The devastating consequences of alienation for children

Children are far less likely to have psychological issues if the separating parents promote a healthy relationship, writes Richard Hogan

In the 1980s child psychiatrist Dr Richard A Garner coined a term to describe the process whereby one parent turns their child or children against the other parent; his term for this behaviour was ‘parental alienation’. And it is one of the most devastating maladaptive behaviour’s a parent can engage in for the entire family.