Parent Coach Radio is pleased to announce Dr. Joshua Coleman as our special guest for Thursday Feb 25th. Dr Coleman is the author of ”When Parents Hurt”.  This show will focus on all areas of parental alienation and parental estrangement. Dr Coleman would like to share strategies on dealing with this issue and strategies on reconnecting with the estranged children. Dr Coleman has been interviewed on national media outlets such as the The Today Show and Good Morning America talking about parental alienation. Feel free to call in with questions for Dr. Coleman

This is  featured show and will begin at 9:30 pm EST this week.

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Dr.Joshua Coleman Bio

Dr. Joshua Coleman is Co-Chair of the Council on Contemporary Families and is a psychologist with a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.

He has been a frequent guest on the Today Show, NPR, and The BBC, and has also been featured on Sesame Street, 20/20, Good Morning America, America Online Coaches, PBS Life Part 2, and numerous news programs for FOX, ABC, CNN, and NBC television. His advice has appeared in The New York Times, The Times of London, Fortune, Newsweek, The Chicago Tribune, Slate, Psychology Today, U.S. World and News Report, Parenting Magazine and many others.

He has served on the clinical faculties of The University of California at San Francisco, The Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology, and the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group.

He is the author of numerous articles and chapters and has written four books: The Marriage Makeover: Finding Happiness in Imperfect Harmony (St. Martin’s Press); The Lazy Husband: How to Get Men to Do More Parenting and Housework (St. Martin’s Press); When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don’t Get Along (HarperCollins); and Married with Twins: Life, Love and the Pursuit of Marital Harmony.   His books have been translated into Chinese, Croatian, and Korean, and are also available in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia.

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What is the DSM?

“Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States and contains a listing of diagnostic criteria for every psychiatric disorder recognized by the U.S. healthcare system. The current edition, DSM-IV-TR, is used by professionals in a wide array of contexts, including psychiatrists and other physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, occupational and rehabilitation therapists, and counselors, as well as by clinicians and researchers of many different orientations (e.g., biological, psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, interpersonal, family/systems). It is used in both clinical settings (inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinic, private practice, and primary care) as well as with community populations. In addition to supplying detailed descriptions of diagnostic criteria, DSM is also a necessary tool for collecting and communicating accurate public health statistics about the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders.”

This morning there was an article titled “Mental health professionals getting update on definitions” by Gary Rotstein from the Post-Gazette in Pittsburgh.  This article misinterpreted a fact about parental alienation and the DSM. Mr. Rotstein  wrote  “There was consideration of hoarding this time as a mental health issue, but it failed to make it into the recommendations for full manual treatment. There are always lobbyists for parental alienation syndrome, but they did not win out this time either.”

According to the DSM website, Parental Alienation is still being considered as an addition to the DSM. There are many advocates and professionals that are exerting countless hours in establishing research that validates Parental Alienation would be a worthy addition to the DSM. It is believed that if Parental Alienation is entered into the DSM that it would be considered monumental in recognizing that parental alienation exists. There are numerous amounts of professionals in the mental health and judicial community that do not endorse parental alienation as a valid diagnosis. Parental Alienation is still a very controversial topic with professionals and the general public. It only hurts the efforts when there inaccurate reports to dismay the general masses who are in favor of the inclusion of Parental Alienation.

What can you do to help?

Dr. William Bernet is leading the effort to include Parental Alienation into the newest addition of the DSM-5, which is expected to be released in May 2013. Many parents and adult survivors have assisted in this effort by writing the leadership of the DSM and making them aware of the severity of Parental Alienation.

Any person who wishes to express his or her opinion about the inclusion of parental alienation in DSM-V may want to contact the following individuals:

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Last Thursday on Parent Coach Radio our special guest was Jill Egizzi, author of “The Look of Love.” Jill shares her insight about her new book and her passion to bring awareness to the term Parental Alienation. The Look of Love is a novel that gives an accurate account of Parental Alienation and how it affects the family unit and the identity of the children involved. The compelling new book pulls the curtain back on the tragedy of the family court system while giving you a front row seat illustrating how the parent -child relationship can be shattered at the hands of the other parent.

Jill is politically active and was appointed to the Illinois Family Law Study committee. Their vision is to give the family courts an overhaul in the state of Illinois. Jill also serves as a board member for Children Need Both Parents and Parental Alienation Awareness Organization. The mother of four also holds the position of advisor for The Institute for the American Family.

 

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Here is your chance to listen to the show that you missed where we tackled the topic of parental alienation. Some of the issues we discussed- what to do if you suspect parental alienation, the emotions you face, and how to make change just to name a few.

What others are saying about the book

“The Look of Love is a godsend for parents who have been alienated from their children after a bitter divorce. Candidly describing the pain and frustration of parents and children who are torn asunder, Egizii offers readers a poignant view of parental alienation at its worst. Disheartened parents will feel heard and understood after reading this heartfelt novel.”

 —Dr. Linda Nielsen, author of Between Fathers and Daughters
Professor of Education Professor of Adolescent and Educational Psychology,
Wake Forest University

“The Look of Love clearly demonstrates how quickly and easily parental alienation can occur and the harm these behaviors do to children and the rejected parent. Ms. Egizii does a fantastic job of walking us through the effects of alienation, including the aha light bulb moment when a parent realizes that the child’s pain
is paramount to their own. A riveting read.”

 —Sarvy Emo, founder, Parental Alienation Awareness Day, April 25th
Founder, Parental Alienation Awareness Organization (PAAO) 

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