They Are My Children, Too: A Mother’s Struggle for Her Sons
A harrowing and heartbreaking true story of international child abduction by the wife of the former British ambassador to the United States. This book is Catherine Meyer’s page-turning, play-by-play account of a living nightmare, the story of the determination of one woman fighting for her children and of the inadequacy of current international laws against […]
Real-Time Parenting: Choose Your Action Steps for the Present Moment
is the antidote to our comparison culture. Parents increase self-awareness and develop trust in themselves by taking inventory of their personality, values, and past experiences. They craft a unique vision for their family and choose action steps to meet their children’s needs in the heat of everyday moments. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting. […]
Half the Child
takes place over four consecutive summers in the lives of Michael Mullen and his son Benjamin, who ages from 2½ to 5½. The novel chronicles the separation, divorce, custody battle, and abduction that threaten to tear apart father and son. Mike is a 34-year-old air traffic controller at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport who is […]
Issue Focused Forensic Child Custody Assessment
This is a scholarly analysis of the complex and controversial task of conducting a reasonable child custody evaluation. The author provides an interesting review and analysis of the relevant scientific and legal literature and provides some useful practical suggestions for moving forward. This book will be helpful to practitioners who want to learn more about child custody […]
Living on Automatic: How Emotional Conditioning Shapes Our Lives and Relationships
Two veteran psychiatrists unravel the mystery of how thought and emotional patterns are passed from parents to children, generation after generation, “conditioning” each of us in ways that endure throughout our lives and affect all of our relationships. explores a groundbreaking concept developed by two psychiatrists with 80 years of combined experience in dynamic psychotherapy […]
For the Love of Eryk: Surviving Divorce, Parental Alienation and Life After
In Rod McCall shares his personal experience with parental alienation, which was so severe, it led to the death of his son Eryk. The boy was killed by the hands of his own mother when she lost her parental rights as the courts finally saw through her alienating behaviors. Part One of the Book is […]
Creating a successful parenting plan: A step-by-step guide for the care of children of divided families
is an award-winning guide on how to successfully create a comprehensive parenting plan for parental custody in court. Often parents vying for custody do not know what to ask for or the important legal terms in order to make a solid case, and many cannot afford legal representation. This guide teaches parents everything they need […]
Parental Alienation: How to Understand and Address Parental Alienation Resulting from Acrimonious Divorce or Separation
Parental Alienation is a significant contribution to debates on the effects of family breakdown. Drawing on international research, the book discusses the problems for parents and children when parental alienation occurs. It identifies the signs of parental alienation syndrome (PAS). Concerned with the important task of seeking to remedy PAS, author L.F. Lowenstein’s basic principle […]
The Good Karma Divorce: Avoid Litigation, Turn Negative Emotions into Positive Actions, and Get On with the Rest of Your Life
is that rare guidebook that offers a concrete path to transforming painful experience into positive action. Family Judge Michele Lowrance, who experienced her parents’ divorce and two of her own, has developed what Karen Mathis, past president of the American Bar Association, describes as an “inspired and uplifting alternative to the agonizing divorce process.” Over […]
Benchbook In The Behavioral Sciences: Psychiatry-Psychology-Social Work
Thousands of judges, attorneys, and court personnel have to deal with experts in the behavioral sciences every day. Expert testimony from behavioral scientists (psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers) is the fastest growing area of expertise in American courts. The U.S. Supreme Court decisions in and have profoundly altered the rules of evidence regarding expert testimony. […]
