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Washington State PsychologicalAssociationAlaska Psychological Association2021 NW Psychological Fall ConventionOctober 15-17, 2021

As a licensed clinical psychologist, I have active duty to warn and duty to protect obligations relative to the Gardnerian PAS “experts”. In two separate matters in which I am personally involved, I have an identifiable victim in imminent danger directly as a result of the reckless, unethical, and irresponsible actions of Dr. Bernet, Dr. Lorandos, Ms. Gottlieb, and Dr. Harman.

The Gardnerian PAS “experts” reject the diagnostic guidance of the American Psychiatric Association and they reject the ethical guidance of the American Psychological Association. They are unwise and reckless, and they are practicing substantially outside the boundaries of their professional competence.

Natalie J. Valentino, M.S.W., a social worker in Denver, Colorado, has experienced parental alienation inher own family. She has worked for law firms and a legal services office, and she has experiencein child protection, therapeutic foster care, and adoptions. Ms. Valentino participates regularlyin the Colorado Parental Alienation Support Group. Email: natalie.valentino7@gmail.com

Phillip Hendrix, M.A., M.B.A., is a counselor, family mediator, parent educator, parenting coordinator,and forensic specialist in Castle Rock, Colorado. Educated in psychology and business and exten-sively trained and experienced in cases involving parental alienation and other forms of childabuse and domestic violence, he has served in court-appointed roles and as expert witness. Ascoach and advocate, Mr. Hendrix leads the Colorado Parental Alienation Support Group and Col-orado Children’s Center to assist children caught in the middle.Website: www.covenantcounselors.com. Email: phillip@covenantcounselors.com

Susan Heitler, Ph.D., is a private practice clinical psychologist in Denver, Colorado, who specializes intreatment of anxiety, depression, marriage difficulties, and parental alienation. She has pub-lished From Conflict to Resolution, The Power of Two, and several other books. Also, Dr. Heitlerblogs on psychologytoday.com, where her articles have had over 13 million total reads. Dr. Heit-ler’s overview website provides links to the multiple resources she has authored for therapistsand the general public. Email: drheitler@gmail.com.

Sharon S. Feder, M.S. (Psychological Counseling) is a psychotherapist in Englewood, Colorado. Shelearned about parental alienation from PASG member Phillip Hendrix. Ms. Feder works withfamilies and individuals who have gone through a divorce – providing individual, family, and re-integration therapy. She works as a parenting coordinator/decision maker, parent coach/co-par-enting educator, and therapeutic supervised parenting time supervisor. She has been qualifiedin courts in the Denver Metro area as an expert in reintegration therapy and parental alienation.Email: SharonSFeder@msn.com

Jennifer J. Harman, Ph.D., an associate professor of social and health psychology at Colorado State Uni-versity, Fort Collins, Colorado, has focused her research on power and intimate relationshipsand, more recently, on how social and cultural institutions impact parental alienation. Dr. Har-man co-authored Parents Acting Badly: How Institutions and Societies Promote the Alienation ofChildren from Their Loving Families. Dr. Harman and Dr. Zeynep Biringen established the Colo-rado Parental Alienation Project, which is at www.facebook.com/parentalalienationproject.Email: jennifer.harman@colostate.edu

Zeynep Biringen, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies atColorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, conducts research on emotional availability inparent–child relationships, attachment, and prevention programming. Dr. Biringen and Dr. Jen-nifer J. Harman co-authored Parents Acting Badly: How Institutions and Societies Promote theAlienation of Children from Their Loving Families and established the Colorado Parental Aliena-tion Project, which is at www.facebook.com/parentalalienationproject.Email: zeynep.biringen@colostate.edu.

MEMBERS OF PARENTAL ALIENATION STUDY GROUPOctober2022

Jennifer Harman, Ph.D. Fort Collins, Colorado jennifer.harman@colostate.edu

Phillip Hendrix, M.A., M.B.A., Treasurer Castle Rock, Colorado info@covenantcounselors.com

Phillip Hendrix, M.A., M.B.A. A family mediator, parent educator, child custody evaluator, and parenting coordinator in Castle Rock, Colorado, Mr. Hendrix makes presenattions, educates others, and leads a large in-person support group, the Colorado Parental Alienation Support Group. His website: http://www.covenantcounselors.com.

Cara E. Koch, D.Min. Dr. Cara E. Koch, who lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, recently published a book, From Heartbreak to Healing: Resolving Parental Alienation. Dr. Koch has experienced parental alienation in her own family. She hopes to participate in the effort to increase public awareness and gain support for recognizing, treating, and stopping parental alienation. Her website: https://carakoch.com.

Jennifer J. Harman, Ph.D., and Zeynep Biringen, Ph.D. Professors at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, they published Parents Acting Badly: How Institutions and Societies Promote the Alienation of Children from Their Loving Families. Dr. Harman and Dr. Biringen also established the Colorado Parental Alienation Project, which is at http://www.facebook.com/parentalalienationproject.

Zeynep Biringen, Ph.D. A professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Dr. Biringen and Dr. Jennifer J. Harman co-authored Parents Acting Badly: How Institutions and Societies Promote the Alienation of Children from Their Loving Families and established the Colorado Parental Alienation Project, which is at http://www.facebook.com/parentalalienationproject.

Dr. Heitler, please feel welcome to email her at drheitler@gmail.com.  PLEASE NOTE THAT DR. HEITLER NO LONG HAS A DENVER OFFICE.

Instead of waiting for a magic fairy to appear and eliminate your problem so that you can enjoy life again, you might want to start adding those little positive events back onto your agenda despite the problem still being present

If you need to imagine in concrete detail how you would notice that a problem disappeared, you are challenged to leave vague descriptions like “I’ll be happy”, “I’ll be less annoyed” behind.Vagueness in the end is a cognitive avoidance mechanism. It is easy to ruminate on general emotions and thoughts but very hard to imagine concrete outcomes and changes. We would rather not face precise thoughts, emotions or memories because they can be painful. Better to stay at a safe but vague distance.

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