

My dad is a very angry guy, and he flips on a dime. When I was 14, my mom said my brother and I had to go to this program in New York with Linda Gottlieb for four days, and then we'd be living with our dad temporarily. It has been edited and condensed for clarity.


This is an as-told-to story based on conversations with Ashton, part of a larger investigation into parental alienation. A court official said the judge could not comment. Brandenburg didn't reply to interview requests.

Michael didn't reply to Insider's interview requests or written questions in court, he has denied mistreating Ashton. Michael and the boys spent four days at Turning Points for Families in upstate New York, attending a workshop the program's director, the social worker Linda Gottlieb, called a "therapeutic vacation." When it was over, by court order, the boys had to change schools, and they started aftercare with a local psychologist, Rachel Brandenburg. The judge also barred their mother from any contact. She gave Michael sole custody of the kids and ordered them into an alienation treatment program. But after taking testimony from several mental health professionals, the family-court judge was persuaded. " The concept of parental alienation has never been accepted by the American Psychiatric Association. He claimed that his ex-wife had poisoned the boys against him in a campaign of " parental alienation. Then, in 2016, Michael turned the tables. Ashton disliked visiting their dad, Michael D., and Delaware's child-welfare agency found that Michael had emotionally abused him. When their parents divorced in 2011, Ashton Goff and his little brother lived primarily with their mom. I think it could be a AndroidManifest problem.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. I made a android app and it worked very well, but there are two icons in my device screen.
