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CUSTODY EVALUATORS
AND PARENTING COORDINATORS
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
For articles on family law issues, and the "myths and facts" research citation pages on fatherhood, motherhood, domestic violence, post-divorce relocation, child custody, attachment, and child development research, and related issues, see LIZNOTES or The Liz Library SITE INDEX.
Please note that the inclusion of any individual on the below list does not necessarily indicate the existence of any licensing or other violation, but only that we obtained or have been made aware of information of interest relevant to the subject matter of child custody evaluations or other issues bearing upon mental health practitioners and the functioning of the family court system.
Similarly, no positive inference should be drawn from the omission of any individual from these pages; we have information on hundreds more that will be added. These webpages are being continually up-dated, but the work is time-consuming.
To check the licensing status of any mental health professional and see whether complaints or disciplinary actions have been filed, see the applicable state licensing boards, linked below. More listings of psychology licensing boards are at Ken Pope's website.
If you have custody evaluations (for the custody evaluation study), or other information pertinent to custody evaluators, forensic psychological witnesses, parenting coordinators, psychologist mediators, supervised visitation centers, guardians ad litem, or court-appointed therapists that you wish to share with us, or if you dispute or wish to supplement any information whatsoever on these pages, please email Sarah at thelizlibrary.org . We are committed to accuracy and not only welcome but want your input.
California Licensing Information
William Hamilton Ayres (N) * Sidney Brown, Ph.D.* Stephen Doyne, Ph.D.(more) (more) (more) * Michael Dufficy * Judith B. Henderson, Ph.D.*Michael Jones, Ph.D. * Larry Leatham, Ph.D. * Elizabeth Loftus, Ph.D. * Jayne A. Major, Ph.D. * Andrew McGarity, Ph.D.* Randy Rand, Ed.D. *Donald K. Smith, Ph.D (more). * Philip M. Stahl, Ph.D. * John Spencer Stone, Ph.D. * Matthew Sullivan, Ph.D. * Richard J. Swank, Ph.D. *
(N) not a psychologist
Donald Dutton, Ph.D. (more) (more) (and yet more) *
Colorado Licensing Know Your Courts
William G. Austin, Ph.D. * Marlene Bizub (N) * Mark Hoffman (N) * Robert McIntyre, Ph.D. * Elizabeth A. Paterson, Ph.D. *
(N) not a psychologist
Connecticut Licensing Information Supplement
Diane Rotnem, Ph.D. (N) * Daniel R. Snyder, Ph.D.
(N) not a psychologist
District of Columbia Licensing
Michael Alan Baer, Ph.D. * Soren James Barret, Ph.D. * Dalia Saffa Biller, Ph.D. * Holly Bodner, Psy.D. * J. Michael Bone (N) (more) (more) * Sheri Bourg-Carter, Ph.D. * Barry Brody, Ph.D. * Glen Ross Caddy, Ph.D. * Debra Kaye Carter, Ph.D. * Michael F. Cohen, Ph.D. * Deborah Day, Ph.D. *Robert A. Evans, Ph.D. * Emanuel John Falcone, M.D. (N) * Jan Faust, Ph.D.* Bruce D. Foreman, Ph.D. * Alexander Gimon, Ph.D. * Darby L. Godwin, Ph.D. * Paul John Hartmann, M.D. (N) * Philip Heller, Ph.D. (more) * Michael Hershorn, Ph.D. * Richard B. Hey, Ph.D. (N) * Michael Anthony Holder (N) *Paul M. Inkeles, Ph.D. * Martha Jacobson, Ph.D. * Harry D. Krop, Ph.D. * Kathryn Kuehnle, Ph.D. * Maritza Lima, Ph.D. * Marcia B. Leder, Ph.D. *David A. Martindale, Ph.D. * Douglas Joseph Mason, Ph.D. * Robert Pensa, Ph.D. * Johann N. Pruett, Ph.D. * Sohail Punjwani, M.D. (N) * Thomas Saunders, Ph.D. (N) * Scott Roseman, Ph.D. * S. Richard Sauber, Ph.D. *Peter D. Schulman, Ph.D. * Martin David Segel, Ph.D. * Linda Sherby, Ph.D.* Leonard J. Skizynski, Psy.D. * Sohail Punjwani, M.D. (N) * Barbara F. Steinberg, Ph.D. * Henry Tenenbaum, Ph.D. * Michael Walczak, Ph.D. *Bambi L. Wadleton, Ph.D. * Evan J. Zimmer, M.D. (N)
(N) not a psychologist
(N) not a psychologist
(N) not a psychologist
Nicole R. Hill (N) *
(N) not a psychologist
Illinois Licensing Verification Lake County
Roger Hatcher, Ph.D. *
Indiana Licensing Verification Information
Jerome A. Cerny, Ph.D. * Susan Dwyer, Ph.D. (more) * Michael R. Sheehan, Ph.D. * Susan E. Spencer, Ph.D.*
Howard Weinberg, Ph.D.
Timothy P. Gatschet, M.D. (N) *
(N) not a psychologist
Robert J. Snow, Ph.D. * Sandra B. Snow, Ph.D. * The Rachel Foundation (N)
(N) not a psychologist
Joseph J. Plaud, Ph.D.
Michigan Licensing Information
Charles M. Cutler, Ph.D. * Beth M. Erickson, Ph.D
New Hampshire Licensing JointCustodyFoo
Raj A. Danthuluri, M.D. (N) * Jennifer Flynn-Campbell, Ph.D. * Michael Miran, Ph.D. *
(N) not a psychologist
Jonathan W. Gould, Ph.D. * Johnny E. Clevinger (L) *
(L) school psych, not a licensed psychologist (apparently)
Douglas Darnall, Ph.D. * Michael G. Borack, Psy.D. *
Zvi Strassberg, Ph.D. *
Dan Egli, Ph.D. * Jerry Lazaroff, Ph.D. * Timothy E. Ring, Ed.D.
Rhode Island Licensing Information Supplement Supplement2
Jack Ferrel, Ph.D. * Pamela Stuart-Mills Hoch (N) * Robert Hoch (N) * Gail Inman (N) * William Robert Olmsted, M.D. (N) * Mark Otis, Ph.D. * The Rachel Foundation (N) * Richard A. Warshak, Ph.D. * John A. Zervopoulos, Ph.D. *
(N) not a psychologist
Virginia Licensing Information
ABOUT THOSE PSYCH TESTS:
Attention psychs: it's simple. Plan on releasing every bit of material related to the friggin' tests -- or don't use them for "expert witness" work. Arguments made by custody evaluators for not turning over test records and data, and why those arguments are wrong.
Everyone else -- judges, lawyers, litigants: watch this space for more info on how to deal with psych testing in court, as well as information about the specific tests. Coming soon, an educational critique of the MMPI, including a question by question analysis with suggested answers, to illustrate why none of this precious nonsense ever should be used by parenting evaluators. It's time to throw a little sunlight and free speech on the alchemy and pseudo-science. It's time to forbid psychs from administering any of these tests in connection with child custody proceedings.
PSYCHOLOGY IN THE
COURTROOM download articles
Emery, Otto & Donohue: Child Custody Law - Limited Science and a Flawed System
Dore: Friendly Parent Concept, A Flawed Factor
Ducote: Guardians ad Litem in Custody Litigation
Bruch: Sound Research or Wishful Thinking?
Kelly & Ramsey: Child Custody Evaluations: the need for systems level outcome assessments (2009)
Dawes: House of Cards - Psychology & Psychotherapy Built on Myth
Parenting Coordination
Parenting Coordinator Issues
Information on these webpages is from ongoing research being conducted by the National Network on Family Law Policy, and by numerous scholars, professionals, and others around the United States who are investigating the workings of our justice system. For more information, contact Sarah "at" thelizlibrary.org.
Kates: Reevaluating the Evaluators - Rethinking the Assumptions
PARENTAL ALIENATION
SYNDROME
Bruch: Getting it Wrong in Child Custody Cases
Nat'l Council Juv & Fam Ct Judges: It's Not PAS
Wood: PAS - Dangerous Aura of Reliability
Poliacoff: What's this doing in a court of law?
Bad Science: 2004 Inter-rater Reliability Study
"But I've Seen It!!" (Yes, and you've seen the sun "rise" too)
Child Protective Services Out of Control
Federal incentives to remove children to facilitate fast-track adoptions. It's not the money per se; it's the unintended consequences of "therapeutic jurisprudence". Once do-gooder ideas and helper agencies and bureaucracies are put into place, they self-perpetuate for their own preservation, budgets and growth.
See videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=jAnjp7OnxNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=ZHw_kbsAZ6A&feature=related
MORE - The cross-referral networks of the PAS purveyors
Richard Austin, Ph.D. * R. Christopher Barden, Ph.D. * Stephen Ceci, Ph.D. * Douglas Darnall, Ph.D. * Stephen Herman, M.D. * Jayne Major, Ph.D. * Daniel Rybicki, Ph.D. * S. Richard Sauber, Ph.D. (listed twice) * W. vonBoch-Galhau, Ph.D. * Richard A Warshak, Ph.D. * J. Michael Bone * L. F. Lowenstein, Ph.D. * Reena Sommer, Ph.D. * Jerry Brinegar, Ph.D. * Katherine Andre, Ph.D. * Ken Lewis, Ph.D. * Catherine Swanson Cain, Ph.D. * Monty Weinstein, Ph.D. * Amy J. L. Baker, Ph.D. * David Britton * Robert Evans, Ph.D. * Debra Gordy * Christina McGhee * Harvey Shapiro (Elizabeth Loftus's "investigator") * Jose Manuel Aguilar Cuenca * Theresa K. Cooke, * Jeff Opperman * Remi Thivierge * Joe Goldberg * James J. Gross, Esq. * Randy Kolin, Ph.D. * Randy Rand * David Carico, Esq. * Lawrence W. Daly * Charles D. Jamieson, Esq.
[www.parental-alienation-awareness.com/
experts.asp accessed 01/01/08]
Therapeutic Jurisprudence... Not Such a Good Idea:
Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Embracing a Tainted Ideal, by Arthur G. Christean
Punishing Medical Experts for Unethical Testimony: A Step in the Right Direction or a Step too Far? by David B. Resnik, J.D., Ph.D.
Whores of the Court: The Fraud of Psychiatric Testimony and the Rape of American Justice, by Margaret Hagen
"Let us be very clear about the true state of the psychologist's art. Psychologists do not know any more about behavior than the average man or woman in the jury box or the judge's robes. Psychologists do not know what causes behavior and they are entirely incapable of pinpointing some hypothetical event in the past that has led to the present state of an individual. They do not know what got done, how it got done, or whodunit. And not only are they unable to predict future behavior any better than the man or woman on the street, they are actually worse at it, blinded as they are by the illusion of their own expertise. Diagnostic categories are not validly established and diagnoses cannot be rendered reliably. Neither can therapy be reliably used to change the behavior of our citizens, juvenile or adult, violent or simply wayward.
"Psychologists have no special ability to read into the soul-or mind or psyche-of another human with any more accuracy than the rest of us. Upon finishing graduate or medical school they are not given special soulographs or psychometers that let them plumb the depths of anyone's psychological being. There simply is no mental stethoscope, no matter how much our justice system wishes there were.
"Clinicians are not trained to perform the myriad tasks the legal system asks them to perform because no body of knowledge exists to support such training. It is a sorry state of affairs, but it is the only state we've got."
-- Margaret Hagen, Whores of the Court, pp. 98-99
FREE DOWNLOAD from Prof. Hagen's website
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Propaganda in America - History of Public Relations (online video)
About that "War on Drugs" in the first place... more... more... more... more... more...
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