How to Move On and Protect Yourself from Parental Alienation Claims It’s normal when a relationship ends for people to be angry and upset. In most cases, these feelings tend to subside with time. As things begin to settle down, people generally find ways to work together to make sure the kids can get through […]
Read MoreWhy is a parenting plan so important with a narcissist?
A parenting plan is a valuable tool to create when there is a dissolution of a marriage with children involved but it is especially important in a divorce with a narcissist because it can help to provide structure and stability for the child during a potentially chaotic and emotionally draining time. A parenting plan can […]
Read MoreWhy “Parental Alienation” is Not A Syndrome But Your Child’s Rejection is Real
According to the American Psychological Association, parental alienation is “a child’s experience of being manipulated by one parent to turn against the other (targeted) parent and resist contact with him or her.” It is one of the most predictable and threatening concepts coming into the conversation during high-conflict divorce and/or custody battles when there is […]
Read MoreCo-parenting With A Narcissist: Fake It Til You Make It
After a 3 and ½ year custody battle my ex-spouse who has severe Narcissistic Personality Disorder was forced to settle on a shared parenting plan for our 6 year old daughter. This was after 3 ½ years of parental alienation tactics with me as the targeted parent. The child psychologist that had been appointed for […]
Read MoreSurviving Parental Alienation
The pain in my heart is all-encompassing. Moments weave in and out—moments of my current daily existence—moments of memories of earlier times in our children’s childhood, before Parental Alienation severed the loving bonds that I enjoyed with our kids and took for granted. My tears well up and drop, falling slowly to the depths of […]
Read MoreAn Anonymous Story of Co-Parenting
I have a stalker. He doesn’t lurk in the bushes by my house with binoculars. He doesn’t follow me to work or spy on me while I run errands. But he still inserts himself into my life and the effects of his actions are present in my home. He is the father of my child. […]
Read MoreWhy Couples Therapy is Contraindicated with a Psychopath
Why Couples Therapy is Contraindicated with a Psychopath “The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt. Rather, it must be based upon the self-protective capability of the victim. Until the victim has developed a detailed and realistic contingency plan and has […]
Read MoreNational Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Have you ever wanted to stand up and say you have been abused? I NEED YOUR HELP! October is domestic violence awareness month and I just had an idea. I would like to make a video with little clips of people that say things like, I was abused, or emotional abuse is real, narcissistic abuse […]
Read MoreHow to Co Parent With a Narcissist – Dr. Rhoberta Shaler
It is so hard to co-parent with a narcissist because narcissists don’t play fair. They don’t like losing and the will do anything to win. Often they fight for things not because they want them but because you do, Dr Rhoberta Shaler is an expert in the field with 16 books to her name and […]
Read MoreChildren of Narcissists, Should You Tell Them?
I am often asked by parents if they should tell their children mommy or daddy is a narcissist. The answer is not right now and maybe never. Childrens worlds are already upside down because of the split and because of new routines, new homes, new friends and a paralyzing fear that they did something wrong. […]
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