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Summary: With special guest: Dr Craig Childress … in conversation with Bill Kable Why is parental alienation such a controversial topic? Nearly everyone knows someone who has had a child turned against them after separation of the parents. It happens unfortunately all over the world and looks remarkably similar wherever you find it. The construct was defined and given a label, “parental alienation” some thirty years ago by Dr Richard Gardner. More recently there has been a strong push to have it included as a separate diagnosis in the therapists’ “Bible” the DSM-5. Podcast (mp3)