Dr. Jennifer Jill Harman Associate Professor of Psychology, Colorado State University; Forensic Consultant, Harman Consulting LLC 7th annual Parental Alienation Study Group conference reflections (1 of 7)

Dr. Jennifer Jill Harman Associate Professor of Psychology, Colorado State University; Forensic Consultant, Harman Consulting LLC

2d

7th annual Parental Alienation Study Group conference reflections (1 of 7)

I have many thoughts and impressions about the conference this past week and how it has changed over the years. Due to length, I will make separate posts for each that come to mind right now:

1. Consensus in terminology about the problem: Since I started working in this field, critics of parental alienation scholarship have repeatedly stated PASG members are not clear or have not been in consensus about what exactly parental alienation is/is not. It has been blatantly clear over the last 4-5 conferences and last decade + of published scholarship on the topic that we have consensus among scientists and members on this issue. This criticism can be put to rest. The only “controversy” I see now are from people who have never attended a PASG conference, have not read much of anything we have published in any real detail, or actually spoken at length to PASG members.