Court-related services

Forensic counseling is the application of assessment and intervention services in legal settings. These type of services recognize the reality that there often is a thrid party, namely the court, with a distinct interest in the outcome or the process involved.

There are extensive professional and legal requirements involved when working with court-connected cases and throughout these pages you can find links and references to various professional organization guidelines that help direct my work.

The most common forensic services I provide are assessments of family functioning for the courts. Forensic assessments generally involve many hours of interview as well as substantial paperwork and review of background history. These assessments are usually in the form of social studies for contested custody evaluations. Such cases always have more than one side to them, and to provide appropriate professional services evaluation of all parties is generally required.

I also provide studies for families going through the process of adoption. Even when a potential adoptive parent is already a stepparent or other relative of the child or children in question the court will usually require a social study before finalizing the adoption.

All social studies must be arranged through an order of the court.

For families experiencing separation related difficulties or post-separation issues I am available for parenting coordination, parenting facilitation, and coordination of supervised visitation.

A number of other court related professional services are also available. For further information please visit the links in the navigation bar to the right. For clients, I cannot respond to questions regarding specific cases unless a formal working relationship has been established. Please have your attorney contact me to discuss possible services for your case.

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