If a child is sexually abused, nobody thinks twice about a “no contact order” between the child and the abuser. It is obvious.
But if you suggest that a child should go voluntarily “no contact” with an alienating parent due to the psychological abuse of abduction, bullying and cultish master/slave relationship, then most people look for thousands of reasons to excuse the abuse, and pretend that there must be another pathway towards healing that does not involve “no contact”.
Dr. Childress, not to mention anyone with a dose of common sense, would demand that the child is removed from their alienating and delusional abuser. That is STEP ONE, and necessary. It doesn’t have to be permanent, but it is necessary for stopping the abuse.
Listen to Dorcy Puter and Madi discuss this topic.