Agenda and Key Topics Covered at Each Parental Alienation Event

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Agenda for 2-full day workshop: Effective Clinical Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions for Alienated Children and their Family Members 

Doors open at 8 a.m. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. Dr. Reay’s book will be available for optional purchase at this time.

9 am – 10:45 am seminar

10:30 am 15 minute BREAK

11 am – 12:00 pm seminar

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH (on your own)

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm seminar

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm 15 min BREAK

2:45 pm – 4:00 pm seminar

ADJOURN

KEY TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• Why it is important to learn about PA & PAS?
• Why critics are wrong
• Up-to-date facts on the proposal submitted to the DSM-V Task Force of the American Psychiatric Association for the inclusion of parental alienation in the upcoming Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) and the ICD-11
• Effective Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
• The value of early identification
• Don’t jump to conclusions!
• Seven different reasons why children and youth may refuse contact with a parent that aren’t necessarily related to PA or PAS
• preferences for a child or youth to prefer one parent over the other in intact, blended, separating, divorcing, and divorced families
• What are the distinct differences between PA and PAS?
• The eight primary manifestations of PAS
• The misdiagnosis of PAS
• The dynamics that lead to PA, a legitimate form of justifiable estrangement and the dynamics that lead to PAS, a legitimate form of unjustifiable processes
• Assessment for PA/PAS and child risk of suicide
• Assessment for PA/PAS and child risk of flight
• Assessment for PA/PAS and relocation issue
• Assessment for PA/PAS and culturally-diverse issues
• False allegations of abuse
• The use of psychological tests
• The prevalence of PAS
• Variations in the severity of PAS
• Short-term and long-term consequences of PAS
• Psychological characteristics of alienated children and youth
• Developmental issues that may contribute to PAS
• Psychological characteristics of alienating parents
• The intergenerational cycle of PAS
• The layers of players: Roles of family members, professionals and the justice system
• The destructive power of systemic third-party alienation
• Effective Treatment Considerations
• Ethical considerations for working with this specialized population
• How to avoid therapist alienation
• Why it’s not business as usual for treating this type of population
• Who is the client?
• How to avoid no-win treatment interventions
• Let’s fill up your therapeutic tool boxes!
• Effective treatment interventions for mild, moderate and severe levels of alienation
• So you’ve been fired by an alienating parent. Now what?
• How to deal with non-compliance issues
• Reunification Therapy
• Residential programs for reunifying alienated parents & children
• Where does treatment for the alienator fit in here?
• Collaborative treatment approaches
• Recognition of PAS in the Canadian Court System
• The Mohan Test
• Children’s Rights
• Do alienated children have the competency to testify in court?
• Helping your client choose an effective lawyer
• When you need to testify in court: How to respond to the most common examination and cross-examination questions
• Self-care and compassion fatigue
• Why it’s important to encourage alienated parents to never give up!

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Agenda for full day workshop: Toxic Divorce: Concepts, Understanding and Powerful Strategies for Alienated Parents and Professionals

Doors open at 8 a.m.

Refreshments and light snacks will be available. Each participant will receive a new copy of Dr. Reay’s book called Toxic Divorce and an official receipt.

8:30 am – 10:15 am

10:15 am BREAK (refreshments & light snacks)

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH (on your own)

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm BREAK (refreshments & light snacks)

2:45 pm – 4:30 pm

ADJOURN

KEY TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• Why it is important to learn about PA & PAS
• Up-to-date facts on the proposal submitted to the DSM-V Task Force of the American Psychiatric Association for the inclusion of parental alienation in the upcoming Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) and the ICD-11
• Why it is important not to jump to conclusions
• Seven different reasons why children and youth may refuse contact with a parent that aren’t necessarily related to PA or PAS
• Normal preferences for a child or youth to prefer one parent over the other in intact, blended, separating, divorcing, and divorced families
• What the distinct differences are between PA and PAS
• The eight primary manifestations of PAS
• The dynamics that lead to PA, a legitimate form of justifiable estrangement and the dynamics that lead to PAS, a legitimate form of unjustifiable processes
• The prevalence of PAS
• Variations in the severity of PAS
• Long-term consequences of PAS
• Psychological characteristics of alienated children and youth
• Developmental issues that may contribute to PAS
• Psychological characteristics of alienating parents
• Factors that fuel PAS including issues relating to the present structures of the legal system and being aware of therapist alienation
• The importance of choosing an effective lawyer and how
• The importance of choosing an effective mental health professional and how
• Why It’s important for alienated parents and professionals to take swift action and to never give up
• Evidence-based tools and strategies to help alienated parents and children
• Alienated parents will learn ways to overcome the emotional roller coaster ride, deal with the inevitability of anger, learn how to get rid of counterproductive thinking and use productive thinking, learn strategies to rise above the stress and ways to behave their way out of things they fear
• Professionals will learn how to provide effective evidence-based treatment for this specialized population

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

• RECOGNIZE the red flags for family alienation
• UNDERSTAND factors that ignite alienation in  children and youth
• LEARN numerous tools and techniques for the varying stages of PAS
• LEARN how to provide user-friendly cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) based strategies for alienated families
• HOW to stop parental alienation from destroying so many families
• WHAT not to do­— strategies that don’t work for alienated parents and alienated children or youth