Thomas Moore

Please let me see my son by Thomas Moore. (available on Amazon) A page turning drama of Parental Alienation one of the biggest social scandals of our time.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Parents in the rejected position are traumatised people who deserve care, support and the dignity of recognition of what they carry, in the face of ignorance and dismissal. Every. Single. Day.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Central to a child's rejection of a parent is enmeshment, which is a series of micro-coercions that cause a child to take care of parental needs. Coerced alignment causes the child to become alienated from their own needs and aligned to the controlling parent's needs first.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

When you see it in the literature, this whole issue makes absolute sense, and the need to root it in its proper place of child protection makes sense, too.This is not about conflict or contact or complex divorce, this is coercive control of children using any means available.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Frozen watchfulness is coerced alignment with an abusive caregiver; it has a neurodevelopmental basis and key behavioural indicators. FW is recognised by the CPS as an indicator of hidden harm at home (child abuse). Alienated/coerced children display these indicators.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Based on our social work training pathways in the UK and Holland, training for professionals will soon be available, along with our new Clinical Handbook which follows publication of The Journey of the Alienated Child by Routledge this year.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

As the Family Courts continue to identify the harms suffered by alienated children, making accurate assessment and treatment routes even more necessary, evidence-based, accredited training comes next.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Creating fear of a parent in the mind of a child & sending them off to the care of that parent causes 'fright without solution', a recognised trauma response which impacts upon memory processing, which is also known as disorganised attachment.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

I have been saying that listening to children's voices when they are being terrorised into alignment with an abusive parent can prove fatal for almost 20 years now. How much longer before people understand that this is what alienation looks like? https://t.co/3MqSwTIcIk

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Written by a young person who has recovered from the abuse she suffered after her parents divorce. Alienated children are trapped in the control of a coercive and unpredictable parent & the Family Courts are the only way to liberate them. Alienation is caused by coercion.

[PAPA | People Against Parental Alienation ♻️ @papaorg]

The weaponisation of false allegations. 💔♻️

[Thomas Moore @parentalienated]

@papaorg @BoycottFamilyLw That chequered flag is still to accessible 😎

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Lies, manipulation and false allegations by the mother leads to substantial costs awarded to father after children re moved from mother for their own protection. Don’t let anyone convince you that the Courts are convinced by ideology - great work by June Venters KC.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Doesn't matter how much they try to airbrush alienation of children out of history, it continues and always will because some parents are psychologically or psychiatrically unwell and some are just downright child abusers. https://t.co/snFrLH6UuK

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

My new book takes you through the journey of this attachment trauma, explaining what is happening to the child and why and how you can help. Our courses and resources support the healthy parent on their journey too.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Busy day in London meeting the new cohort of psychologists and therapists working with emotional and psychological abuse of children in family court. We may be at peak delusion but there is a new wave of child protection specialists in town 😊

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Mother's Day and Alienated Children https://t.co/Q0vVkQDbMU via @karenwoodall

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Whatever you call it, when it comes to healing the harm you need legal literacy, confidence & capacity to cope with children's disorganised attachment behaviours. Our group is safe, alienation aware, psychologically based and it provides effective strategies for help and healing

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

Today I am working with social workers. Structural social work interventions are a powerful way of protecting children who are trauma bonded to abusive parents, because behind the alignment there is often hidden harm at home - a concept readily understood by social workers.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

I am working on a series of guidance videos for social workers today. Recovery from attachment trauma requires particular support, which social workers can support parents to provide. our training pathways teach structural therapeutic social work skills in child protection.

[karen woodall @woodallthoughts]

When campaigners who champion abusive mothers dominate play, we need to get help for these kids into the hands of healthy rejected parents. Income from our courses for parents, funds our research & awareness raising - which never stops & never will - because this is child abuse.