'PARENTAL ALIENATING BEHAVIORS AND COERCIVE CONTROL: THE ONE AND THE SAME' DR. JENNIFER HARMAN

"PARENTAL ALIENATING BEHAVIORS AND COERCIVE CONTROL: THE ONE AND THE SAME"

THE USE OF CHILDREN AS WEAPONS HAS LONG BEEN DOCUMENTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (DV) RESEARCHERS AS A STRATEGY OF ABUSE BY COERCIVELY CONTROLLING INDIVIDUALS. THE IMPACT OF THIS WEAPONIZATION ON CHILDREN HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY PARENTAL ALIENATION, WHO CONSEQUENTLY HAVE REFERRED TO COERCIVELY CONTROLLING BEHAVIORS AS “PARENTAL ALIENATING BEHAVIORS” BECAUSE OF THE FOCUS ON THE CHILD RATHER THAN THE PERPETRATOR OF ABUSE. DESPITE THESE TWO DIFFERENT LABELS FOR THE SAME SETS OF BEHAVIORS, THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE RESISTANCE AMONG DETRACTORS OF PARENTAL ALIENATION IN RECOGNIZING PARENTAL ALIENATING BEHAVIORS, PREFERRING INSTEAD TO CALL COERCIVELY CONTROLLING ABUSE IN THESE CASES AS “PROTECTIVE PARENTING,” PARTICULARLY WHEN THE “PROTECTIVE PARENT” IS A MOTHER. IN THIS PRESENTATION, DR. HARMAN WILL REVIEW THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE DOCUMENTING THE WEAPONIZATION OF CHILDREN ACROSS BOTH FIELDS OF STUDY, HIGHLIGHT HOW THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME PHENOMENON, AND EXPLORE HOW A BIASED GENDER PARADIGM ABOUT VIOLENCE AND THE DENIAL AND MISREPRESENTATION OF SCIENCE HAS CREATED AN UNNECESSARY AND HARMFUL DIVIDE IN THIS FIELD OF WORK.

JENNIFER J. HARMAN, PHD RECEIVED HER DOCTORATE IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT IN 2005. SHE IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY AND HAS PUBLISHED OVER A DOZEN PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ON THE TOPIC OF PARENTAL ALIENATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SHE IS A RENOWNED EXPERT ON THE TOPIC OF PARENTAL ALIENATION, CONDUCTS TRAININGS ON THE TOPIC FOR LEGAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND HAS PROVIDED EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY IN MANY FAMILY AND CRIMINAL COURT CASES ACROSS THE U.S. SHE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE PARENTAL ALIENATION STUDY GROUP, IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNSEL ON SHARED PARENTING, AND IS ON THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE PEER-REVIEW SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.

[PaulAndersonDonegal]

Thank You Jennifer for such an excellent presentation on why Parental Alienation is Coercive Control as well as Child Abuse too and why WE have to question and critique the heavily resourced organisations who are trying to undermine the awful realities of gender & child abuse that dismissal of Parental Alienation exemplifies

[bMichaelS]

DHS/CPS in every state needs to have this seminar added to their training procedures for all social and case workers.

[ParentalAlienationAwareness]

Thank you Dr. Harman for both your excellent work in the field and also highlighting the problems with missinformation in general, and regarding Parental Alienation in particular. ❤️

[arabianhorsesever]

I know a man that has been mentally and physically abused by his female partner for years, and now that they are separated, she uses the child to abuse him. Yet he is always blamed, and she is always made to be the victim. Not true at all.

[lauraleeBolger]

Thank you! We have to stand up to this denial of PA.

[siljemarsh]

Thank You ❤ I wish I could spread this to everyone.

[jenniferc.]

Now, I have never in my almost 50 years of existence ever heard anyone say that domestic violence is specific to men being the aggressor. I've never ever heard someone say that women can't be perpetrators ever.

They are, and it's well known. It's just not Centuries old mold.

And the more and more violence continues to go without accountability, without consequences & without remedy; the more it pervasively spreads

[pamelaroche]

Thank you Dr Harman for your brilliant presentation. We really appreciate all the work and study you put into this.

[debrabedoya]

Dr. Harman aren’t you the woman who did her thesis in p.a. that vowed to educate the judges and others about the dangers of p.a. ?

[advocacyaccount]

I believe the article you wrote was in Psychology Today several years ago. If so thank you & if not we are glad we have someone like you educating everyone about parental alienation.

[Wendy-lbdo]

Dr Harman, people are altering your videos. I cannot track where it is coming from. The police will. I would appreciate YouTube and yourself looking into this.

[sarahnewmanapmaom]

Highly informative & valuable. Thank you!