REPLAY: Tactical Group Meeting - June 13, 2026

This meeting focused on discussing parental alienation and coercive control behaviors with Charlie, a guest expert from Great Britain. Charlie explained how coercive control behaviors manifest in parental alienation cases, including loyalty conflicts, negative narratives about the targeted parent, and grooming techniques that create false choices for children. He discussed how these behaviors often involve mentally ill parents who use control as a coping mechanism due to their own trauma, and how children naturally align with the parent they feel safer with rather than the one providing unconditional love. The group discussed specific examples from participants' experiences, including Jon's situation with his 18-year-old son who was told he was "safe" from the father, and Alex's challenges with different levels of alienation between his 14-year-old daughter and 13-year-old son. Charlie emphasized that alienated parents must focus on self-healing and not take children's rejection personally, while continuing to communicate unconditionally with their children, and stressed that getting on with life independently is crucial for long-term relationship recovery with the children.