Parental Alienation: Turning Children Against Their Parent – with Dr. Amy Baker

In my work with ex-cult members, I have been aware of the use of parental alienation tactics for many years. It occurs in situations where one parent leaves a cult, but the other parent remains. In such cases, cult policies usually call for extreme measures to “demonize” the ex-member and turn their children against them. However, until I met Dr. Amy J.L. Baker at a conference many years ago, I was not completely aware of the scope of parental alienation outside of cults, particularly in cases of separation and divorce. She cited my work in her first book on Parental Alienation (PA).