My name is Ben Hine and I am Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of West London. I am also the U.K.’s leading academic expert on parental alienation and alienating behaviours which is also informed by my experience of these behaviours as a child.I am the lead academic for the Evidence-Based Domestic Abuse Research Network (EBDARN), the current chair of the Male Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society (BPS), a trustee for the Mankind initiative, and cofounder and former trustee of the Men and Boys Coalition. I am a regular writer and speaker on various issues, including domestic and sexual violence, alienating behaviours, family breakdown separation, and divorce, and the family court system. I also regularly deliver keynote addresses on these issues, deliver training for organisations and institutions, and provide expert witness services, specifically for cases involving alienating behaviours in private family law. I am also author of Parental Alienation: A Contemporary Guide, and an upcoming book from Routledge titled Current Issues Facing Men and Boys: A Case for Urgent Change.Outside of my professional activities, I am a budding children’s fiction writer, scout leader, School governor, and father to 2 wonderful children .