Divorce Poison
Protecting the Parent/Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex
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Publisher Description
“This essential resource and guide offers valuable advice, especially for those times when the going gets tough with your ex.”
—Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., author of I’m Okay…You’re a Brat!
A classic work by Dr. Richard A. Warshak, a leading authority in the field, Divorce Poison can help you protect your relationship with your children during a divorce or separation. Revised and updated, with a new introduction and afterword, Dr. Warshak’s indispensable guide to preventing and overcoming parental alienation has been called, “a godsend” by Publishers Weekly and “a great book for both parents and professionals” by Henry Biller, Ph.D., author of The Father Factor. A must read in difficult times, Divorce Poison offers powerful strategies for divorcing parents when their children are caught in the emotional crossfire.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex, Richard A. Warshak (The Custody Revolution) offers guidance to parents whose exes portray them to their children in a negative light, whether it's mild, off-the-cuff badmouthing or systematic character assassination. Common psychological wisdom, besides recommending that parents avoid fighting fire with fire, suggests doing nothing. But Warshak has witnessed the feelings of powerlessness and the increasing difficulties that come from doing nothing. So he provides "a blueprint for an effective response grounded in a solid understanding of the techniques and dynamics of parents who poison their children's relationships with loved ones." After describing numerous nuances of inter-parental malignment (brainwashing, false abuse accusations, revisionist history, etc.), Warshak moves on to "Poison Control," both independently and with the help of professional counselors. This book will seem a godsend to the many divorc s who are bashed by their ex-spouses. (Regan Books, $26 304p ; Jan.)
