Monthly Webinars
Kelley Baker, PHD, LPC
Helpful Hints From Parents Who Made it to the Other Side
On Sunday, June 7, 2026 at 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights presents Dr. Kelley Baker on the topic “Helpful Hints From Parents Who Made it to the Other Side”. This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@FamiliesDividedTV
In this seminar, Dr. Baker shares insights and strategies from targeted parents who dealt with rejecting behaviors from their children and adolescents. These parents navigated years of parernting, during and after divorce, when their children were maintaining parenting time schedules with both parents but continued to engage in rejection behaviors at one home. These behaviors included withdrawing from interactions and family events, hiding in their rooms, emotional dysregulated, and verbal disparagement, among others. In these cases, the child eventually returned to normal/positive parent-child interactions with the targeted parent. The objective of this seminar is to explore possibilities for parenting during a time when children are still being negatively influenced and also discuss situations that ended positively.
Dr. Baker graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002 with a doctorate degree in Developmental, Social, and Personality Psychology and a master’s degree in Program Evaluation. She also holds a master’s degree in Counseling and Guidance and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. Dr. Baker has over 25 years of clinical experience serving families going through separation and divorce. As a forensic consultant in the Austin area of central Texas, she serves primarily as a court appointed guardian ad litem, a court appointed custody evaluator, and an expert on topics related to high conflict divorce. Her professional career includes teaching as an adjunct professor of undergraduate and graduate psychology and counseling courses and providing continuing education and training to mental health and legal professionals. She has presented training for local and state Bar Associations. Her publications include co-authored chapters in The Litigator’s Handbook: Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology and in Gender and Domestic Violence: Contemporary Legal Practice and Intervention Reforms. She has also contributed articles to the National Parents Organization. Dr. Baker is an active member in the American Counseling Association (ACA), The Association of Family and Conciliatory Courts (AFCC), Parental Alienation Study Group where she serves on the membership committee, and the International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP), where she served for two years as the vice-president of family professions. www.kelleybakerphd.co.
Roberta Wasserman, LCSW-C
Processing Ambiguous Grief From Estrangement
On Sunday, July 5, 2026 at 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights presents Roberta Wasserman on the topic “Processing Ambiguous Grief from Estrangement”. This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@FamiliesDividedTV
Estrangement from a child or grandchild is one of the most painful and isolating experiences a parent or grandparent can face. This presentation explores the emotional reality of estrangement—living with unanswered questions, grief, and loss—while offering a compassionate framework for healing and personal growth.
Participants will be invited to consider a balanced approach: accepting what is beyond their control while gently exploring what is within their power to change. Through reflection, increased self-awareness, and emotional resilience, it becomes possible to move from a place of helplessness toward one of grounded strength and hope.
Ultimately, this presentation is designed to remind participants that they are not alone, that healing is possible, and that even in the presence of estrangement, a meaningful and peaceful life can still be cultivated.
Roberta Wasserman, LCSW-C is a trauma-informed therapist, coach, and consultant with over two decades of clinical experience. As the founder of Healthwaves Counseling, Coaching, and Consulting, she specializes in family estrangement, grief, trauma, and couples work. Roberta draws from both personal and professional insight in her work, offering a uniquely compassionate and informed perspective.
She is a Certified Family Estrangement Coach, trained by Dr. Josh Coleman, a pioneer in the field, and a Certified Grief Educator through renowned expert David Kessler. Roberta is also fully trained in the Gottman Method, with specializations in couples counseling, addiction, trauma, and affair recovery.
In her practice, Roberta advocates for the well-being of children within the family system and supports clients through complex relational dynamics. She facilitates virtual support groups for individuals navigating estrangement, separation, divorce, and widowhood. Prior to the Pandemic she facilitated support groups for Alienated Grandparents Anonymous.
Providing a resource: A gentle 12-step workbook offering support, reflection, and healing for parents and grandparents navigating the pain of estrangement.
Randi Fine, Narcissistic Abuse Expert and Coach
The Hidden Trauma of Parental Alienation: How Narcissistic Abuse Impacts the Targeted Parent
On Sunday, August 9, 2026, at 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights presents Randi Fine on the topic The Hidden Trauma of Parental Alienation: How Narcissistic Abuse Impacts the Targeted Parent. This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@FamiliesDividedTV
Parental alienation is often discussed in terms of its impact on children, legal battles, and family dynamics. Far less attention is given to the profound psychological impact on the targeted parent. This presentation examines parental alienation through the lens of narcissistic abuse and explores how chronic manipulation, gaslighting, coercive control, and attachment disruption affect the mind, body, and nervous system. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of trauma responses such as cognitive dissonance, trauma bonding, hypervigilance, identity disruption, and complicated grief. The presentation will also introduce the concept of the Post-Narcissistic Reality Hangover™, a framework for understanding the lasting effects of prolonged narcissistic abuse and how parents can survive this experience without losing themselves.
Randi Fine is a dedicated pioneer in the narcissistic abuse movement, an internationally renowned Narcissistic Personality Disorder Abuse Expert and Recovery Coach, a Certified Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) Practitioner, and a Certified Neuro Bi- lateral Processing (NBP)™ Practitioner. Randi is the author of the groundbreaking book, Close Encounters of the Worst Kind: The Narcissistic Abuse Survivors Comprehensive Guide to Healing and Recovery Second Edition, its official companion Close Encounters of the Worst Kind Comprehensive Workbook for Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse, and the compelling memoir, Cliffedge Road. As a Coach, Randi specializes in (but is not limited to) helping others work through issues relating to relationship codependency, narcissistic personality disorder abuse, emotional trauma, boundary setting, the residual emotional charge of the past, and unhealthy guilt. Her blog Narcissistic Abuse Awareness and Guidance with Randi Fine is read in 180 countries around the globe. She has hosted the podcast, A Fine Time for Healing: A Sanctuary for Your Emotional Well-being for over twelve years, and has interviewed over 500 guests. On her popular show she chats with the top people in their fields, discussing self-help and spiritual life- skill topics that heal and enhance the life experiences of others. Randi resides with her husband of 36 years in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Alan D. Blotcky, PhD
False Allegations of Abuse within Parental Alienation
On Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights presents Dr. Alan Blotcky on the topic “False Allegations of Abuse within Parental Alienation.” This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@FamiliesDividedTV
False allegations of abuse are a common problem in parental alienation cases. This presentation will address both: parental alienation and false allegations of abuse as weapons.
False allegations are crucial to understand accurately because they represent a severe alienating behavior by alienating parents. Children and teenagers can be unwitting or witting participants in false allegations of abuse against targeted parents.
We will discuss definitions and characteristics in this presentation but also practical points that are relevant in real-life cases: the effects of false allegations and alienation on children and rejected parents, how to navigate a case, what therapists and attorneys and GALs need to do to help, how courts help and hurt, and much more.
Alan D. Blotcky, PhD, is a clinical and forensic psychologist in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since 2019, Blotcky has testified in 72 cases in 22 states on parental alienation and false allegations of abuse in family and criminal courts. He has written two books: “Parental Alienation for Families and Practitioners: Q&A” and “Parents’ Pawns: Expert Advice in Navigating False Allegations and Parental Alienation.
alanblotckyphd.com
Randy Flood, MA, LLP
Parenting Under Siege: The Hidden Trauma of Targeted Parents
On Sunday, November 8 2026 at 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children’s Rights presents Randy Flood on the topic “Parenting Under Seige: The Hidden Trauma of Targeted Parents”. This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@FamiliesDividedTV
Targeted parents navigating alienation dynamics often arrive in therapists' offices, courtrooms, custody evaluations, and child protection investigations looking exhausted, emotionally overwhelmed, hyper-vigilant, reactive, and sometimes hopeless. Yet these reactions are frequently interpreted as evidence that the parent is part of the problem rather than evidence of what the parent has been enduring. As a result, the focus often shifts to the targeted parent's emotional state while the underlying relationship disruption remains insufficiently recognized or addressed.
This presentation introduces C-TAP (Complex Trauma in Alienated Parents), a clinical framework designed to better understand the cumulative impact of prolonged parent-child contact disruption, chronic uncertainty, false allegations, professional misunderstanding, and repeated relational loss. Rather than focusing solely on the child's rejection of a parent, C-TAP examines the psychological toll that alienation dynamics can have on the targeted parent.
Participants will explore how contemporary child-centered parenting culture, cognitive biases such as the Fundamental Attribution Error, escalating resist-refuse dynamics, and the gradual erosion of parental authority can create a perfect storm in which targeted parents become increasingly scrutinized, pathologized, and misunderstood. As allegations escalate and professionals become involved, many parents find themselves defending their character, parenting, and mental health while the underlying relationship disruption remains insufficiently addressed.
The presentation will examine how trauma responses in targeted parents can be mistaken for personality pathology, emotional instability, or parental deficits, leading well-intentioned professionals to focus on the parent's reaction rather than the conditions producing it. Particular attention will be given to how courts, therapists, evaluators, and child protection systems may inadvertently reinforce these dynamics when alienation processes go unrecognized.
Drawing from trauma theory, parental alienation literature, and real-world clinical observations, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of why targeted parents often appear increasingly distressed as cases progress and why those reactions may be better understood through a trauma-informed lens.
Ultimately, this presentation asks a critical question: Rather than asking, "What's wrong with this parent?" what might change if we began asking, "What has this parent been living through?"
Randy Flood, MA, LLP has specialized in providing psychological services for individuals and families involved in family and criminal courts since 1992. He provides evaluation, parenting coordination, and parent-child reunification counseling at the Fountain Hill Center in Grand Rapids particularly when resist and refuse dynamics (RRD’s) are present on the spectrum of parent-child contact problem including cases of parental alienation and/or estrangement/ abuse. Flood offers testifying and non-testifying expert consultation for attorneys and coaching for rejected/targeted parents as well as helping parents cope and navigate the world of custody and parenting time litigation. As director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan, he recently launched a parental alienation support group for targeted fathers. He is the co-author of two books, a prolific speaker and trainer, and a media consultant in his areas of expertise. Randy Flood, MA, LLP has specialized in providing psychological services for individuals and families involved in family and criminal courts since 1992. He provides evaluation, parenting coordination, and parent-child reunification counseling at the Fountain Hill Center in Grand Rapids particularly when resist and refuse dynamics (RRD’s) are present on the spectrum of parent-child contact problem including cases of parental alienation and/or estrangement/abuse. Flood offers testifying and non-testifying expert consultation for attorneys and coaching for rejected/targeted parents as well as helping parents cope and navigate the world of custody and parenting time litigation. As director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan, he recently launched a parental alienation support group for targeted fathers. He is the co-author of two books, a prolific speaker and trainer, and a media consultant in his areas of expertise.