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FSC Briefing Paper (2023). Relational trauma in children of divorce and separation.

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Relational trauma in children of divorce and separation was prepared for a seminar at the UK Parliament House of Lords in 2023. 


Woodall, N. (2021). The alienated child: Responding to cases of post separation parental rejection.

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'Whilst alienation may, on the surface, look like a problem of a child not spending time with one of their parents, the more serious problem for the child is the unconscious mechanism that enables a child to act counter to the evolutionary imperative to remain in relationship with, and in proximity to, their attachment figures.'