Restoring Family Connections: Helping Targeted Parents and Adult Alienated Children Work through Conflict, Improve Communication, and Enhance Relationships

Baker, Amy J.L.; LCSW, Paul R. Fine; LaCheen-Baker, Alianna

ISBN 10: 1538137321 / ISBN 13: 9781538137321

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Restoring Family Connections: Helping Targeted Parents and Adult Alienated Children Work through Conflict, Improve Communication, and Enhance Relationships
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538137321
• ISBN 13: 9781538137321
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Broken relationships between adult children and their parents is a widespread phenomenon. While the parent-child attachment relationship is of critical importance for the child in the early years of life, the parent-child relationship continues to be a source of great importance over the course of the individual’s life span for both the child and the parent. For adults and adult children who are estranged/alienated from each other, the pain and dissatisfaction never fully go away.

Despite the prevalence of the problem of ruptured relationships, there are few resources available for mental health professionals working with this population. This book provides a tool for clinicians to turn to when they are working with adult children and their parents seeking to resolve conflict, improve communication, and enhance their relationships.

About the Authors

Amy J.L. Baker, PhD, is a nationally recognized leader and expert in the field of parental alienation and loyalty conflicts. She is the author of Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties That Bind (2007), Working with Alienated Children and Families: A Clinical Guidebook (2012), and Surviving Parental Alienation: A Journey of Hope and Healing (2017). Baker has published numerous academic articles on the topic of parental alienation and writes a blog for Psychology Today on the topic.

Paul R. Fine, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with over four decades providing individual, family and group therapy. He works in a community mental health center, providing an eclectic humanistic approach to problems faced by his clients.