Parental Alienation & the DSM – Darcy

I would never want so-called ‘Parental Alienation’ shoehorned into the DSM-5. It’s unnecessary- the behaviors are already diagnosable using proper attachment-based, trauma-informed criteria if you actually know what you’re looking at.

‘Parental Alienation’ is a diversion tactic- not a diagnostic gap.

Millions of families are affected by this manipulative dynamic, yet its absence from the DSM-5 is no accident.

Want to know who benefits from pretending it’s not real? Look at the industries profiting off endless litigation and ineffective interventions that keep children stuck in loyalty conflicts. We don’t need the DSM to validate this- we need professionals with a spine to call it what it is and fix it at the root.

If you’re still confused, here’s the problem:

The Legal System: Without an official diagnosis, courts avoid accountability. Judges dismiss clear evidence as “high conflict” instead of recognizing psychological abuse.

Certain Mental Health Professionals: Some therapists profit from years of “reunification therapy” that never addresses the alienating parent’s behavior.

The Alienating Parent: No diagnosis means no treatment. They continue the abuse while appearing to comply with court orders.

Here’s what they don’t want you to know:

Parental alienation is psychological abuse. It creates trauma in children- anxiety, depression, identity confusion, and long-term relationship issues.
But acknowledging this would require:

→ Holding alienating parents accountable

→ Training family court personnel

→ Admitting the system has failed families

→ Changing profitable therapy models

After 20 years of reuniting alienated families, I’ve seen the damage firsthand.

These children and targeted parents aren’t “high conflict” — they’re trauma survivors.

The DSM-5 omission isn’t oversight.

It’s a choice that protects institutions and sacrifices families.

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Author: GreatCosmicMothersUnited

I have joined with many parents affected with the surreal , yet accepted issue of child abuse via Pathogenic Parenting / Domestic abuse. As a survivor of Domestic Abuse, denial abounded that 3 sons were not affected. In my desire to be family to those who have found me lacking . As a survivor of psychiatric abuse, therapist who abused also and toxic prescribed medications took me to hell on earth with few moments of heaven. I will share my life, my experiences and my studies and research.. I will talk to small circles and I will council ; as targeted parents , grandparents , aunts , uncles etc. , are denied contact with a child for reasons that serve the abuser ...further abusing the child. I grasp the trauma and I have looked at the lost connection to a higher power.. I grasp when one is accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like discrimination.. Shame and affluence silences a lot of facts , truths that have been labeled "negative". It is about liberation of the soul from projections of a alienator , and abuser ..

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