This international symposium will foreground the experiences of children living with psychologically abusive parenting and, in particular hear directly from now-adult children who were protected from a harmful parent through removal and transfer of residence by the family courts.

The symposium will also explore the underlying dynamics that lead to children’s rejection of a relationship with parent in the context of divorce or family separation, and the developmental harm of childhood relational trauma.

Through papers and presentations from professionals working in the frontline of child protection, as well as researches and other professionals, the symposium will look at best practice in this highly complex field.

Papers and contributions from leading professionals working in the field and presentations from now-adult children who were protected from harm through transfer of residence.

In association with: Family Separation Clinic