02/25/2023
In his testimony before the Pennsylvania House Children and Youth Committee on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Dr. Craig Childress discussed the three diagnostic indicators--the "fingerprints"--that ALWAYS show up and indicate child psychological abuse by a narcissistic or borderline parent.
NO OTHER PATHOLOGY IN ALL OF MENTAL HEALTH WILL PRODUCE THIS SET OF THREE SYMPTOMS.
The three signs are as follows:
1. Attachment System Suppression toward a normal-range parent
2. Five narcissistic traits toward a normal-range parent:
a. Grandiose judging of the parent
b. A sense of entitlement from the parent
c. An absence of empathy toward the parent
d. A haughty and arrogant attitude toward the parent
e. A demonization of the parent
3. Trauma Reenactment against the normal-range parent--the child believes he or she is being abused or victimized by normal parenting
Dr. Childress did not specialize in high-conflict divorce, but rather in ADHD and early childhood mental health. When he first ran into Parental Alienation in 2008 and observed the abysmal failure of the legal system and the failure of the mental health system, he was appalled by the absence of professional knowledge and competence in the area.
He was so appalled that he shifted his career to try to stop the family destruction that he saw and the parenting practices that were producing pathologies in the children.
In his testimony before the Pennsylvania House Children and Youth Committee on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Dr. Craig Childress discussed the three diagnost...
