challenges to their parental rights. Whether you are confronting custody restrictions, false allegations, or disputes over decision-making authority, these moments can feel overwhelming and emotional. However,...
Custody Modifications Explained: When and How to Request a Change
Custody arrangements are often thought of as permanent, but in reality, they can change as children grow and circumstances shift. A parent’s work schedule, relocation, or a child’s evolving needs may make the original custody order less practical or beneficial....
Preventing False Sexual Abuse Allegations in Custody Disputes: A Parent’s Guide
Custody disputes are often emotionally charged, but few situations are as damaging and complex as allegations of sexual abuse. When such claims arise—especially if they are unfounded—they can disrupt legal proceedings, strain parent-child relationships, and create...
Self-Splitting Psychology and the Power of Purpose
Postmodern culture has replaced scientifically derived “reality” with a broader and more compelling quantum perspective in which meaning is found in the future (Johnson, 2001; Shawver, 1966). In this context, “future” is literally thought to be rendered from the...
Forensic Science: Clinical Evidence in Child-Custody Determinations
Herman Gill, Ph.D. September 11, 2014 While the United States may be characterized globally as having a national shadow of excessive materialism, decadence, and militarism, Americans are also known for their uncanny ability to recognize deception and rise to action in...
APA Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations
(Family Law Proceedings) Herman Gill, Ph.D. February 2, 2016 When child custody hearings or trials involve litigation, a court’s decision will often rely heavily on a child custody evaluation, psychological evaluation, or other abbreviated evaluation ordered by the...