RTL News
Welcome to the first monthly newsletter from Right to Love (RTL)
RTL raises awareness of child/partner psychological abuse in the context of parental seperation. Our leaflet provides a brief overview of this issue for busy professionals and families.
Some refer to “parental alienation” but we have outlined Why Right to Love Doesn’t Use the Term as we believe it is unnecessarily leading to difficulties securing mental health solutions.
In October we recognised the first Child Psychological Abuse Awareness Day – 10th October.
We have also started our series looking at the concept of “good enough” parenting which RTL believes is key to assessing parents when making decisions as important as if a parent/child bond should be permanently severed. The first in the series looks at Good-enough Parenting: Where did the term come from?.
You can follow RTL on:
Wider News
News Articles
Oxford: Mother made up abuse to stop father seeing son – judge – BBC News
Research
Parental Conflicts and Posttraumatic Stress of Children in High-Conflict Divorce Families – PMC
Case Law & Judiciary
“I add to this that the Mother needs to accept her diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and her attitude to the Father needs to shift from implacable hostility to a place where she accepts he is able to safely care for C and meet her needs.” [2024] EWFC 338 (B)
Events
Past
Dr Craig Childress fireside chats:
- Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another – DSM-5 – Phase 2
- Child Therapy Foundations
- The Betrayer Role in Family Courts
- Early Childhood Tantrums and Defiance
Dorcy Pruter CEO of the Conscious Co-Parenting Institute and Parenting Coach:
Upcoming
If you have any information about upcoming events which are related to child/partner psychological abuse, contact us at info@righttolove.uk.
Professional Spotlight – Dr Craig Childress, Psy.D.
RTL supports the work of Dr Craig Childress, a registered clinical psychologist in the United States of America. He has had a long career working with patients with thought disorders, victims of severe abuse in the foster care system and trained in both paediatric psychology and Early Child Mental Health for children aged 0-5 at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
For the last decade Dr Childress has been a practicing court-involved clinical psychologist, writing multiple books and booklets on the subject of child/partner psychological abuse in the context of high-conflict parental separation and its diagnosis and treatment. Providing a lot of valuable information for parents and professionals for free online through his YouTube channel and consulting website.
His expertise in the 4 domains of knowledge required to assess for child psychological abuse are documented in his CV.
In his 2015 book Foundations, Dr Childress documented a diagnostic model for identifying cases of child/partner psychological abuse in the family courts. In his YouTube video’s Dr Childress explains the 3 diagnostic indicators and 12 Associated Clinical Signs.
Dr Childress has provided templates for professionals to use in assessing families. They can also be used by lawyers, parents and family members to help crosscheck against evidence for court.