Media & Press

For more than four decades, Dr. Richard Warshak’s work on parental alienation, divorce, and child custody has been featured in international media, professional journals, and mainstream outlets.

Overview & media inquiries

Dr. Warshak is a widely consulted expert on parental alienation, child custody, divorce, and children’s adjustment. He has appeared on national and international television and radio, and his work has been covered by leading newspapers and magazines.

To request an interview or invite Dr. Warshak to speak at your event, please email: doc@warshak.com.

Broadcast appearances

Selected television and radio appearances featuring Dr. Warshak’s commentary and expertise on parental alienation, high-conflict divorce, and child custody.

Dr. Warshak has been interviewed on television programs including:

  • 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) – The Verdict with Paula Todd
  • ABC Home Show
  • Court TV
  • BBC Panorama
  • Geraldo
  • Fox Good Day Dallas (regular guest, frequent appearances 2002–2005)
  • ABC Good Morning Texas

Selected radio coverage includes:

  • National Public Radio – Marketplace
  • NBC Radio
  • Numerous regional and national radio interviews throughout the U.S. and Canada

Print coverage

Dr. Warshak’s research and clinical work have been quoted or profiled in major magazines and newspapers in North America and internationally.

Selected magazines that have featured or quoted Dr. Warshak include:

  • Time
  • Parade (Sunday newspaper supplement)
  • Maclean’s (Canada)
  • Semana (Colombia)
  • Redbook
  • Parents
  • Working Mother
  • Parenting
  • Child
  • Men’s Health
  • Psychology Today
  • Best Life
  • American Psychological Association Monitor
  • Omni
  • M
  • Science News
  • Dallas Child

Selected newspapers that have covered Dr. Warshak’s work include:

  • The New York Times (Sunday front-page coverage)
  • USA Today (including cover stories)
  • The Washington Post
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Toronto Star
  • The Globe and Mail (Canada)
  • Law Times (Canada)
  • New York Daily News
  • Columns by Dr. Joyce Brothers
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Scotland on Sunday
  • London Sunday Telegraph
  • Sunday Star-Times (New Zealand)
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • San Diego Union-Tribune
  • Boston Sunday Globe and Boston Herald
  • Austin American-Statesman
  • Houston Post
  • Dallas Morning News
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • Detroit Free Press
  • Asbury Park Press
  • Plano Star Courier
  • Other regional and syndicated columns (e.g., Parent to Parent)

Media archive

A condensed archive of selected coverage of Dr. Warshak’s work in newspapers and magazines spanning 1980–2010. This section is primarily for visitors who want a historical record of his media presence.

2009

2008

2007

2006

  • CBS News – How divorce battles affect children
  • Best Life – Feature on “lost children” and custody

2005

2004

2003

2002

  • Child – Minimizing the impact of divorce on children
  • Inform – Interview about Divorce Poison
  • HealthScout – Joint custody outcomes
  • CBS News – “Divorce Poison” segment

2001

  • Plano Star Courier – Fathers seeking custody and relocation issues: Aug 2001, Sep 2001

2000

1998

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990

1989

  • Psychology Today – Same-sex custody (mother–daughter, father–son)

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

1981

1980