Parental Alienation: From Couch to Courtroom and Beyond

About Parental Alienation: From Couch to Courtroom and Beyond

Welcome to our podcast Parental Alienation: From Couch to Courtroom and Beyond. We will discuss the resisting and refusing dynamic, commonly referred to as Parental Alienation, how you know it’s happening and what can be done about it. The literature and research will be presented and shown how this form of child abuse is a traumatic adverse childhood experience. Parental Alienation can cause stress and trauma in high conflict divorces. These podcasts focus on how attorneys and mental health professionals can support families and children.

Publisher

Dr. Bob Evans and NAOPAS

Category

kids & family · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Oct 2021

Latest episode

18 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

74 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Aug 2026

   The Evidence Is In, Podcast Ep 44

   The previous episodes built the theoretical, historical, and methodological foundation. This episode is where the contemporary empirical literature is laid on top of that foundation. Here we reframe the question: does parental alienation exist? The debate is not whether PA exists but whether institutions are willing to use the evidence; the prevalence literature — Harman and colleagues; the survivor literature — Baker; the reformulation literature — Kelly and Johnston; the nosology literature...

2. 

   21 Jul 2026

   Memory, Suggestion and the Child, Podcast Ep 43

   This episode moves through cognitive psychology, developmental science, and forensic interview methodology. This episode: establishes that basic cognitive science demonstrates that memory is constructive, not reproductive; discusses Elizabeth Loftus’ research as to what happens when that constructive system is subjected to systematic adult suggestion; reviews the Satanic Panic period and the McMartin case that shows what happens when institutional contexts amplify suggestion on a mass scale; ...

3. 

   15 May 2026

   The Man They Had to Destroy Podcast Ep 42

   This episode contains a three-part structure 1. Who Richard Gardner actually was; 2. What he actually wrote; 3. What was done to his reputation and why. Please visit www.naopas.com or www.drbobevans.com for more information on parental alienation and Dr. Evans.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

34 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

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Quality

63

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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