If you have been affected by a number of the strategies below, it is potentially a case of
Parental Alienation. We at SID Counselling Centre provide therapeutic support for
those affected by Parental Alienation, please feel free to contact us to discuss our
support services
1: Badmouthing Strategy
2: Limiting Contact Strategy
3: Interfering with Communication Strategy
4: Interfering with Symbolic Communication Strategy
5: Withdrawal of Love Strategy
6: Telling Child Targeted Parent Does Not Love Him or Her Strategy
7: Forcing Child to Choose Strategy
8: Creating the Impression that the Targeted Parent is Dangerous Strategy
9: Confiding in Child Strategy
10: Forcing Child to Reject Targeted Parent Strategy
11: Asking Child to Spy on Targeted Parent Strategy
12: Asking Child to Keep Secrets from Targeted Parent Strategy
13: Referring to Targeted Parent by First Name Strategy
14: Referring to a Stepparent as “Mom” or “Dad” and Encouraging Child to Do the
Same Strategy
15: Withholding Medical, Academic, and Other Important Information from Targeted
Parent/ Keeping Targeted Parent’s Name off of Medical, Academic, and Other Relevant
Documents Strategy
16: Changing Child’s Name to Remove Association with Targeted Parent Strategy 17:
Cultivating Dependency