Parental Alienation Syndrome How to Assess the Brainwashed Child for Court

Brainwashing (also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and re-education) is the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques. Parenting Alienation can also be seen as Brainwashing. As Richard Gardner said, The “overt program of systematic vilification of the other parent with the intent of so alienating that parent from the children that they will choose to live with the vilifier…it is the examiner’s job to ascertain approximately where on this continuum the brainwashing lies.

Conducting Forensic Evaluations Outside of the Traditional Office Setting: Considerations for In-Home Services and Telehealth

Need to provide in-home or telehealth evaluations?

Forensic evaluations are sometimes conducted in none-traditional environments, such as jails. Some states require evaluators to visit the homes of parents when conducting parenting evaluations for child custody cases. Due to the current pandemic, some evaluators who typically meet with clients in-person are looking for ways to conduct evaluations via-webcam. Scenarios such as these present evaluators with unique challenges and considerations. This 1-hour webinar is a discussion of ethical, legal, and procedural concerns about conducting forensic evaluations in the homes of clients and via telehealth.

 A "Bad" Witness vs. A "Good" Witness: A Judge's Perspective

This 2-hour webinar was designed to provide mental health professionals, whether therapists or forensic evaluators, an overview of basic skills every witness should know from a judge's perspective. The overall purpose of this webinar is to help you to:

Be able to prepare for and present a case before the court, demonstrating confidence, competence and ease as a witness under both direct and cross examination.

Be able to demonstrate best practices in both case preparation and  testimony.

COVID-19 Resources for Mental Health Professionals in the U.S.

Ethics Update: Ethical Issues in Forensic Mental Health Evaluation (Webinar "On Demand")

The Clinician's Guide to Conceptualizing and Assessing Personality Disorders

Reviewing Social Investigation Reports

How to Write a Successful Clinical or Forensic Report

Fun With "Z-Codes:" The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosing Non-Disorders

How to Conduct a Comprehensive Mental Status Examination

Business Practices of Forensic Mental Health Evaluation

How to Use Online Assessment Measures for Mental Health Evaluations

How to Conduct a Quality Substance Abuse Evaluation

The Psychology of School Shooters

Emotional Support Animals (ESAs) are increasingly popular, and mental health professionals are receiving requests from clients (and non-clients) for documentation that can be used to obtain ESA designation for pets, yet few professionals have been trained to assess the need for ESAs. This program will aid clinicians in obtaining this knowledge and feeling prepared to address client requests for letters documenting the need for ESAs.  

Many mental health professionals want to conduct quality forensic and clinical evaluations, but most were under-trained in graduate school and require additional training in the administration and interpretation of psychological tests.  This "on demand workshop" is a 40-hour introductory course on administration and interpretation of various psychological tests.  All attendees who are licensed mental health professionals and who complete all 40 hours of the training course also receive a letter from Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR), one of the nation's largest test distributors, attesting to Level C test qualification status.

This course will provide a general understanding of predicting and dealing with potential violence committed by offenders in work and school environments, with an emphasis on active shooters. The training will include an overview of workplace and schoolhouse violence in the United States, behavioral predictive analysis of potential active shooters, and intervention strategies and tactics.Note: this course is required for CFMHEs who wish to obtain the CFBA credential.

Child custody evaluation is a challenging, rewarding, interesting, lucrative, and impactful specialization with the forensic mental health evaluation field.  Evaluators must not only be knowledgeable of mental health, diagnosis, and evaluation, but must also be experts both in adult and child pathology, healthy childhood development, parenting, and family systems.  This workshop was designed to aid licensed mental health professionals (i.e., clinical mental health counselors, clinical social workers, clinical and counseling psychologists, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, and psychiatric nurse practitioners) in expanding their knowledge in the specialty area of child custody.

This is an introductory webinar on standards for expert testimony in court, the roles of various professionals in the courtroom, and do's and don'ts of providing expert testimony.

This brief Webinar will focus on delineating recent trends in describing the Autism Spectrum Disorder from early conceptual development of what Leo Kanner described as Infantile Autism. You will also have the opportunity to observe two additional hours of genuinely effective therapeutic techniques pioneered by Dr. Hoffman.  The demonstration you will see was the logical result of original investigations in the field of Music Therapy and neurocognitive disorders. 

A Unified Partnership Between Attorney and Mental Health Counselor

Adam Rossen, Esq.

Filicide: Does Hidden Hostility at Home Lead to Murder? 

Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing their own child.  This 1-hour webinar was designed to aid clinicians in spotting the subtle warning signs of Filicide to protect children and learn how to help survivors rebuild and recover after the violence. 

 Introduction to Comprehensive Psychosexual Evaluations

This 2-hour webinar provides an overview of best practices for evidence-based psychosexual evaluations. More and more, mental health professionals are asked to complete psychosexual evaluations in order to determine risk, safety, and appropriate treatment options. The courts are turning to professionals to answer these questions in family, juvenile, and criminal court. It is important to understand what exactly we can do to inform these decisions.