Gardnerian PAS “experts”
Just to be clear… immensely clear…
The Gardnerian PAS “experts” are a fringe group of professionals who reject the diagnostic guidance of the American Psychiatric Association and who reject the ethical guidance of the American Psychological Association, and they are in violation of Standard 2.04 Bases for Scientific and Professional Judgments.
Google ignorance: lack of knowledge or information
The Gardnerian PAS “experts” are ignorant by definition of the English language – they lack knowledge and information about the established scientific and professional knowledge of the discipline. The ONLY thing they are “experts” in is a pathology they can entirely make-up.
Am I clear?
In 2013 the American Psychiatric Association fully and completely reviewed the construct of “parental alienation” and they said no – the APA said there is no such diagnostic pathology as “parental alienation”.
The American Psychiatric Association said no. That should be the end of it for all responsible professionals.
A delusion is a fixed and false belief that is maintained despite contrary evidence. The contrary evidence regarding “parental alienation” as a diagnostic construct is the APA said no – there is no such thing as “parental alienation”.
To believe that you are discovering a new pathology unlike any other pathology in all of mental health is grandiose.
Standard 2.04 of the APA ethics code requires – mandatory – that the established scientific and professional knowledge of the discipline be applied as the bases for professional judgments – required.
2.04 Bases for Scientific and Professional Judgments
Psychologists’ work is based upon established scientific and professional knowledge of the discipline.
The construct of “parental alienation” is NOT among the established scientific and professional knowledge of the discipline. The established scientific and professional knowledge of the discipline is:
- Attachment – Bowlby & others
- Family systems therapy – Bowen & others
- Personality disorders – Millon & others
- Complex trauma – van der Kolk & others
- Psychological control – Barber & others
- Child development – Tronick & others
- Self psychology – Kohut & others
- DSM-5 diagnostic system – American Psychiatric Association
The application of the established scientific and professional knowledge of the discipline is required as the bases for scientific and professional judgments.
If they want to propose a new form of pathology unique in all of mental health, they should do so only AFTER they apply the established scientific and professional knowledge of the discipline. Not before. Not instead of. After.
The Gardernian PAS “experts” believe that they know more about diagnosing pathology than the American Psychiatric Association. That seems grandiose. They believe that the are discovering a new pathology unique in all of mental health. That seems grandiose.
They maintain their fixed and false belief in a new form of pathology they are discovering (making up) despite the contrary evidence of the APA saying no – that there is no such thing as “parental alienation” as a diagnostic construct.
It would appear that the Gardnerian PAS “experts” have a fixed and false belief in their own grandiosity that is maintained despite contrary evidence.
The Gardnerian PAS “experts” are a fringe group of professionals who reject the diagnostic guidance of the American Psychiatric Association. They think they know more than the APA about pathology and its diagnosis.
The Gardnerian PAS “experts” reject the ethical guidance of the American Psychological Association. They believe that ethical standards don’t apply to them. They are wrong.
They are simply unethical.
By continuing to rely on the construct of “parental alienation” as the basis for their professional judgments, the – unethical – Gardnerian PAS “experts” are substantially degrading the quality of professional services in the family courts.
Am I clear? I hope I’m clear.
Ethical practice is NOT optional. It is mandatory – required. Beware the fox and the cat, Pinocchio.
Craig Childress, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist, CA PSY 18857
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