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Category: Court Involved Therapy

  • Biased Therapists Involved in Child Custody Evaluations. What Can You Do?

    Q) How can I keep my child’s biased therapist away from my social investigation? I’m afraid their opinion could damage my case in the social investigation since they favor my former spouse. A) You may want to discuss the pros and cons of requesting an order from the judge that could potentially order the child’s…

  • Court-ordered Therapy: Five things to look for when choosing a clinician in Florida

    Court-ordered therapy is meant to be a catalyst for change, for an individual or family who, is at any time, involved in the legal system and subsequently ordered by a judge or magistrate to participate in therapy with a mental health provider. Throughout the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, court-ordered therapy is used…

  • The Reunification Therapy Process and FAQ

    Every family has different dynamics, complexities, and issues that needs to be focused on. For this reason, the reunification therapy process can vary in time from family to family. Typically the time will rely on the level of resistance from the parental parties as well as the children. The time it takes to fully assess…

  • Psychological Tip #1 for Attorneys: Timing is everything in court

    Although Judges are trained to be neutral parties in the courtroom and one would assume they are in complete control of their decision-making process, studies have shown that there are several factors (which attorneys can often subtly manipulate) in order to help tip the scales during difficult trials. A large research study in Ireland analyzed the…

  • Parental Gatekeeping & Parental Alienation

    Parental Gatekeeping For parents who are co-parenting after a divorce, parental gatekeeping can become a very serious problem when trying to co-parent and communicate effectively. Parental gatekeeping is a term used to describe a parent’s preferences and attempts to restrict and exclude the other parent from being involved in the child’s development. Gatekeeping attitudes and…

  • Therapeutic Supervised Visitation in Palm Beach County

    If you are a mental health provider, case worker, parent, or attorney with questions regarding our Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program, please feel free to contact us:                                                          …

  • Chronic Litigation & Parenting in Divorces

    What is Chronic Litigation in Family Law Court? Chronic Litigation in Family Law Court refers to the cases that come back to court over and over again, generally for minor issues that could have very easily been handled without new motions being filed or hearings being scheduled.    These constant cases are characterized by very high levels of conflict, with at least one party having such resentment and…

  • Divorce & Co-Parenting

    Think Kids. The key to co-parenting is to focus on your child. This can be very difficult and it also means that your own emotions towards the divorce or your ex has to come second to the needs of your child. Setting aside such strong feelings may be the hardest part of learning to work cooperatively…

  • Court-Involved Therapy and What You Need to Know Before Choosing a Therapist

    Each year, the need for more and more Court-Involved Therapy cases rises, especially within Palm Beach County, Florida. Ideally, court-involved therapy should be provided by a specially trained Court-Involved Therapist (CIT). It is meant to be therapeutic for the individual who, is at any time, involved in the legal system. A CIT is a mental…