Who we are
The CENTER FOR STUDIES ON PARENTAL ALIENATION (CEAP) is an institution dedicated to interdisciplinary research, dissemination and promotion of Parental Alienation (PA) policies.
This organization addresses PA from the legal, psychological and psychiatric perspectives. The CEAP is made up of professionals and scholars from those disciplines.
CEAP is endorsed by organizations of mothers and fathers affected by parental alienation.
The CEAP is chaired by Dr. Mauricio Luis MIZRAHI, PhD in Law and Social Sciences (UBA), former Judge of the National Civil Court of Appeals, Professor at the School of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. Dr. Mizrahi has authored numerous books and publications on family law.
CEAP also includes professionals with a multidisciplinary approach, such as Dr. William Bernet (USA), Alejandro Mendoza Amaro (Mexico) and from Argentina, Carlos Díaz Usandivaras, Pedro Herscovici, Sergio Dubove, Andrés Beccar Varela and Mercedes Ladereche.
Mission
CEAP is committed to raising awareness about parental alienation (PA), a phenomenon that remains largely understood by the public and often arises in the context of family conflicts. This form of family dysfunction occurs when one parent, driven by various motives, seeks to disrupt and sever the relationship between the child and the other parent. The obstructive parent employs a range of tactics, including manipulating the child’s perception to undermine the targeted parent’s image, implanting false memories, instilling fears, and fostering unwarranted negative feelings.
The situation is further aggravated by the frequent misapplication of family and gender violence laws by the judiciary and legal professionals. This often results in the unjust disruption of the parent-child relationship, thereby contributing to the emergence or intensification of parental alienation.
Despite overwhelming empirical evidence supporting the existence and characteristics of parental alienation, ideological conflicts between opposing viewpoints have hindered its discussion within a scientific context. Instead, the debate has been diverted into the political arena where it has become polarized.
In addition to the profound anguish experienced by parents who are denied the opportunity to fulfill their parental roles, scientific research has demonstrated that children, as passive victims of alienating behaviors, suffer from severe development disorders that can persist throughout their adult life.
CEAP is committed to fostering an environment of openness, pluralism, and tolerance to raise awareness of this issue and to develop solutions. Our goal is to prevent family justice systems and their associated agencies from inadvertently perpetuating dysfunctional family situations that often exacerbate severe cases of parental alienation.
