Think of the symptoms of Parental Alienation (PA) distributed as a Skewed distribution on a graphed “S” curve.

The Moderate level intersects the curve in the center dividing the two other levels, with Mild to the left and Severe to the right.

Think of the Y Axis as the level of intensity of the symptoms and the X Axis as the number of symptoms.

As you move from the Zero point to the right along the X Axis, you will be moving from a Mild level to a Moderate level to a Severe level. As you do so, you will begin to see more of the symptoms present and their intensity increasing.

The difference between the levels can be dramatic. The difference between the ranges is vast. It spans from having a few of the symptoms, infrequently, at a low level of intensity, to a more moderate level with symptoms most of the time at a moderate level of intensity and then to be dramatically present in terms of number of symptoms at the highest level of intensity.