From Heartbreak to Healing

Self-Help

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Synopsis

Fixed - 10/23/2020

From Heartbreak to Healing is a comprehensive introduction to a common but often unrecognizes family dynamic called parental alienation, which is a serious form of both child and spouse abuse that occurs when one parent turns their child against the other parent for no justified reason—often during divorce or separation. It is a serious form of both child and spouse abuse that occurs throughout the world.

This go-to book for parents who do not know what to do when their child rejects them, is based on the author’s personal experience as an alienated parent years before the experience had a name. It reveals her story and how she healed her own grief, summarizes her research of the literature on this new field of parental alienation, and shares the results of the author’s nation-wide survey to interview other rejected parents firsthand about their experience of alienation.
Topics include:

What parental alienation is and how it works
Who teaches their child to reject the other parent and why
Stories of other alienated parents
How to find and screen parental alienation-qualified professionals
What works to resolve alienated relationships
Next steps YOU can take to help erase and prevent parental alienation

As a recommended resource on the International Parental Alienation Sudy Group website, this book is an excellent resource for social, legal, and mental health professions who want to understand and provide best practices to families suffering from parental alienation.

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Author Biography

Cara is the author of the book, From Heartbreak to Healing: Resolving Parental Alienation After 43 years as an alienated parent with a professional background in child development and family relationships where she managed child development programs serving working parents and their children, plus a doctorate in children’s [innate]spirituality, she finds answers to her questions: “Why me? How did this happen? and What is the purpose?” Through a process of deep introspection, she overcame decades of depression, despite remaining unreconciled with her son. She has now discovered resources, formerly unavailable, that could have led to a different outcome.

Author Insight

Personal Support for Parents

If you suspect that your child is rejecting you due to the influence of his or her other parent, it is critical that you get professional help to determine if this is true. If you follow the steps outlined in the excerpt and use the interview guides for interviewing therapists and attorneys on pages 227-229 of the book, you can develop the support you need to assure the well-being of your child and yourself.

Book Excerpt

From Heartbreak to Healing

Getting Personal Support

It is wise to recognize upfront that dealing with parental alienation is not a short-term problem or one that a child will outgrow. You need to prepare yourself by making sure that you have a nonjudgmental personal support system of family and friends, and a support group who can encourage you over the long haul. Keep in mind the advice of the flight attendant who tells you to put on your own oxygen mask before you do so for your child. The same principle applies here. If you do not take care of yourself, you cannot be there for your child.

Summing Up

Here are the steps you will want to take if you suspect you are a target of parental alienation:

1. Learn everything you can about parental alienation. Reading this book is a good start. Use the Resource page in the back of this book for more in-depth information.

2. Assure that you have a personal support system of friends, family and a support group to which you can turn.

3. Identify and hire qualified professionals who can assess your situation using the Five-Factor Method to determine whether you are dealing with parental alienation, and, if so, at what level of severity.

As a last resort, be prepared to educate your attorney or other professionals if you cannot find qualified people or cannot afford to bring in national experts. The more expertise you can hire, the more you increase your chances of success.

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Cara E Koch

From Heartbreak to Healing

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From Heartbreak to Healing

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