Parental Alienation 101 for Counselors

Presenter:

Robert A. Evans, PhD

Learning Objectives:

Learners will differentiate between clinical and forensic roles in the context of parental alienation, including the appropriate boundaries and responsibilities of each.
Learners will identify and describe the key characteristics of parental alienation, including definitions, the Baker Model, alienating strategies, and symptoms exhibited by children. .
Learners will explain why parental alienation is considered a form of psychological abuse, including its potential relevance to DSM-5-TR criteria and commonly misunderstood aspects.

CE Credit: 1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 0 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours

Robert A. Evans, PhD

Robert A. Evans, PhD provides expert testimony in family law cases involving child custody matters and specializes in resistance and refuse phenomenon (i.e. parental alienation). He is recognized as a provider of continuing education for attorneys, mental health professionals, and parents on parental alienation in child custody cases.

Robert has over 30 years of experience in supporting courts across the United States in family and criminal law cases. Although he is currently focused on expert testimony and education, he has provided child custody evaluations, individual, group and family counseling, family and divorce mediation, parental coordination and identification and assessment of sexual abuse. He is an approved sponsor of continuing education by the American Psychological Association, as well as the Florida Bar Association.

He is also co-founder of the National Association of the Parental Alienation Specialists (NAOPAS), an online educational resource for parents, attorneys and mental health professionals.