parties maintain loyalty.” And now we know what might have been
obvious long ago, this is also how families are made and broken.
Speaking of alienation as a syndrome (as in Gardner’s PAS) restricts
us to the myopia associated with the medical model of illness, whereas
speaking of alienation as an interpersonal dynamic allows us to under-
stand the breadth of the problem far beyond divorce and contested
custody matters. The former calls for fix-the-kid solutions (individual
therapy, possibly even medication). The latter calls broadly for an under-
standing of the ways in which we encourage and inhibit children’s
secure attachment relationships and thereby facilitate their long-term
well-being. The following sections elaborate on that understanding.
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