Season 8, Episode 9 of the Family Law Week podcast is now live on Spotify and the Family Law Week website.

In this episode, Westgate Chambers barrister Ayisha Robertson hosts Bob Greig, Angharad Rudkin and Marcus Hicks.

Bob Greig is the co-Director of OnlyMumsand Dads and the Family Separation Support Hub (FSSH), co-editor ‘Separating With Children 101’ (3rd edition), co-editor ‘(Almost) Anything But Family Court’ as well as a co-founder of The Parents Promise.

Angharad Rudkin is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with 20 years’ experience of working with children and families, and a lecturer at the University of Southampton. With regular appearances in the media as a subject matter expert, from gender fluidity through to parental addiction, she is also a key contributor to the screen time national policy and guidelines committee.

Marcus Hicks works as a paediatric nurse. Presently, he works as a Mental Health Practitioner with CAMHS. Marcus has also previously worked in the ambulance service and with Great Ormond Street and Children’s Hospice. He is building a website, www.griefmapping.com, aimed at bringing disconnected families together. It will offer retreats, a chance to share into a book and to pin your story to a world map and connect with others.

In this packed episode, we discuss parental alienation as well as the associated trauma, the best ways to support those affected and the impact parental alienation can have on children’s mental health and relationship building abilities.

This episode of the Family Law Week podcast is produced by Stuart Taylor-Jones.