Emotional cutoff

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1. What is an emotional cutoff in a child in the context of family separation?
2. Attachment Based “parental alienation” (AB-PA)
   • Diagnostic signs a child has been manipulated to reject a parent
   • Why does a parent want a child to emotionally cutoff?
   • How does a parent bring about the emotional cutoff?
   • How should AB-PA be treated?
   • What knowledge does someone treating a child subjected to AB-PA need?
   • Is AB-PA always the reason a child rejects a parent?
3. Alternative model – “parental alienation”
   • Severity of alienation
   • Five Factor Model of “parental alienation”
   • 17 Strategies/behaviours people employ to manipulate a child to reject a parent
   • Gardner’s 8 signs
   • Categorisation of alienation
   • Power and control
   • Transition bridge
   • Double bind
4. Impacts of an emotional cutoff on children
   • Effects observed in adults who were cut off from a parent as a child
   • Effects on younger children
   • Links with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
   • How adult children realise they were manipulated to reject a parent
   • What did adult children suggest a rejected parent could have done
5. Tips and support
   • Co-parent with your ex
   • Be the best parent you can – have empathy for your child
   • Legal tips
   • Support for parents and extended family members
6. Solutions to help restore child/parent relationships
7. Official statistics on processes relating to family court
8. Statistics from other sources
9. Useful links relating to an emotional cutoff
10. Books relating to emotional cutoff post family separation
11. Things you wouldn’t believe happen
12. My views
13. Help protect a child’s right to love