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Linda J. Gottlieb, LMFT, LCSW-R

Founder of Turning Points for Families (TPFF). One of the most operationally important — and contested — figures in the field.

Why she matters here

Gottlieb runs a four-day intensive reunification programme used by US and Canadian courts in severe-alienation cases. Her programme is widely ordered, widely defended, and widely criticised. If you are considering or fighting a court-ordered intensive reunification programme — Family Bridges, TPFF, Transitioning Families, Overcoming Barriers — you need to understand what TPFF actually does and how it is critiqued.

Credentials & affiliation

  • Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R), New York
  • Founder and Clinical Director, Turning Points for Families (TPFF)

Key contributions

  • The Parental Alienation Syndrome: A Family Therapy and Collaborative Systems Approach to Amelioration (2012).
  • Numerous practitioner papers on intensive reunification methodology.
  • 2021 Colorado State outcome study of TPFF — empirical follow-up data.

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