About the Contributors:
Amy J.L. Baker, Ph.D.
Dr. Amy J.L. Baker is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in parental alienation and psychological maltreatment of children. She is the author or co-author of 8 books and over 115 articles. She has conducted trainings for legal and mental health professionals around the country.
Her Website: https://www.amyjlbaker.com/
**Her Books: https://amzn.to/3IWZdK3
William Bernet, M.D.
William Bernet, M.D. is a professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, board certified in general psychiatry, child psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. As an expert in forensic psychiatry, Dr. Bernet has testified about 300 times in 24 states. In 2007, Dr. Bernet and Judge Don R. Ash published Children of Divorce: A Practical Guide for Parents, Therapists, Attorneys, and Judges. Dr. Bernet edited Parental Alienation, DSM-5, and ICD-11, which was published in 2010. Dr. Bernet and his colleagues edited Parental Alienation: The Handbook for Mental Health and Legal Professionals, which was published in 2013, and Parental Alienation, Science and the law, Published in 2020. He was the founder and first president of the Parental Alienation Study Group.
His website: https://vkc.vumc.org/people/bernet-william
**His Books: https://amzn.to/3GgUrFH
Demosthenes Lorandos, Ph.D, J.D.
Dr. Lorandos is an attorney and psychologist, and a partner in PsychLaw. Dr. Lorandos is a Thompson-Reuters West “Key Author,” and wrote the multi volume set, The Litigators Handbook on Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry, and psychology, and several other legal handbooks related to science and the law.
His website: https://psychlaw.net/
**His books: https://amzn.to/3glaEyS
Steven G. Miller, M.D.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Miller he was on the teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School. A popular speaker, he has directed several hundred continuing education courses for physicians and other clinicians and presented over one thousand lectures on clinical reasoning, clinical problem-solving, and clinical decision-making. An internationally-known expert on alienation and estrangement – and how to distinguish one from the other – he is also an experienced expert witness, litigation consultant, and trial strategist.
Alan Blotcky, Ph.D.
Alan D Blotcky, PhD, is a clinical and forensic psychologist in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Blotcky has been involved in hundreds of child custody matters and has testified as an expert witness in dozens and dozens of parental alienation cases.
His LinkedIn Site: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-blotcky-phd-556a3847/
Linda Gottlieb, LMFT, LCSW
Linda is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Clinical Social Worker who runs one of the only parental reunification therapy centers that has been studied and proven to be 96% successful. Linda was trained by the world-renowned, highly respected child psychiatrist, Salvador Minuchin. Her clinic, Turning Points for Families provided services to 5000 children and their families in multiple settings and in multiple roles over 50 years.
Linda developed a specialized reunification intervention to treat unjustifiably severed/severely damaged parent-child relationships. The intervention had proven to be highly successful—even in cases in which the severed parent-child relationships exceeded 4 years.
Her website: https://turningpoints4families.weebly.com/about-linda.html
**Her books: https://amzn.to/3gjLBfw
Joan Kloth-Zanard, M.S.
Joan Kloth-Zanard is the founder and board president of PAS Intervention, a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to education and training of professionals and survivors of psychological abuse. She is an expert in the fields of parental alienation (PA), psychological abuse, intervention strategies, and techniques and strategies for moving forward and rebuilding a life after a traumatic event, or series of traumatic events. Joan is also a trained GAL, Owner/Moderator of several online support groups with over 2 decades of experience working with PA. She has been vetted and qualified as an expert witness, and testified in the capacity of an expert and factual witness. She is the author and co-author of two books, both in their 2nd Editions of publications.
Her website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanklothzanard
**Her Books: https://amzn.to/3GowQmy
Jennifer Jill Harman, Ph.D.
Dr. Harman is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University in the Applied Social & Health Psychology program. She is an accomplished and awarded scientist and teacher, and has published many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and has presented her research regularly at scientific conferences around the world. Dr. Harman also writes articles for general audiences, such as The Conversation, and her work is republished on thousands of other news sites (e.g., Associated Press, Raw Story). Dr. Harman regularly conducts trainings for legal and mental health professionals on parental alienation and has served as an expert witness and consultant on civil and criminal cases involving parental alienation and other forms of family violence.
Her website: http://jenniferjillharman.com
**Her book: https://amzn.to/349t9Ef
Randy Flood, MA, LLP
Randy Flood has been a practicing psychologist in Michigan since 1992 and is the co-founder of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan, a center specializing in mental health services for males. Flood offers expert testimony and consultation in family and criminal courts. He is the co-author of two books, several articles, and a prolific speaker and media consultant.
His website: https://menscenter.org/therapists/randy-flood/
**His Books: https://amzn.to/38MxvTB
5 Organizations Collectively Published 3 Pamphlets/Articles
National Parents Organization
Website: https://www.sharedparenting.org
Parental Alienation Study Group
International Council on Shared Parenting
Parental Alienation Support and Intervention
https://www.pas-intervention.org
Victim to Hero
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