Publications

• A Judge Dilemma Final
• Parental Alienation: Child Abuse? Reportable?

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

 Over twenty-five years of experience in applied psychology & the behavioral sciences in FL. Licensed School Psychologist by the Florida Dept. of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance;  Trained in Comprehensive Child Custody Evaluations since 1996;  Trained in Forensic Examinations, Forensic Evaluations and Juvenile Justice, Guardianship Evaluations, Assessing Violence Risk in Juveniles and Advanced Child Custody Evaluations by the University of South Florida, Dept. of Mental Health Law & Policy;  Trained in Interdisciplinary Collaborative Law.  Consultant to the medical, legal and law enforcement community in Florida on Psychological and Educational matters;  Provided Critical Incident Stress Debriefings to victims of crime in the Central Florida area;  Consulted with Orange County Public Defender with cases involving arrest and incarceration of children, including Competency Assessments and Insanity Determinations as well as expert testimony; provided expert testimony for Workplace Violence cases;  Trained by Drs. Richard Warshak’s/Randy Rand’s Family Bridges Workshop for Troubled and Alienated Parent-Child Relationships as a Reunification Specialist. Over 24 hours of training,  Certified Guardian ad Litem in 13th Judicial Circuit  Former Program Director for the Collaborative Divorce Institute of Tampa Bay  Trained Parenting Coordinator from USF, where such training meets the requirements of the new statute.  Trained and Formerly Certified by the Florida Supreme Court in County and Family Mediation.  Member of Canakaris Inns of Court 6th Judicial Circuit, Clearwater, FL  Approved by numerous legal bars across the U.S. to provide Continuing Legal Education to attorneys on Parental Alienation Syndrome (i.e., FL, NY, CA, CO, CN, GA, ID, NC, MN, MO, MS, WA, OR, ID)  Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists by the Am. Psychological Association.  Contracted as Medical Expert for the U.S. Social Security Administration f