Saturday seminar: Presenting your case to the professionals

Presenting your case to the professionals
An online event for parents of alienated children and their families with Nick Woodall

Saturday 2 August 2025
This seminar will be delivered on Zoom between 17:00 and 19:00 UK Time.

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Cost £45.00

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Please note: this seminar will not be recorded and available to watch again.

About this seminar

Parents who are working to preserve or re-establish the natural relationship with their children will, in almost all cases, come into contact with a wide range of professionals, including child custody evaluators, social workers, lawyers, judges, psychologists and therapists. Each of these professionals will play a part in determining the outcome of the case. As a parent in the rejected position, how you respond to those professionals, and how you present your case can be a critical factor in whether you achieve your goal. 

This seminar will examine the world of family separation professionals and the systems in which they work. It will also look, in detail, at the types of professional you might meet and how they fit into that wider system. In addition, it will focus on the importance of narrative and the art of story telling, offering practical insights and skills so that you can be concise, precise and persuasive. 

There will also be time for Q&A on workshop content.

The seminar will offer you: 

• ways to talk about you case that can be easily understood
• key skills for constructing court documents
• insights into professionals’ biases and how they operate
• information about the use of expert witnesses
• strategies for considering risk and reward approaches to decision making

This seminar is for all parents with children who are affected by alignment and rejecting behaviour, whether your child is present in your life or not. 

PLEASE NOTE: The content of this seminar is for informational purposes only and is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should not rely on any information we may provide you with as an alternative to legal advice from a fully qualified legal professional regulated by the appropriate authorities. We strongly advise you to take professional legal advice from a fully qualified legal professional regulated by the appropriate authorities.

About Nick Woodall

Nick Woodall is a psychotherapist and holds a Masters degree in psychodynamic psychotherapy from the University of London. He is also a therapeutic mediator, accredited by the School of Psychotherapy & Counselling Psychology, Regents University, London. Nick has worked with families experiencing divorce or separation since 1999 and specialises in childhood relational trauma and the onset of disorganised attachment behaviours that can occur in the context of family separation and divorce.

Nick has worked on family separation policy and service design for the UK Government and has been a guest lecturer at the Judicial College of England and Wales. He has authored and co-authored a number of commercially published books on the subject of children’s responses and changing needs in the context of divorce or family separation.