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    Identify Psychological Child Abuse With the Same Confidence You Bring to Physical Abuse.

    A free front-line checklist for clinicians, evaluators, GALs, and attorneys in high-conflict custody cases. Built on the Childress framework, the SAFeR overlay, and over 20 years of family reunification work, since 2006.

    The three diagnostic indicators of pathogenic parenting, with the threshold rule courts hold up
    The SAFeR screening overlay for separating pathogenic parenting from authentic estrangement
    Court-ready language that survives cross-examination
    Differential diagnosis logic so you know who is causing the rejection before you write your report

    Built by Dorcy Pruter. Certified coach. Over 20 years in family reunification, since 2006. Creator of the High Road to Reunification Program, the #1 court-ordered family reunification program in the country.

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    The Problem This Checklist Solves

    You were trained to act fast on physical and sexual abuse. The instruments exist. The thresholds are clear. The reporting language is established.

    Psychological child abuse has none of that. By the time a case reaches you, the targeted parent has been cut off for months or years. The child's symptoms have hardened. Your assessment tools were built for a different problem.

    The result: a recommendation that misses the abuse, a reunification therapy referral that fails, and a professional on the stand defending a report that falls apart.

    This checklist fills that gap.

    Who This Is For

    This checklist is specifically designed for front-line professionals who interact with high-conflict custody cases and need clear, defensible frameworks to identify psychological abuse.

    Licensed mental health professionals doing custody evaluations or court-ordered family work

    Custody evaluators, parenting coordinators, and reunification specialists

    Guardians ad Litem, Minor's Counsel, and child representatives

    Family law attorneys building cases that involve psychological abuse

    Court-appointed psychologists and forensic professionals

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