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Preparatory conference for the First International Interdisciplinary Congress on Parental Alienation and Family Violence

27 September 2024

The first International Congress on Parental Alienation and Family Violence is of particular importance and its dissemination and clarification of its objectives is essential. For this reason, the Preparatory Seminar for the Congress was convened.

Parental Alienation is a serious family relational issue, affecting twenty-five million children worldwide, with profound effects on both their lives and those of their parents.

In this Seminar, experts presented and discussed Parental Alienation, which is of considerable psychological, legal, and social importance.

Psychologist Alejandro Litmanovich served as the moderator.

Presentations

Presentations

10 Videos

Speakers

Mauricio Luis Mizrahi

Mauricio Luis Mizrahi

Argentina

Dr William Bernet

William Bernet

USA

Sergio Dubove

Argentina

Carlos Díaz Usandivaras

Argentina

Liliana Perrone

France

Alicia Gonzalez Vitale

Argentina

Reynaldo Perrone

France

Germán Mauro

Argentina

Alejandro Litmanovich

Argentina

Schedule

15.00 hs.

Closing remarks by Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi.

15.05 hs.

Introduction by German Mauro representing the NGO Fathers from Río Negro and Neuquén and the Argentine Federation of Action for Children.

15.10 hs.

Lecture by Dr. William Bernet on the topic "Children Alienated Reveal Strong Emotions in Their Drawings and Stories."

15.35 hs.

Space for discussion.

15.40 hs.

Lecture by Dr. Sergio Dubove on the topic "Combative Feminism and Denialism of Parental Alienation."

16.05 hs.

Space for discussion.

16.10 hs.

Lecture by Dr. Carlos Díaz Usandivaras on the topic "Terminology and Denomination of Parental Alienation Phenomena."

16.35 hs.

Space for discussion.

16.40 pm.

Lecture by Dr. Alicia González Vitale on the topic "Coordination of (Co)Parenting: An Innovative Tool for Guaranteeing the Rights of Children in the Face of Parental Interference and Relationship Breakdowns."

17.05 hs.

Space for discussion.

17.10 pm.

Lecture by Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi on the topic "The Importance of Naming the Phenomenon of Parental Alienation as Such: Its Connection with Domestic Violence."

17.35 hs.

Space for discussion.

17.40 pm.

Lecture by Dr. Reynaldo Perrone on the topic "Abusive Communication within the Framework of Parental Alienation."

18.05 hs.

Space for discussion.

18.10 pm.

Lecture by Lic. Liliana Perrone on the topic "Loyalty Conflict, Parental Alienation, and High-Conflict Custody."

18.35 hs.

Space for discussion.

18.40 hs.

Closing remarks by Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi.
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Mauricio Luis Mizrahi

Argentina

Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, former Judge of the National Civil Chamber, Consultant Professor of Family and Successions at the University of Buenos Aires. He received the first prize awarded by the National Academy of Law and Social Sciences for his book "Parental Responsibility".

William Bernet

USA

Psychiatrist, specialising in Child Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. Evaluates children, adults and families involved in both civil and criminal legal situations. Professor emeritus, researcher and author of numerous books and articles.

Sergio Dubove

Argentina

Lawyer specialising in Family Law. He obtained the Honours Diploma from the University of Buenos Aires. He has devoted himself to university teaching, public service and professional practice. He gives lectures and courses. He is the author of numerous works. He is vice-president of the Centro de Estudios en Alienación Parental.

Carlos Diaz Usandivaras

Argentina

Psychiatrist, Systemic Family Therapist, and Master in Marriage and Family at the University of Navarra, Spain. He was the Founder and is currently Director of the Instituto de La Familia. He has taught at the Catholic University of La Plata, the University of Belgrano, the University of Buenos Aires and the Catholic University of Montevideo.

Liliana Perrone

France

Liliana Perrone is a clinical psychologist, individual, couple and family psychotherapist. Family mediator. She is a trainer of professionals at the University of Lyon.

Alicia Gonzalez Vitale

Argentina

Negotiation Lawyer, Mediator in patrimonial and family matters, facilitator in public and social conflicts. Director of the Family Mediation Service of the Neuquén Judiciary. University lecturer.

Reynaldo Perrone

France

For years he was General Director of the Institute for Training and Application of Communication Therapies in Lyon (France), where he is currently Director of Studies. He is a specialist in couples, domestic violence and sexual abuse. Throughout his career he has analysed the various forms of violence.

Germán Mauro

Argentina

Vice-president of the NGO Padres de Rio Negro y Neuquén. President of the Federación Argentina Acción por la Niñez.

Alejandro Litmanovich

Argentina

Psychologist. Department of Mental Health Crianza Sana Argentina.

Mercedes Ladereche

Argentina

University studies: Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires (U.B.A.) Degrees: Attorney and Lawyer (1986). Head of the law firm Ladereche y asoc.

Kalanit Nayla Khalif

Argentina

Lawyer graduated from the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires (2019). She completed her teaching career in 2022. She currently teaches 'Bankruptcy and Insolvency' at the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (Mariano Genovesi - Ana Alonso Chair).

Mandy Matthewson

Australia

Dr. Matthewson is a senior lecturer at the University of Tasmania and a clinical psychologist. She leads the Family and Interpersonal Relationship Research Lab at UTAS and serves on the board of the Eeny Meeny Miney Mo Foundation, focusing on parental alienation awareness. Her work centers on family relationships, family violence, and psychological trauma, and she co-authored Understanding and Managing Parental Alienation. She also supervises psychology trainees.

Edward Kruk

Canada

Edward Kruk is Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of British Columbia. With over 40 years of experience in family mediation, conflict resolution, and shared parental responsibility, he has authored numerous books and articles on these topics. He currently works as a family mediator and therapist in Vancouver, Canada, and is the President of the International Council on Shared Parenting.

Philip Marcus

Israel

Philip Marcus is an Israeli jurist who, following a career as a judge and lawyer, works as a consultant, researcher, writer, and lecturer on Family Law and professional ethics. Since retiring as a judge of the Jerusalem Family Court in 2012, he has focused on promoting initiatives to protect those affected by family disputes, like children and the elderly, advocating for more humane systems and collaborating internationally.

Mariana Gallego

Argentina

Lawyer specialised in criminal law, graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in 2002. With experience in the investigative courts of the Federal Capital, she then focused her career on family law, founding her own law firm 12 years ago. She currently leads a team of lawyers focused on complex civil and family law. She collaborates with an external support team of psychologists and psychiatrists, prioritising cases involving children and adolescents.

Liliana Perrone

France

Liliana Perrone is a clinical psychologist, individual, couple and family psychotherapist. Family mediator. She is a trainer of professionals at the University of Lyon.

Reynaldo Perrone

France

For years he was General Director of the Institute for Training and Application of Communication Therapies in Lyon (France), where he is currently Director of Studies. He is a specialist in couples, domestic violence and sexual abuse. Throughout his career he has analysed the various forms of violence.

Andrés Beccar Varela

Argentina

Lawyer graduated from the Universidad Católica Argentina (1995, and Postgraduate Specialization in Family Law). Taught Family Law and Succession Law at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires. He currently teaches Family Law and Inheritance Law at the University of San Isidro (USI Dr. Plácido Marin).

Ursula Basset

Argentina

Professor of Family and Inheritance Law at the UCA and Austral University, where she also conducts research. Director of the Family Law Research Centre (UCA) and of the Postgraduate Course in Family Law (UCASAL). She has been a visiting professor at universities in Argentina and abroad, and a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute. She participated in the drafting of the Argentine Civil and Commercial Code and is vice-president of the International Academy of Family Law and secretary general of the Ibero-American Academy of Family Law.

Graciela Medina

Argentina

Doctor in Jurisprudence, former judge of the Federal Civil and Commercial Court, former president of the Argentine Association of Comparative Law, vice-president of the Ibero-American Academy of Family and Personal Law, Professor of Family and Successions and advisor of the UBA Law School, director of the Civil and Commercial Code Review, Corresponding Member of the National Academies of Law of Cordoba, Lima-Peru and Bolivia.

Leonardo Orlando

France

He holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from Sciences Po Paris, a BA and MA in Philosophy from the Sorbonne, and a post-doctorate in Cognitive Sciences from the École normale supérieure de Paris. He has been a researcher at institutions such as CERI, IFRA-Nairobi, CONICET and universities such as Tufts, Oslo and Bratislava. He is currently Visiting Fellow at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest, and his research focuses on biological and evolutionary approaches to political behaviour.

Cristóbal Llorente

Argentina

Lawyer since 1988, advisor to the Family Commission of the Chamber of Deputies in 1992 and 1993, Family Mediator since 1997, former secondary and university lecturer at UBA and UCA. Judge of the Civil Court of First Instance N° 83 since May 2018. Speaker at the University of Potenza and Salerno Italy in 2023 and at various events in Argentina. President of the Family Commission of the Association of Magistrates of the Nation.

Silvana Verónica Giachero

Uruguay

Psychologist from the Universidad de la República Uruguay, with a postgraduate degree in Legal Psychology from the Universidad Diego Portales (Chile). She is a certified EMDR therapist, forensic expert and creator of international congresses on mobbing and bullying. She has advised the parliaments of Chile and Uruguay on these issues, and has published three books and several scientific articles. She is currently studying for a diploma in Parental Alienation at the Universidad Simón Bolívar and is a delegate for Uruguay in GARI-PA.

Sau-lyn Lee Maturana

Chile

Psychologist and PhD in Psychology from the University of Tasmania, with a Masters in Social Psychology from the University of Tarapacá. She has worked for 15 years as an academic at the university, focusing on supporting parents of pre-school and elementary school students. Her line of research, since 2016, covers issues of divorce, parental alienation and family conflict, participating in research projects on reconfiguration of parentality and parental alienation. She is a member of international research groups on parental alienation in the USA and Mexico.

Sandra Veloso

Argentina

Lawyer specialising in family law (UBA) with a diploma in Judicial Management (UdeSA). Titular Judge of the Family Court N1 of Tigre, Province of Buenos Aires. Postgraduate lecturer at UBA and other institutions. Co-author of several collective works and works in her speciality.

Rosalía Fernández Alaya

Spain

Magistrate of the Provincial Court of Las Palmas and judge since 1987, she was the first woman to be elected to a High Court of Justice in Spain. Her career focuses on Human Rights, Family Law and Mediation, with specialised training in these areas and stays in European courts. She is an expert observer at the Hague Conference and participates in several legal journals and educational programmes. She also collaborates with the Government of the Canary Islands in mediation and child welfare initiatives, combining her judicial work with teaching in multiple countries.

Peter Herscovici

Argentina

Psychiatrist-Family Therapist specialising in the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. Approved Supervisor and Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Supervisor Honoris category of the Systemic Association of Buenos Aires. Former Director of the Mental Health Centre N° 2, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Co-director of the Instituto Terapias Sistémicas (TESIS). Member of the Editorial Committee of numerous national and foreign publications in the field. Author of several articles and chapters in books on Psychotherapy, Family Law and Family Medicine.

Beatriz Patricia Anzoategui

Argentina

Criminal lawyer with 36 years of independent professional practice. Co-founder of Estudio AMA (Anzoátegui- Melloni Anzoátegui) dedicated to criminal conflicts in the family context since 1999. Co-author of the book "Hienas Abogados de Familia vs. Falsas denuncias". International Director of the Legal Action Area in Latin America for Unión Latam & Europe, La infancia Primero. President of Unión Latam in Argentina. Founder and director of the Observatorio de Falsas Denuncias (OFD).

Nelson Zicavo Martínez

Uruguay - Chile

Master in Clinical Psychology, Dr. in Psychology. Author of several books and more than 50 articles in indexed journals on Family, Divorce, Parenthood and Parental Alienation. He has been director of the School of Psychology in Chile, director of Masters in Family and Family Intervention in Chile and Peru, secretary of ALFEPSI, Professor of postgraduate courses in several countries and lecturer in scientific disciplinary events in America. University lecturer for more than 30 years, currently working.

Eduardo Guillermo Róveda

Argentina

Lawyer, graduated from the National University of La Plata. Professor of Civil Law V at the UNLP. Professor of Civil and Commercial Law V at the National University of La Matanza. Adjunct Professor of Family and Inheritance Law, UBA.

David Alonso Ramírez Acuña

Costa Rica

PhD in Clinical and Forensic Psychology. Master's degree in Clinical Psychology. As a judicial expert, specialist in the family area, he carried out forensic psychological evaluations in foster care conflicts, separations and divorces, family interrelationship regime, adoption processes, appointment of guardian/curator, accompaniment and monitoring of protection measures, assuming roles in parental coordination; evaluation and international restitution of minors, use of Gesell camera in parent-child reunification processes. He is a postgraduate professor, director and thesis reader in Ibero-America and gives courses, seminars, workshops and conferences in Latin and South America.

Alejandro Mendoza Amaro

Mexico

Mexican researcher, international lecturer and expert on child abuse and scientific integrity. PhD in Psychology and President of Global Action for Research Integrity in Parental Alienation (GARI-PA). Author of books and articles in indexed journals, as well as peer reviewer for various journals and executive editor of the Journal of Family Procedural Law. Research Coordinator of the Dr. José Torres Orozco Psychiatric Hospital.

Mariel Alejandra Guerrero

Argentina

Founding lawyer of the law firm GUERRERO-SQUADRONI, specialising in the resolution of problems related to family groups. She is the legal director of the Crianza Sana Foundation, in charge of the preparation of projects and petitions, also providing judicial and extrajudicial advice to its members and interested parties.

Maria Berenice Dias

Brazil

Lawyer specialising in homoaffective, family and inheritance law. Former Judge of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul. Postgraduate and Master's Degree in Civil Procedure. National Vice-President of IBDFAM (Brazilian Institute of Family Law). Coordinator of IBDFAM Centres in Portuguese-speaking countries. Member of the Senate Commission of Jurists, in charge of revising and updating the new Civil Code.