Month: June 2021

Court-ordered Reunification Counseling

Post author By Linda C J Turner
Post date June 30, 2021
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Thacker: Why don’t you give us a little bit of insight of what really is reunification…what are we trying to reunify and what does that all mean?

Flood: When reunification counseling is ordered, usually there’s a reject and refuse dynamic that’s happening. The children are, for legitimate reasons, not wanting to be around a parent who has been proven to be ineffective, incompetent, abusive, neglectful, having a significant substance abuse problem, mental health issues. The children have, in their experience of that incompetency, pulled away from that parent and the courts have become aware of that. That’s one situation where children are rejecting and refusing.

The other side of that is when there’s an alienation dynamic. And that’s when a child for invalid reasons, unfounded reasons, is rejecting a good enough parent. Where there has been a base rate relationship prior to the divorce, where the children have a reasonable relationship with the father or mother and then in the stress of the divorce the child is rejecting a parent.

What is Reunification Counseling and How Does it Work?

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New Observations on Sole and Joint Custody for Children

Post author By Linda C J Turner
Post date June 30, 2021
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Divorcing parents do not collaborate well in joint custody for their children’s benefit. If they could collaborate, they may not have divorced.
The choice of mate for marriage affects the style of parenting in both intact and divorced families.
Parenting styles revolve around which parent gives emotional care to the children and which parent seeks emotional care from the children.
Sole custody ensures the opportunity for children to be emotionally nourished, provided sole custody is given to the emotionally giving parent.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/living-automatic/202106/new-observations-sole-and-joint-custody-children

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What is Braun and Clarke 2006 thematic analysis?

Post author By Linda C J Turner
Post date June 30, 2021
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Thematic analysis is the process of identifying patterns or themes within qualitative data. Braun & Clarke (2006) suggest that it is the first qualitative method that should be learned as ‘..it provides core skills that will be useful for conducting many other kinds of analysis‘

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The Forgotten Parent: The Targeted Parent Perspective of Parental Alienation

Post author By Linda C J Turner
Post date June 30, 2021
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This study investigated the targeted parent experience of parental alienation and alienating behaviors. One hundred and twenty-six targeted parents provided narratives in response to an open-ended question at the end of an online survey. Braun and Clarke’s (2006) thematic analysis framework was used to identify themes in the data. Six themes were identified illustrating targeted parents’ experience of parental alienation and alienating behaviors. Targeted parents described physical and emotional distance separating them from their child, emotional and financial costs associated with their engagement with “systems” such as legal systems and child protection systems. They described poor mental health and concern for their child’s psychological well-being. Targeted parents considered alienating behaviors to be a form of family violence. Additionally, targeted parents used active coping behaviors. It was concluded that further research is needed to better understand parental alienation. Mental health and legal professionals must collaborate to optimize support for targeted parents.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325404097_The_Forgotten_Parent_The_Targeted_Parent_Perspective_of_Parental_Alienation

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Alienated Adult Children’s Experience of Parental Alienation

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Post date June 30, 2021
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This study explored the experience of adults who had experienced parental alienation during childhood. Ten alienated adult children participated in 60 to 90-minute semi-structured interviews about their experience of parental alienation. Using Braun and Clarke (2006) thematic analysis framework, seven themes were identified. Participants described experiencing abuse perpetrated by the alienating parent. They described experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-worth, guilt, attachment problems, difficulty in other relationships, and reduced or delayed educational and career attainment that they attributed to their experience of parental alienation. These results demonstrated that children’s exposure to parental alienation may have lifelong ramifications for their psychological well-being.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01926187.2020.1775531?journalCode=uaft20

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EMDR therapy

In recent years, resource installation has turned into an important procedure in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). Research has provided preliminary evidence regarding the neurophysiological signature of EMDR therapy resource installation. Even if a variety of resource installation procedures have been described, there is a variety of clients with different needs. Especially clients with attachment deficits or attachment disorder and in general complex client could profit from innovation in resource installation. Additional strategies for the enhancement of resource memory networks could enrich the EMDR therapy procedural toolbox. Two novel resource installation procedures, Instant Resource Installation (IRI) and Extensive Resource Installation (xtRI) are introduced and discussed. Two case examples document the clinical use of these novel EMDR resource enhancement procedures.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468749921000247

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Social Media and Health Behavior Change

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Post date June 30, 2021
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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective in the management and treatment of a variety of mental health problems, namely anxiety and depression. Interestingly, CBT can be delivered online, with very good results [46,47]. Plus, delivering CBT online makes it widely accessible and convenient, turning it into a cost-effective therapy that is able to benefit a greater number of patients than is possible in traditional CBT.

Online CBT can be self-guided or guided by a clinician, and it may include reminders, access to lessons and educational content [48]. Cognitive behavioral interventions can be delivered online for a variety of mental health problems and behavioral issues, with high adherence and effectiveness [46,47].

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/cognitive-behavioral-therapy

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Psychoeducation

Psychoeducation (PE) is defined as an intervention with systematic, structured, and didactic knowledge transfer for an illness and its treatment, integrating emotional and motivational aspects to enable patients to cope with the illness and to improve its treatment adherence and efficacy.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/psychoeducation