(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 […]

PRESENTATION TO THE SMILE PROGRAM Larry M. Friedberg, Ph.D. I guess the reason I’m here, rather than some other psychologist, or therapist, is that I’m a specialist on divorce.  I’ve worked with hundreds of couples, and maybe 1000 children during a divorce and after divorce.   I know that going through a divorce […]

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 […]

Jim Alle called me up with some issues he wanted me to address at this seminar. Specifically, he asked me my opinions on matters before the divorce judgment, such as my opinions on when to evaluate, when to facilitate, and how do I deal with some issues in evaluations, such as […]