Leadership & Awards

Editorial Board Memberships

Family Court Review
Reviewer for Psychology and Law

Organizational Consultations

International Advisory Council on Family Justice, Supreme Court, Singapore

Family courts of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Indiana

National Counsel of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), Train-the-Trainer for Child Custody Evaluations

National Custody Demonstration Project Workgroup, Office of Violence against Women, Battered Women’s Justice Project, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, PRAXIS, AFCC

American Bar Association Child Custody Pro Bono Project

Leadership Positions

Chair, American Psychological Association (APA) Working Group to Review Scientific Literature for High Conflict Family Relationships with Child Involvement (current)

American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), Couple and Family Specialization,
Board of Directors (2015-2017)
Secretary (2017-2019)
President (2021-2023)
Past President (2023-2024)

Center of Excellence for Children, Families and the Law, William James College, Founder and Director (2012-2019)

AFCC Task Force on Child Custody Consultants
Co-Chair (2009-2011)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
Member, Board of Directors (2006-2013
President (2008-2009)

Ethics Committee, American Psychological Association Member (2005-2007)
Chair (2007-2008)

American Psychological Association-American Bar Association Working Group Psychological and Legal Interventions
Co-Chair (2007-2009)

APA-ABA Working Group on Issues of Alleged Abuse, Neglect, and Endangerment
Co-Chair (2007-2009)

Massachusetts Chapter of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
President (2002-2003)

First Clinical Director of the Norfolk County Juvenile Court Clinic in Massachusetts (1997-2000)

Director of Training of the Children and the Law Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (1992-2011)

Task Force and Committee Member

AFCC Task Force on Guidelines for Examining Intimate Partner Violence:
A Supplement to the AFCC Model Standards of Practice for Child Custody
Evaluations,

APA Committee on Professional Standards (COPPS)

Governor’s Working Group on Massachusetts Divorce Custody Laws

APA Task Force to Develop Guidelines for the Practice of Parenting Coordination

Ethics Committee, American Psychological Association

Wingspread Conference on Domestic Violence and Family Courts, co-sponsored by Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Family Law Education Reform Project, co-sponsored by Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and The Center for Children, Families and the Law at Hofstra University School of Law (Abuse and Neglect module leader)

Parenting Coordinators Task Force, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)

Tristate (CT, MA, NY) Leadership Group for High Conflict Child Custody Reform

Massachusetts Association of Guardian ad Litem (MAGAL), Board of Directors

Meeting Place Supervised Visitation Center, Cambridge, MA, Board of Directors

Ethics Committee, Massachusetts Psychological Association

Parent Coordinator Task Force, joint project of AFCC Massachusetts Chapter and Administrative Office of the Probate and Family Court Department (MA Trial Court).

Developmentally Appropriate Parenting Plans Task Force, sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the AFCC. Published “Planning for Shared Parenting: A Guide for Parents Living Apart”

Awards

American Psychological Association (APA) Karl F. Heiser Presidential Award for Advocacy

APA Practice Directorate Appreciation Award

Massachusetts Psychological Association, Kenneth D. Herman, Ph.D., JD
Career Contribution Award

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) The John E. VanDuzer Distinguished Service Award

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