Religious Abuse & Parental Alienation: How Faith Gets Weaponized in a High-Conflict Divorce
Episode S2026 · Ep 367 39 min 52s

Religious Abuse & Parental Alienation: How Faith Gets Weaponized in a High-Conflict Divorce

What happens when your ex doesn’t just badmouth you to the kids, but tells them God is on their side? In this episode, Lisa talks with interfaith minister and trauma-informed therapist Sherri Heller about one of the most under-recognized weapons in a high-conflict divorce: faith itself. When a marriage involving a high-control religious system breaks down, the parent who leaves is rarely treated as someone making a healthy choice. They’re cast as the one who “deviated,” the one who is “moral...

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