Parental Alienation Experts
The founders of NAOPAS list other professionals on this website who have demonstrated their expertise in the area of Parental Alienation. The mere listing of a person’s name on this site does not suggest or imply an association or collusion with that person exists or has existed relative to any past or present litigation.
Parental – Child Conflict/Alienation Experts
Parent-child conflicts are devastating to the family dynamic, especially in parental alienation cases. Parents are often looking for answers as to how this happened and what can they do to help repair the relationship with their child. The following is a list of organizations and experts who help educate and counsel families.
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| Amy J.L. Baker, PhD | www.amyjlbaker.com |
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Dr. Baker is a nationally recognized expert in parental alienation, and parent-child relationships, especially children of divorce, and emotional abuse of children. She has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Teachers College of Columbia University. She is the author or co-author of 10 books and over 120 academic articles on topics related to children’s well-being. |
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| Kelley A. Baker, PhD, LPC | www.kelleybakerphd.co |
| Kelley Baker has counseled individuals and families in the Austin area since 1994. She was educated at Texas State University, where she earned a B.A. degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Guidance. Dr. Baker has specialized in providing mental health services to families during divorce and post-divorce since 2001. She has completed over 200 hours of specialized training for mental health professionals working with families of divorce, conducting custody evaluations, and the assessment and treatment of parental alienation. She has worked on over 600 divorce related cases since beginning her private practice and provided testimony throughout central Texas, Washington D.C., and Colorado. | |
| Bill Bernet, MD | |
| Bill Bernet is a Harvard Medical School graduate, professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, board certified in general psychiatry, child psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. Dr. Bernet 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. He is the founder of PASG, the Parental Alienation Study Group. |
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| Michael Bone, PhD | www.jmichaelbone.com |
| Dr. Bone is an experienced consultant for cases involving Parental Alienation & has spent over 25 years working with high conflict divorce as a therapist, expert witness, mediator, evaluator and consultant, both nationally and internationally. Additionally, he is co-founder of the National Association of Parental Alienation Specialists (NAOPAS). |
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| Amy Eichler, Ph.D., LP, LSSP | www.turningpointpsych.com |
| Dr. Eichler is a Licensed Psychologist and a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and has been working with children and families since 1997. She has been recognized for her work and research in parental alienation and continues to work with families struggling in this area. Amy testifies in court as a therapist and has also served as an expert witness in the areas of child abuse (sexual, physical, and emotional), child development, and parental alienation. Other services include forensic consultation and presentations. |
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| Robert A. Evans, PhD | www.drbobevans.com |
| Dr. Evans has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Evaluation. He has over thirty years of experience in individual, group & family counseling; psychological & educational evaluations; training & training research. He provides expert testimony in parental alienation matters, co-authored a book on parental alienation and provides continuing education courses for psychologists and attorneys. He is also a co-founder of National Association of Parental Alienation Specialists (NAOPAS). |
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| Family Access – Fighting for Children’s Rights | www.familyaccessfightingforchildrensrights.com |
| Richard Gardner | |
| Richard A. Gardner (April 28, 1931 – May 25, 2003) was an American child psychiatrist known for his work in psychotherapy with children, parental alienation and child custody evaluations. Based on his clinical work with children and families, Gardner introduced the term parental alienation syndrome (PAS). He wrote 41 books and more than 200 journal articles and book chapters. He developed child play therapy and test materials that he published through his company Creative Therapeutics. Gardner was an expert witness in child custody cases. |
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| Linda Gottlieb | www.lindagottlieb.com |
| Linda is internationally recognized as a parental alienation specialist. She began her professional career as a caseworker in New York’s foster care system in 1970, where she remained for 24 years helping over 3000 children. Over the past three decades, Linda has focused on helping conflicted parents settle their custody and parental disputes in therapy instead of in court. Linda has testified in more than 500 adversarial custody cases and is highly regarded as an accomplished expert witness & author and is the founder of Turning Points for Families. | |
| Jennifer Jill Harman, PhD | |
| Dr. Jennifer Jill Harman, graduated from the Univerity of Connecticut with her Masters degree. She is a teacher, mentor, author and researcher. She specializes in intimate relationships, power, family violence (e.g., parental alienation), application of social psychological theories to underrepresented populations. | |
| Ashish Joshi | www.joshiattorneys.com |
| Ashish Joshi, owner and managing partner of the firm, serves as the lead counsel in high-stakes, complex disputes and litigation matters. Mr. Joshi has counseled and/or represented clients in state and federal courts across the United States and internationally, including in India, United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands, and China.A prolific author, Mr. Joshi has published a number of articles and co-authored books on several legal topics including parental alienation, criminal defense, commercial litigation, international litigation, and trial practice. |
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Demosthenes Lorandos, Ph.D., J.D.
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www.drlorandos.net |
| Dr. Lorandos is an attorney, forensic psychologist, editor, and writer. Dr. Lorandos is the Editor-in-Chief of the new three volume set by Thomson Reuters WEST Litigator’s Handbook of Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry and Psychology – Providing consultation to Courts, Law firms, Professional Associations and Experts on the interface of science and law. Drawing on fifty years of clinical and forensic behavioral sciences expertise and thirty years as a litigator and legal scholar, to provide scholarship, effective science and legal education services as well as forensic litigation consultation. | |
| Steven Miller, MD | |
| Steven Miller, M.D. ws a physician in Cambridge, Massachusetts who, among other things, specialized in forensic medicine and behavioral medicine. His sub-specialty interests includes certain family dynamics and other clinical phenomena that are relevant to parental alienation, realistic estrangement, pathological enmeshment, and other types of child alignment, including pathological alignment. | |
| National Association of Parental Alienation Specialists (NAOPAS) | www.naopas.com |
| Founded by Robert A. Evans, PhD and J. Michael Bone, PhD, the National Association of Parental Alienation Specialists (NAOPAS) is an educational resource offering education and expertise for parents, attorneys and mental health professionals. | |
| PASG – Parental Alienation Study Group | www.pasg.info |
| Parental Alienation Study Group, Inc (PASG), is a nonprofit international organization of mental health professionals, legal professionals, targeted parents and grandparents, and child and family advocates who are interested in the study of parental alienation. | |
| Yvonne Parnell | |
| Yvonne Parnell, based in Toronto, ON, CA, is currently a Psychoanalyst and Registered Psychologist at Port Union Medical Centre. Yvonne Parnell brings experience from previous roles at Etobicoke General Hospital, Toronto East General Hospital and University Hospital. Yvonne Parnell holds a 1977 – 1982 PhD in Neuropsychology @ Liverpool John Moores University. With a robust skill set that includes Clinical Supervision, Clinical Psychology, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Neuropsychology and more. |
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| Kathleen Reay, PhD | www.drkathleenreay.com |
| Dr. Reay is the Founder and Clinical Director of the Family Reflections Reunification Program for Severely Alienated Children and Their Families. She has worked with over 4,000 alienated children and gained much of her knowledge from clinical private practice experience. |
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| Karen Woodall | www.karenwoodall.blog |
| Karen Woodall is a psychotherapist, writer, researcher and trainer. She is also a partner at the Family Separation Clinic in London. | |
| Nick Woodall | www.nickwoodall.net |
| Nick Woodall is a psychodynamic psychotherapist (MA), partner at the Family Separation Clinic in London and specializes in children’s post-separation rejecting behaviors. | |
| The Anti Alienation Project | Youtube – Anti Alienation Project |
| All things parental alienation… from the point of view of an adult child who went through it. | |