13 Facts About Richard Warshak

Richard A Warshak was born on December 18,1949 and is an American clinical and research psychologist and author.

Richard Warshak is best known for his research and advocacy in the areas of child custody, shared parenting, and claims of parental alienation in the context of divorce.

Richard Warshak's research has focused on issues relating to child custody.

Richard Warshak later collaborated with John Santrock on the Texas Custody Research Project on a series of studies on the effects of different custody dispositions and stepfamilies.

In 2003, Richard Warshak published an article that discussed the controversy about whether a child's alienation from a parent could be diagnosed as a syndrome and presented arguments both for and against the use of the term parental alienation syndrome.

Richard Warshak asserts that courts must rapidly and effectively enforce orders related to children's contact with both parents.

Richard Warshak's conclusions were endorsed by 110 other researchers and practitioners, many of whom held prominent academic and research positions.

Richard Warshak was a founding member and past president of the Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and was the founding editor of the Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology Bulletin.

Richard Warshak has written several op-ed columns published in US newspapers and online publications.

Richard Warshak was one of the five initial contributors to the Child and Family Blog co-sponsored by Princeton University, Brookings Institution, University of Cambridge, and the Jacobs Foundation.

Richard Warshak helped develop the Family Bridges workshop programs for children and rejected parents.

Some children who participated programs associated with Richard Warshak have complained about the experience.

Richard Warshak's conclusions have been called into question based upon his not being a neutral observer, the study's lack of follow-up, his claimed evidentiary basis for the Family Bridges program, and his reliance upon before-and-after studies instead of controlled studies.