Playbooks — Step-by-Step Guides¶
What to actually do, in order, when you're in the middle of it.
Available playbooks¶
- First 90 Days — what to do in the first three months after realising your child is being turned against you
- Court Prep Checklist — what to bring, say, and avoid in a contested hearing
- Working With Your Family Lawyer — how to vet, brief, and get value from your legal counsel
- Evaluator Selection — how to pick (or object to) the forensic psychologist who will shape your case
- Reunification Therapy — what to ask for and what to avoid when court orders intervention
- Teenage Alienation — why ages 12–17 need a different approach
- Documentation System — what to capture, where to store it, how to retain it
- Accused of Alienation — when you're the one being named
- Cross-Border / Hague — jurisdiction selection and international abduction basics
- Grandparent Alienation — when the bridge to a child goes through the extended family
- PA and Domestic Violence — navigating the overlap from both directions
- Step-Parent Dynamics — when a new partner enters the PA picture (four scenarios)
Coming soon¶
- The successful reunification case study — anonymised composite stories
- High-net-worth PA cases — specific tactics and pitfalls
- LGBTQ+ family PA dynamics
Related¶
- The Debate — recognition vs critique literatures (read before evaluator selection or DV-overlap cases)
- Templates — concrete documents (letters, statements, request forms)
- Case law — citable rulings by region
- Influencers — clinicians and lawyers behind the methods these playbooks use
- Resources — research databases and key books
Open a PR if you've lived through a situation that deserves a playbook here.