The Routledge International Handbook of Shared Parenting and Best Interest of the Child
With expert contributions from psychological, sociological, and legal perspectives, it offers scientific analysis and debate on whether the best interests of the child should be the primary consideration in deciding child custody cases in cases of divorce or separation or whether it should be one of several primary considerations. This book explores complex dilemmas inherent […]
Parent Power: The Key to America’s Prosperity
Our government is forced to become involved in struggling families and their adult offspring at the cost of 23% of state and 45% of county expenditures that flow largely from our federal income taxes. One-third of our children and youth are failing in some aspect of their lives. The United States is at the top […]
Child Custody: Practice Standards, Ethical Issues, and Legal Safeguards for Mental Healthprofessionals
Essential reading for any mental health professional who is currently involved in custody cases as well as those who are considering work in the family law arena. The author uses his unique perspective as both a psychologist and attorney to delineate standards for practice when providing services to children and families when there are custody […]
Crianza Compartida/Shared Parenting
The system of divorce and custody over a child can have lasting negative impacts on the child. The welfare of both the child and the parents is harmed in this process of split parenting. Shared parenting – that is, the continued care for the child from both parents – can remedy the emotional impacts of […]
From the Mob to the Therapist’s Chair
Dr. Monty Weinstein grew up in a wealthy family that made its millions off the grid and most definitely illegally. He was the birth son of a notorious mobster, and hustled his way through his teen-age years packing a pistol that was supplied by his very own father. He was encouraged to show it off […]
Protection de l’enfance: Lettre ouverte à tous ses acteurs (Child protection: Open letter to all its actors)
Divorce is a delicate exercise of transition to a different living environment, especially when children are present. Without being careful, we can start to slide toward something unmanageable and a source of intense suffering. This book advises: be attentive to one’s own reactions following the break-up; give the children more attention; and know the structures […]
Ebeveyne Yabancılaşma Sendromu
This book is in Turkish. In contentious divorces and custody battles, this book should be read by divorce lawyers, family court judges, social workers, forensic experts, pedagogues, psychologists, psychological counselors, guidance experts, and psychiatrists. A child who is programmed may develop parental alienation. In divorces, there is no winner of custody battles! Good parents think […]
Don’t Blame Me, Daddy: False Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse
This book explains how false allegations of child sexual abuse may occur in the context of custody battles in divorce cases. The author, Dean Tong, M.Sc., is a forensic trial consultant and expert witness whose work and practice concentrates on high-conflict divorces, child custody battles, and child sexual abuse cases. He has testified in multiple […]
Elusive Innocence: Survival Guide for the Falsely Accused
assists parents wrongly accused of abuse and their attorneys, as well as child protective investigators during their intake assessments, therapists, and judges. From actual case studies including the author’s, to chapters on the accused, accuser, alleged child victim, and agencies; to a detailed road map on how to counter unfounded and false child abuse and/or […]
Ashes to Ashes, Families to Dust: False Accusations of Child Abuse: A Roadmap for Survivors
In 1995 there were over 2 million unfounded reports of child abuse and neglect in America. Has our child “protection” system become itself a kind of family abuse industry? Are legitimate abuse complaints neglected due to a plethora of false accusations? Where would you turn for bona fide help if wrongly accused of child abuse? […]