Divorce Poison New and Updated Edition: How to Protect Your Family from Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing

DIVORCE POISON is a time-tested work that gives parents powerful strategies to preserve and rebuild loving relationships with their children-and provides practical advice from legal and mental-health professionals to help their clients navigate child custody disputes and safeguard the welfare of children. Whether they are perpetrators of divorce poison, victims of it, or both, parents who heed Dr. Warshak’s advice will enable their children to maintain love and respect for their parents-even if their parents no longer love and respect each other.

This essential guide provides evidence-based strategies to:

• Understand Malignant Motives: Discover why a parent might try to turn a child against the other, from revenge and insecurity to a systematic campaign of brainwashing.
• Implement Counter-Intuitive Strategies: Learn why the conventional advice to “do nothing” often fails and gain powerful, proactive tactics to respond effectively to bad-mouthing.
• Protect Your Children’s Well-Being: Equip yourself to shield your children from emotional harm and help them maintain love and respect for both parents, even when their parents no longer respect each other.
• Find Professional Help: Get practical advice for working with therapists and lawyers, and learn how to navigate the family court system to safeguard your child’s welfare.