Maternal Alienation - South Australian Policy Online

Resource for PractitionersA Resource entitled Working with Maternal Alienation in Domestic/FamilyViolence and Child Sexual Abuse has been produced for practitionersworking with issues of domestic violence for women and children and childsexual abuse. This has been produced from work done in collaborationwith the two working groups, VIP workers and Women’s Health workers.Video Resource for PractitionersA Training Video demonstrating counselling approaches for working withmothers and children subject to maternal alienation has been produced.The video consists of role plays and offers opportunities for discussion ofcounselling methods used.Conference papersThree papers were presented at conferences during 2003. They are aproduct of the interaction of theory and practice that the researchdimension of the project made possible. These are available as a resourcefor researchers, workers, managers, trainers, and community members.Outcome 2Increased awareness of maternal alienation amongst service providersacross services and sectorsFeedback from Training Forums and Presentations:What was helpful?• Gained “insight, a way forward in some of my cases”• Gained “better understanding of what can happen in relationship,therefore being able to talk to clients about this”• Most important thing was “That others will realise the importanceof reconnecting the mother/child relationship”16