Amy J.L. Baker, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized leader and expert in the field of parental alienation and loyalty conflicts. She is the author of Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties That Bind (2007) and Working with Alienated Children and Families: A Clinical Guidebook (2012). Baker has published numerous academic articles on the topic of parental alienation and writes a blog for Psychology Today on the topic. She also has an active coaching practice for targeted parents and serves as an expert witness in custody disputes around the country. Paul R. Fine, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in practice in Englewood, NJ, in a community mental health center. He has over 30 years experience providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy to adults, teens, and children. Along with Amy Baker, he is the co-author of a chapter in the recently released Working with Alienated Children and Families: A Clinical Guidebook (2012) and the forthcoming book Co-Parenting with a Toxic Ex: Protecting Your Children from Loyalty Conflicts and Alienation (2013).

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Surviving Parental Alienation provides parents who have been ostracized from their children with understanding and validation through personal accounts and expert analysis. Offering insight and advice, the authors guide the "targeted" parent through the issues and challenges and help them better manage their experiences.

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Chapter 1: Introduction PART 1: IN THE BEGINNING Chapter 2: Before the Alienation Chapter 3: If I Knew Then What I Know Now PART 2: STOLEN HEARTS, STOLEN MINDS Chapter 4: Alienation in the Making Chapter 5: The Alienation Tipping Point PART 3: A TARGETED VICTORY Chapter 6: Coming Home Chapter 7: Hope and Healing PART 4: MOVING FORWARD Chapter 8: Living with Alienation Chapter 9: Strategies for Reconnecting with Adult Alienated Children Final Words References