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Amy J.L. Baker Ph.D.

About

Dr. Baker has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Teachers College of Columbia University. She is the director of research at the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection at the New York Foundling. She is the author of Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties that Bind (WW Norton) and author or co-author of more than 60 peer-reviewed articles on parent-child relationships.

Books by Amy J.L. Baker Ph.D.
Recent Posts
How You Say No to Your Child Matters
Children can be manipulated by one parent to ask for things that don't make sense, whether it is a new puppy or ice cream for breakfast. What should a targeted parent do?
The Role of Hope and Skill in Navigating Parental Alienation

New years can be a painful time for targeted parents. Knowing that many alienated children do reconnect with the targeted parent can provide the hope needed to persevere.

New years can be a painful time for targeted parents. Knowing that many alienated children do reconnect with the targeted parent can provide the hope needed to persevere.

Looking for the Good News

An assumption I had been making in my coaching practice turned out to be at least partly false, and that is a good thing!

An assumption I had been making in my coaching practice turned out to be at least partly false, and that is a good thing!

Protecting Children From Parental Alienation

What values can you instill in your children to help inoculate them from becoming alienated?

What values can you instill in your children to help inoculate them from becoming alienated?

What Is Fairness?

In parental alienation cases, a presumption of equal blame can be unfair.

In parental alienation cases, a presumption of equal blame can be unfair.