(All identities are composites of multiple cases or identifying information has been obscured) Contents:The Court-Involved Therapist (CIT)Case 1What did this CIT do wrong?Forensic and Therapeutic Role conflictPsychotherapy and High Conflict DivorceA forensically informed therapistCase 2Guidelines for Court-Involved TherapistsChild Therapists in Court-Involved Cases Role Boundaries for the CITGuidelines and StandardsCase 3A […]

(Prep. for Testimony, TOH to Robert Erard, Ph.D.) In Daubert, the Court listed three criteria, in addition to the Frye standard of “general acceptance”: In Daubert “general acceptance” is described as the “explicit identification of a relevant scientific community and an express determination of a particular degree of acceptance within […]

I have been thinking a lot about some basic questions which pertain to the work I do as a custody evaluator, mediator and parenting coordinator. Most important and puzzling is the question:  Why do disputing parties in high conflict divorce treat each other as enemies?  And why do they use their children as […]