The Psychological Work of the Rejected Parent - Dr. Kelley Baker

In this presentation, Dr. Baker will explore some of the hardest questions that targeted parents most frequently ask her, how targeted parents can avoid feeding into the alienating parent's agenda by psychologically taking care of themselves, and how the concept of ambiguous loss may be helpful to alienated parents who are faced with the only option of walking away.

Kelley A. Baker, PhD, LPC

Dr. Baker graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002 with a doctorate degree in Developmental, Social, and Personality Psychology and a master’s degree in Program Evaluation. She also holds a master’s degree in Counseling and Guidance and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. Dr. Baker has over 25 years of clinical experience serving families going through separation and divorce. As a forensic consultant in the Austin area of central Texas, she serves primarily as a court appointed guardian ad litem, a court appointed custody evaluator, and an expert on topics related to high conflict
divorce. Her professional career includes teaching as an adjunct professor of
undergraduate and graduate psychology and counseling courses and providing continuing education and training to mental health and legal professionals. She has presented training for local and state Bar
Associations. Her publications include co-authored chapters in The Litigator’s Handbook: Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology and in Gender and Domestic Violence: Contemporary Legal Practice and Intervention Reforms.

She has also contributed articles to the National Parents Organization. Dr.
Baker is an active member in the American Counseling Association (ACA), The Association of Family and Conciliatory Courts (AFCC), Parental Alienation Study Group where she serves on the membership committee, and the International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP), where she served for two years as the vice-president of family professions.

www.kelleybakerphd.co.