Steven N. Shapse. Ph.D.

Forensic & Clinical Services

Child Custody Evaluations/Guardian ad Litem

  •  Recommendations
  •  Parenting plans
  •  Parental fitness
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Parenting Coordination

  •  Oversee parenting plans
  •  Mediate/Arbitrate disputes
  •  Provide safe environment to discuss parenting issues
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Divorce Coaching
  •  Keep objective and clear-headed.
  •  Maintain a positive focus.
  •  Co-parent more effectively.
  •  Make informed decisions about family and social interactions.
  •  Develop effective parenting plans and custody arrangements.
  •  Work successfully with the Guardian ad Litem.
  •  Keep your eye on the big picture and your real goals.
Expert Witness
  •  Mental impairment/diminished capacity/competency assessment.
  •  Criminal behavior affected by intellectual, mental and emotional disability.
  •  Post-traumatic stress disorder and its effects on criminal behavior.
  •  Dangerousness, malingering, criminality assessment.
  •  Victim Assessments
  •  Review and analysis of potentially mitigating circumstances in connection
     with crime.
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Psychological Testing & Assessment

  •  Reproducible results
  •  Risk & violence assessment
  •  Impulse control
  •  Executive functioning
  •  Diagnosis & Prognosis
  •  Recommendations
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Litigation Support

  •  Critical review of mental health assessments
  •  Detailed analysis and critique of psychological test findings.
  •  Assistance in question development for cross-examination of the
     mental health expert.
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Criminal Defense Assistance

  •  Competency to stand trial 
  •  Murder
  •  Rape
  •  Assault
  •  Sexual assault, sexual abuse
  •  Child abuse
  •  Domestic violence
  •  White collar crime
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Personal Injury

  •  Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
  •  Personal injury, emotional pain
  •  Work-related Injuries
  •  Alcoholism and other drug abuse problems
  •  Malpractice
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Services Summary

Child Custody Evaluations/GAL

Parenting Coordinaton

Divorce Coaching

Expert Witness

Psychological Testing & Assessment

Litigaton Support

Criminal Defense Assistance

Personal Injury