Here's all you need to know about
CAFTT’s Fast-Track Open Access
online course
 ‘Attachment-Led Theory and Practice
for Parental Alienation’.

Anyone committed to improving the mental health
of children & their family can take this fast track course.

  • Parents
  • Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles & Family
  • Family Friends
  • Adults alienated as children
  • Child Social Care Professionals
  •  Decision makers
  • Teachers
  • Family Health Workers  
  • Counsellors & Therapists
  • All Childcare Workers
  • Lawyers & Judiciary 
  • Contact Centres
  • Domestic Violence Professionals


Welcome to PA1
Attachment-Led Theory & Practice 
for Parental Alienation
Parental alienation is a complicated, problematic, specialist area of 
mental health, family functioning, social policy and law. 
Child Attachment and Family Trauma Training (CAFTT) 
is committed to helping you unlock a deeper understanding of parental alienation,
a critical issue that disrupts attachments, psycho-developmental prospects, 
and the quality of life for countless children and families. 


Why Choose PA1?  
 
CAFTT’s open access fast track parental alienation training course is designed for both professionals and parents seeking an intensive, self-paced learning experience.

 The course provides:

 16 Comprehensive Lectures - Covering 13.5 hours of in-depth instruction, this course dives into the triggers, strategies, behaviors, and incremental impacts of parental alienation on children’s psychological development into adulthood.  
Unique in the UK - PA1 is among the few accredited training programs in the UK that offers an empirically structured and open-access pathway to understanding parental alienation (with the option to earn Continued Professional Development (CPD) points.)  

What You'll Learn:   

- Stages of Parental Alienation - Detailed explanations of the alienation process and its stages, including their short-, medium-, and long-term effects on children and family members.  
- Mental Health Impact - Explore the pathogenesis of mental health disorders resulting from family dynamics, including transgenerational psychological distress, and learn how informed intervention can break the cycle.  
- Practical Application - Gain actionable strategies to identify, assess, and address parental alienation in family court systems and professional settings, informed by updated attachment, neuropsychology, and child development theories.  

Why This Course Stands Out:  

- Expert-Led Content - Learn from course tutors with years of experience interacting with the UK’s family court system and collaborating with leading experts worldwide.
- Unparalleled Value - With over 13.5 hours of focused instruction across 16 lectures, PA1 offers exceptional value. Comparable training elsewhere would require more time and money, making this a cost-effective choice for professionals and parents alike.
-Flexible Learning - Study at your own pace with a self-guided, modular format designed to serve as both a standalone resource and a progressive learning journey.  

Parental alienation is a complex, evolving issue and is just one form of damaging manipulation. The course also explores how such behaviour affects children, professionals, and families, helping you recognise and address other types of concealed abuse.  Equip yourself with the tools to make a real difference in the lives of affected children and families.  

 Enroll in PA1 today and take the first step towards better understanding parental alienation and family mental health. We offer the CPD version which has the same content as this open access
version but it also has short CPD assessments after each lecture to gain Continued Professional Development Points.

Please return to our homepage if you would prefer to purchase the CPD version at slightly higher cost which is open to parents, families and professionals alike.



Welcome to PA1


Attachment-Led
Theory & Practice
for
Parental Alienation



ABOUT PA1

Parental alienation is a complicated, problematic, specialist area of
mental health, family functioning, social policy and law.

Child Attachment and Family Trauma Training (CAFTT) is committed to
providing modern, professional grade training in attachment /
neuropsychology, focusing on improving family functioning,
professional practice, outcomes related to child development,
and family welfare.

Parental alienation disrupts attachments, psycho-developmental
prospects, and quality of life for hundreds of thousands of
children and families. CAFTT's CPD accredited parental alienation training
provides intensive, self-paced learning and
multiple-choice assessment to achieve Certification in
Attachment-Led Theory and Practice in Parental Alienation.
 
PA1’s intensive and CPD-accredited parental alienation training
updates typical approaches with modern attachment, family systems,
and neuropsychology. Parental alienation’s vulnerabilities, triggers, strategies,
behaviours, and incremental impacts on children's psychological functioning
into adulthood are detailed across 16 lectures spanning 13.5 hours.

The course critically and comparatively evaluates relevant law and practice.

Evidence-based, trauma-informed and risk-based assessments are provided to
assist resolution of cases, with effective professional and court management.

Currently, there appears to be little or no other relevant, accredited,
on-demand training in the UK. PA1 is aimed at providing an empirically
structured, open access route to understanding parental alienation, and
earning Continued Professional Development accreditation points in
this complicated and specialist field.

PA1 draws on the best practice and advice of some of the world’s top experts.
Years of interaction with the UK’s family court system corroborates the
established observational literature with an aetiological perspective using
updated attachment, neuropsychology and child development approaches.

The processes of alienation and its stages are explained in detail,
alongside how each impacts on children and other family members.
The incremental results for children and other family members are
provided in short, medium and long-term form.

Each lecture is arranged around addressing parental alienation as a
mental health problem for the whole family unit, focusing on
processes and outcomes for each family member.

The lectures are dual-designed as standalone references for a
fully informed presentation on important topics, and to
incrementally develop knowledge - not just of parental alienation but
the various issues parents and professionals encounter when
in the difficult position of facing, or being tasked to assist,
where this type of parental manipulation may be ongoing.

Parental alienation is one of many types of damaging parental manipulation.
And often, the manipulation and persuasion of child professionals.
Understanding the processes and results of parental alienation
may raise awareness and identification of other
types of abuse inflicted on children and concealed by
manipulation of victims and professionals.

Importantly, PA1 addresses, in detail, the pathogenesis of many
mental health disorders arising from family interactions.
Much family pathology is trans-generational, meaning some children
may be born to endure long-lasting psychological distress,
in the absence of informed assessment, identification and intervention.

The course has more than 13.5 hours of intensive instruction across
16 lectures, making PA1 outstanding value for money.
Obtaining the same level of knowledge and accreditation
from other sources would, we suggest,
be far more time consuming and expensive.


Yes, anyone can enrol in the CPD version of the course to gain Continued Professional Development points. You need to enroll on the right course & commit to completing all the assessments at the end fo each lecture to gain your accreditation. (All the questions are multiple-choice, & armed with your learning aid PDF’s are not difficult.)

Yes, but only slightly at £70 to cover the accredited CPD assessment fees. It's still affordable & excellent value for money. You can upgrade from the Open Access Pathway to the CPD pathway for an extra £25 - please message us if you wish to do this.

Yes, please contact us directly to enquire about our generous corporate group bundle discounts for 10 people or more.

  • This course has 16 lectures & is expected to be approximately 13 hours long in total. It will include the 16 video lectures with downloadable PDF’s on all the key facts & optional assessments after each lecture.
  • The longer lectures are broken down into manageable, shorter videos so you can plan your learning schedule.
  • The lectures will include case-studies & links to public judgments.
  •  It is recommended that you tackle one lecture per day, several times a week & seek to complete the course over a maximum 6-week period for focus & learning retention.
  • Allow around 10 minutes for each assessment after viewing a lecture if you are choosing the optional CPD pathway.

No, the course is not refundable. Please see the course introductory video above and make a definite YES to commit, if you are going to buy. 

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Mark Peters

Excellent Course

Very informative course. I now have a good knowledge of Parental Alienation and the effects it has on families

2 years ago
Carl L

The information on this course is gold for all parents and professionals

I've been desperate for something like this & it feels like a lifeline. I will most certainly go through this again once I've finished as there is so much to learn. Thank you so much

2 years ago
Disclaimer: Please remember this course is for education and training purposes only;
it is not intended as legal advice. 

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