Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is a term referred to children who do not wish to be in contact with one of the two parents. It is a phenomenon that occurs mainly in children of separated parents.

In particular, these children systematically insult the one parent and express humiliating characterizations against him/her because of the influence they receive from the other parent.

The constant attempt of a parent or class of the other parent without any particular reason is not a simple defamation of one parent but a totally detachment from the point of view of the child, physically and emotionally, from one parent.

The constant attempt of the one parent to denigrate or blame the other without any particular reason is not a simple defamation of the one parent but, from the point of view of the child, a total detachment, physically and emotionally, from the other parent.

Parental alienation syndrome can occur in mild, moderate or severe form. In the heavy form the child does not want any contact with the other parent, there is a terrible abhorrence that in some cases even becomes horror while the child does not feel guilty about it.

The main symptoms for this syndrome are:

• marked anxiety,
• depression, nervousness,
• indifference to the other parent by canceling meetings and not accepting gifts,
• hostility, and
• aggression.

All of these create a great inner discomfort to the child that starts from childhood and sometimes even keeps up adult life where difficulties can arise in establishing good interpersonal relationships, low self-esteem, psychosomatic disorders, etc.

In addition, at a later age guilt for this behavior may occur together with depression, and these may turn the child against the other parent accusing him/her for this outcome.

All Programs of “Veresies” Clinic are approved and supervised by the Cyprus National Addictions Authority (CNAA).

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