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J. Michael Bone, PhD


The primary focus of Dr. Bone’s work is high conflict custody disputes involving parental alienation under the pretense of divorce.

His goal is to help establish custody plans and parenting roles that encourage positive relationships between children and BOTH parents. Working with both mothers and fathers he has spent over 25 years dealing with high conflict divorce as a therapist, expert witness, mediator, evaluator and consultant, nationally and internationally. He has worked on hundreds of cases garnering positive results.
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In his experience, cases involving parental alienation must be handled differently. It is not as simple as hiring professionals that are familiar with or say they understand Parental Alienation. The specific legal issues that appear in alienation cases are very unique. A failure to understand and appreciate this on the part of mental health professionals or lawyers involved in these cases, can and often lead to disastrous results.

Dr. Bone worked extensively with the late Richard Gardner, M.D., who first described the syndrome in 1985. He, along with Dr. Gardner and others in the field, served on the Scientific and Professional Advisory Board of the Parental Alienation Research Foundation in Washington D.C. He has continued working in this field and routinely travels all over the United States helping those dealing with PA.

In 2006, in a decision to work exclusively with the problem of parental alienation, Dr. Bone closed his clinical practice, and began a full time purely consultative practice devoted entirely to the development of remedies for and education about parental alienation. These activities include consulting on individual cases with parents and attorneys, as well as in the development of educational products involving practical strategies for parents who are experiencing parental alienation.


Dr. Bone’s Curriculum Vitae