Archive for August, 2015

Prepping vs. Coaching Clients in Child Custody Evaluations – Part 3

Monday, August 31st, 2015

Prepping vs. Coaching Clients in Child Custody Evaluations - Part 3 by Alberto Yohananoff

{3:20 minutes to read} This is the final blog in a series of 3. Read part 1 or part 2.

My prior blogs have attempted to delineate the boundaries of acceptable practices when a mental health professional is hired by an attorney to assist a litigant who is about to start a child custody evaluation. From the perspective of a mental health professional, taking into account our ethical standpoint, there is nothing wrong with educating clients about the varieties of issues which may arise regarding child custody evaluations.

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Prepping vs. Coaching Clients in Child Custody Evaluations – Part 2

Monday, August 17th, 2015

Prepping vs. Coaching Clients in Child Custody Evaluations - Part 2 by Alberto Yohananoff

{3:40 minutes to read} This is the second blog in a series of three. Click here to read part 1.

What is the problem with coaching a client in child custody evaluations?

It could be argued that there is nothing inherently wrong about coaching a client on what responses one should provide to the child custody evaluator. After all, attorneys prepare their witnesses for court appearances and hire psychologists to assist them in processes such as jury selection. So why should the standards on how to assist a client in preparing them for a child custody evaluation be different?  

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