It is important to recognize that parental alienation is often linked to narcissistic abuse. One of the most crucial steps in healing from parental alienation is reframing it as domestic abuse.
Though narcissistic abuse may seem purely psychological, it has profound somatic (body-based) effects. You are not broken. You are breaking free.
The Power and Control Wheel serves as a visual guide to the tactics often used by abusers. Abuse itself is not limited by gender.