A personal initiative to raise awareness, provide understanding, and guide families through the healing journey of parental alienation.
Healing Alienation was created from a deeply personal journey. As a grandparent, I’ve watched one of my children — a kind and loving parent — become alienated from two teenage daughters. For over a decade, under a joint custody arrangement, those girls shared a warm and nurturing relationship with both sides of the family. Then, as they entered their teenage years, everything changed. The shift was sudden — as if a light switch had been flipped.
Trying to understand what had happened led us down a path of confronting truths few families are prepared for. Through research and the support of online communities, we came to recognize the painful dynamics of parental alienation — an invisible form of psychological manipulation that tears families apart and leaves lasting scars on parents, children, and grandparents alike.
Healing Alienation is an attempt to gather what’s scattered — to bring together the countless valuable articles, podcasts, books, legal insights, and recovery stories that exist on the internet — into one supportive, accessible space. This website is meant as a portal of understanding and hope for anyone suffering from parental alienation.
Our mission is to help families recognize the signs of alienation early, to empower alienated parents and grandparents with credible information, and to foster healing through community awareness and compassion. Every story matters, and through shared understanding, recovery becomes possible.
If you’ve found this site because you or someone you love is living through the pain of alienation, please know you are not alone. The journey can be lonely and confusing, but others have walked this path and found their way toward peace and reconnection. May the resources collected here provide some clarity and comfort as you begin—or continue—your healing process.