| What do you do when you are in the midst of a | | | | attention gets scattered. |
| custody dispute and the psychologist, paid by the | | | | After the Improper Psychological Evaluation |
| abuser, leaves out important facts and distorts | | | | On the one hand, they want to go after the |
| others to support the bias of the paying party? | | | | psychologist who they perceive as having acted |
| I'm asked this question over and over by battered | | | | unethically. On the other, is their burning desire to |
| women in custody battles. And each time I witness | | | | right the wrong in the eyes of the court. |
| what these women are subjected to, I'm in awe. | | | | And on a deeper personal level, they remain haunted |
| Battered Women and Legal Psychiatric Abuse | | | | with the psychiatric labels vested upon them. All of |
| They think they are at the mercy of these high-paid | | | | this only to add to their already crippling struggle to |
| psychologists. They know from the core of their | | | | hold their own and protect their parental rights, civil |
| being that what has been said is improper. They feel | | | | liberties and the safety and well-being of their |
| betrayed by authority vested in these mental health | | | | children. |
| professionals and the justice system that they | | | | If you are in or headed toward this situation, stop, |
| represent. | | | | regroup and make sure you are walking this path |
| They struggle with their visions of the implications of | | | | informed and fortified with the support of a |
| the improper psychiatric evaluations. They know they | | | | knowledgeable consulting expert. Arm yourself with a |
| have been made to look and be as they know they | | | | professional to show you how to navigate your way |
| are not. | | | | out of this nightmare and avert the foul play around |
| And they don't know where to go from here. Their | | | | and before you. |