Maternal Alienation - South Australian Policy Online

4. PROJECT OUTCOMESOutcome 1Development of information about maternal alienation for serviceproviders across services and sectorsFact SheetA Fact Sheet on maternal alienation was produced and is available to bedownloaded from the website of Women’s Health Statewide. This is aresource for workers from different professional backgrounds, andcommunity members.Feedback about the Fact Sheet:• Numerous phone calls and emails from community members, manyinterstate, saying that it has been valuable for them to have theirexperiences named and acknowledged.• One phone call from community member saying that reading thisinformation was the single most helpful intervention for her. Itenabled her to move from feeling suicidal to being able tounderstand the abuse from her ex-partner.• Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Victorian Branch,published the fact sheet in their regular bulletin.• Dr Lesley Laing from Australian Domestic and Family ViolenceClearinghouse gave positive feedback on the Fact Sheet as a usefulresource. She has made it available through the Clearinghouse.15