Dr. Warshak Media Kit
- Bio
- Topics Addressed
- Organizations Addressed
- Past Media Coverage
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Internationally renowned keynote speaker, media guest expert, and authority on divorce, custody, and the psychology of alienated children, Dr. Richard A. Warshak is a clinical, research, and consulting psychologist and a clinical professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Warshak consulted at the White House, and courts, legislatures, and social scientists throughout the world cite his studies. The author of two popular books, a contributor to 10 professional books, and the author of more than 40 articles, Dr. Warshak is one of the world's most respected voices on the impact of divorce on children and on the psychology of alienated children. He sits on the editorial board of three professional journals.
Dr. Richard A. Warshak is the author of Divorce Poison: How to Protect Your Family from Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing, now in its 20th printing, a classic book that gives parents powerful strategies to preserve and repair loving relationships with their children. His amicus brief on the impact of relocation is credited with influencing a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of California.
Dr. Warshak enjoys sharing psychology with the public and has spoken to the media and public groups on more than 75 topics including celebrity divorces and custody disputes, parental alienation, child abuse, stepfamilies, child psychology and parenting, and helping children cope with fears and trauma.
Dr. Warshak appears in a PBS documentary and his work has been featured in media worldwide including NBC Today, ABC 20/20, CBS Early Show, ABC Home Show, CNN, CTV, FOX & Friends, CourtTV, the New York Times (page 1 main section), USA Today (cover story), Macleans, the Washington Post (cover story), the London Sunday Telegraph, the Toronto Star, SEMANA, National Public Radio, and Time (in 1980 and 2004). Dr. Warshak lives and works with his wife in Dallas, Texas, and is on-line at www.warshak.com.
Dr. Warshak is available for broadcast and print media interviews.
Contact him at:
media@warshak.com
16970 Dallas Parkway - Suite 202, Dallas, TX 75248 USA
972-248-7700
- allegations of alienation in celebrity custody disputes
- child abductions
- understanding alienated children
- understanding parental alienation processes
- preventing alienation and estrangement
- overcoming alienation and estrangement
- reuniting parents with their estranged adult children
- therapeutic management of parental alienation in families
- judicial management of parental alienation in families
- Family Bridges: A Workshop for Troubled and Alienated Parent-Child Relationships™
- controversies regarding parental alienation syndrome
- celebrity divorces and custody disputes
- psychological trauma to children of extensive media attention
- how to talk to your children about the other parent
- the Warshak Test for distinguishing between helpful and harmful criticism of a parent
- impact of divorce on children and adolescents
- child development in stepfamilies
- father custody
- mother custody
- joint custody
- mothers without custody
- coping with the stress of single parenting
- relocation cases
- when children ask to move from mom’s house to dad’s
- parenting plans for infants and young children
- child custody evaluation procedures
- benefits and hazards of involving children in custody decisions
- evaluating child custody evaluators
- ethical issues in child custody evaluations
- writing effective custody evaluation reports
- child custody consultations
- bias in child custody evaluations and consultations
- pediatric consultations with divorcing families
- divorce mediation
- collaborative divorce
- child support compliance
- the American Law Institute’s approximation rule proposal
- holidays in divorced families
- how to tell your children about your divorce
- should children decide custody?
- preparing children for summer contacts with the other parent
- tips for stepparents
- tips for remarried parents
- self-esteem in children and adolescents
- depression in children
- anxiety in children
- shy children
- children who lie
- bipolar disorder in children
- sibling rivalry
- managing your child’s difficult behavior
- teen dating tips for parentssuggestibility in children
- childhood sexual behavior
- child sex abuse
- coping with sexual abuse of children
- evaluating sex abuse allegations
- myths in abuse and neglect cases
- empty nest syndrome
- school anxiety
- preparing your child for back-to-school and first-day fears
- teacher-student conflicts
- children who overeat
- talking to children about trauma, e.g., the Columbia Shuttle tragedy, 9/11
- talking to your children about sex
- dealing with children’s misbehavior in public
- helping children cope with trauma
- helping children cope with anxiety about war and terrorism
- how to tell when things are going well...and what to do when they’re not
- when to consult a child psychologist
- adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- emotional affairs
- keeping New Year’s resolutions
- reducing holiday stress
- coping with job loss
- managing war-related anxiety
- coping with general anxiety
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- memory and recall
- The White House
- U.S. Commission on Child And Family Welfare
- Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division (Chicago)
- State of Connecticut House of Representatives
- State of Missouri Legislature
- Texas State Legislature
- 305th District Court of Dallas County, Texas
- American Psychological Association
- Society for Research in Child Development
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- World Association for Infant Mental Health
- American Association of Psychiatric Services to Children
- Association for the Care of Children in Hospitals
- American Orthopsychiatric Association
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Department of Psychiatry
- Grand Rounds
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Department of Pediatrics
- Grand Rounds
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Continuing Education
- Conference
- Timberlawn Research Foundation
- Florida Psychological Association
- Tallahassee Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Dallas Psychological Association
- Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Social Work
- Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
- Dallas Psychoanalytic Institute
- Dallas Group of Women Psychiatrists
- Dallas Child Guidance Clinic
- Presbyterian Hospital Psychiatry Grand Rounds
- Green Oaks Psychiatric Hospital
- Brookhaven Psychiatric Pavilion
- Pediatric Associates of Dallas
- American Bar Association
- National Judicial Institute (organization of Canadian Judges)
- State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar
- State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program
- Ontario Bar Association
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Family Law Section
- Dallas County Bar Association
- Denton County Bar Association
- San Antonio Bar Association
- Tallahassee Bar Association
- Annette Stewart Inns of Court
- Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (National Conferences)
- International Conference on Parental Alienation Syndrome (Frankfurt,
- Germany)
- High Conflict Forum of Toronto
- Wisconsin Inter-Professional Committee on Divorce
- Boulder Interdisciplinary Committee
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Arizona Chapter
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts California Chapter
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Texas Chapter
- Dallas Forensic Group
- The Family Place (domestic violence shelter)
- Jewish Family Service
- Texas Association of Student Special Services Programs
- Children’s Rights Council
- Federation of North Texas Area Universities
- The Atlas Society
- Family Outreach of Comal County
- Jewish Family and Child Service of Toronto
- Junior League of Texas
- University Park Parent-Teacher Association
- Solomon Schechter Parent’s Association
- Greenhill School
Television
Dr. Warshak has been interviewed on the following programs:
- PBS documentary – Kids & Divorce: For Better or Worse
- ABC 20/20 – interviewed by Chris Cuomo
- NBC Today – interviewed by Jane Pauley
- NBC Weekend Today
- CBS Early Show
- CBS Saturday Early Show
- CNN Paula Zahn Now
- CNN Sonya Live
- CTV (Canada Television) The Verdict with Paula Todd
- Fox & Friends
- ABC Home Show
- CourtTV
- BBC Panorama
- Geraldo
- Fox Good Day Dallas – regular guest, frequent appearances
- 2002-2005
- ABC Good Morning Texas
Radio
- National Public Radio – Marketplace
- NBC Radio
- Numerous radio stations throughout the U. S. and Canada
Dr. Warshak has been quoted, or written about, in the following publications:
Magazines
- Time – 1980 and 2004
- Parade — Sunday newspaper supplement magazine
- Maclean’s – leading news magazine in Canada
- Semana – leading news magazine in Columbia, South America
- Redbook
- Parents
- Working Mother
- Parenting
- Child
- Men’s Health – 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000
- Psychology Today – 1980, 1985, 2007, 2008
- Best Life
- American Psychological Association Monitor
- Omni
- M
- Science News
- Dallas Child
Newspapers
- Sunday New York Times — page 1 story
- USA Today — 1987, 1992 — cover story
- Washington Post — page 1 story
- Los Angeles Times
- Toronto Star
- Globe and Mail – Canada’s national newspaper — page 1 story
- Law and Times – Canada’s law newspaper
- NY Daily News
- Dr. Joyce Brothers syndicated column
- Chicago Tribune
- Scotland on Sunday — Article on the divorce of Prince Charles and Princess
- Diana
- London Sunday Telegraph
- Sunday Star Times (New Zealand)
- Christian Science Monitor
- San Diego Union Tribune
- Boston Sunday Globe
- Boston Herald
- Austin American-Statesman
- Houston Post
- Dallas Morning News — 1982, 1985, 1991, 1992, 2003 — page 1 story, 2004
- Fort Worth Star Telegram
- Detroit Free Press
- Asbury Park Press
- Plano Star Courier — 1981, 1982, 1987, 2001— two page 1 stories, 2007
- Parent to Parent – syndicated column in 2002, 2003, and 2004
- Richardson Daily News

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