Resources

Dr. C.A. Childress Website

American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association, 2013.

Childress, C.A. (2015). An attachment-based model of parental alienation: Foundations. Claremont, CA: Oaksong Press.

Childress, C.A. (2017). Strategic family systems intervention for AB-PA: Contingency visitation schedule. Claremont, CA: Oaksong Press.

Joshi, Ashish. Parental Alienation and the role of GALs and LGALs (Part two). Michigan Family Law Journal volume 48, number 8, October 2018, p. 17-24.

Johnson, Emma. “What is parental alienation? Recognize the 18 signs”. Wealthy and Single Mommy with Emma Johnson. July 2, 2022 (updated September 27, 2022).

Mehta, Vinita, Ph.D., Ed.M. “The Devastating Effects of Parental Alienation.”  Psychology Today. December 27, 2021

Miller, Steven G. (2013) Clinical reasoning and decision making in cases of child alignment: Diagnostic and therapeutic issues.  In Amy J. L. Baker and S. Richard Sauber (Eds.), Working with alienated children and families: A clinical guidebook (pp. 8-40). New York: Routledge.

Minuchin, S. (1974). Families and family therapy. Harvard University Press.

Minuchin, Salvador. (1993). Family healing: Strategies for hope and understanding. New York: The Free Press.

Minuchin, S. & Nichols M.P. (1993). Family healing: strategies for hope and understanding. New York: Touchstone.

Stone, G., Buehler, C., & Barber, B.K. (2002). Interparental conflict, parental psychological control, and youth problem behaviors. In B.K Barber (Ed.), Intrusive parenting: How psychological control affects children and adolescents. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.