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Web-based Consultation Group: Working with High Conflict Coparents

Dr. Sullivan is forming a web-based consultation group for professionals who work with high conflict coparents. If there is enough interest to have 6-8 members, Dr. Sullivan will lead a monthly consultation group, using Web-ex, which allows for video conferencing, or connecting via computer or telephone.
If you are interested, email Dr. Sullivan at sullydoc@aol.com for [...]

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10 tips for Family Court Professionals involved in alienation or alleged alienation cases

Drs. Barbara Fidler, Nicholas Bala and Michael Saini provide 10 helpful tips for handling cases where allegations of alienation are present. These are tough situations.
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10 tips on Alienation – AFCC

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Parenting Communication Resources in High Conflict Cases

Please see the attached report from a project completed by members of the Arizona Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. It has excellent suggestions for custody orders/parenting plans and other online resources to support functional coparenting in high conflict post-separation cases. A great resource for parents and professionals.
2011 AzAFCC SUMMIT PROJECT

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AFCC draft guidelines for Court-Involved Therapy

Please see the draft guidelines published by the Association of Family and Conciliation CourtsĀ  (AFCC) task force on Court-involved therapy. Dr. Sullivan co-chaired this task force that is focused on providing best practices for mental health professionals providing counseling and therapy services to adults, children and families, when the therapy is Court-ordered or becomes Court-involved. [...]

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Professional Consultation Group with Dr. Sullivan

I am starting a consultation group, offering monthly meetings to provide consultation on cases and topics dealing with high conflict custody situations, coparenting work, mediation, Parenting Coordination. It will take place in my office in Palo Alto
If you are interested, email me atĀ  sullydoc@aol.com.

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AFCC’s 8th International Symposium on Custody Evaluations, September 15-27, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Dr. Sullivan will be presenting a pre-conference institute on advanced topics in parenting coordination and a workshop on mental health consultation at the conference. The brochure can be downloaded by clicking below or at www.afccnet.org
Albuquerque conference brochure.

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Consultation in Child Custody Cases

Dr. Sullivan has written a chapter in a book that will be published in the next couple of months by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. The book is entitled, Innovations in Family Law, and the chapter written by Dr. Sullivan and colleague, Elena Hobbs-Minor, is entitled, “Mental Health Consultation in Child Custody Cases” [...]

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