Practice

Private Practice: High Conflict Divorce

I restrict my private practice to applications of psychology to family law, especially high conflict divorce. I’ve completed approximately 250 bilateral custody evaluations (Practice Note 8), over 300 parenting assessments, and over 80 expert witness appearances. I have been court-appointed or qualified as an expert witness in the Alberta Court of Justice, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba, and the Superior Court of California. I regularly do custody and access assessments in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. 

I provide assessments of individual children, youth, and adults, usually under Court of Queen’s Bench Practice Note 7.

I support parents to navigate high-conflict parenting issues, combining supportive counselling, strategizing about behavior management with children and youth, and interacting productively with their co-parent.

I enjoy doing therapy with children and youth whose parents are at odds about  parenting. I work to engage parents as participants in their child’s therapy.

Providing litigation support and critique for lawyers in family law matters, my work can range from reviewing a psychologist’s report, to performing a thorough examination of a psychologist’s file, to developing questions for witnesses, to helping develop litigation strategies.

Services to Independent and Charter Schools

Operating as The Family Psychology Centre, we provided school-based mental health consultation services available to all Calgary’s private and charter schools from 2000 to 2020. As part of that legacy, I support private and charter schools to develop custom solutions to meet their mental health and psychological service needs.

Currently, I direct psychological services for Third Academy, a Designated Special Education Program in Calgary.

Community Practice: Calgary Family Therapy Centre

I consult at Calgary Family Therapy Centre (CFTC), a teaching, practice, and research centre established in 1973 by Dr. Karl Tomm. I also teach in the CFTC Summer Externship Program.