Professional Services: Child, Adolescent, Family, and Forensic
At Child Custody Clinic, PLLC in Sterling, Virginia, we draw on deep experience in each of our areas of practice, and we maintain active standing in many related professional organizations.
Our Practice Areas
We utilize scientifically grounded approaches to support behavior change and relationship repair. Our work with children is structured and measurable but also playful and creative.
- ADHD
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Relationship problems
- Phase of life concerns
- Parenting stress
- Family of origin/abuse concerns
We abide by APA and AFCC guidelines for comprehensive custody evaluations.
Custody evaluations provide parents with child-focused solutions when a) visitation schedules and b) decision-making rights are in question. We aim to help parties create consensus. Nonetheless, we remain available to provide sworn testimony if needed.
Areas we cover:
- Parents with mental illness
- Parents recovering from addiction
- Children with special needs
- Relocation cases
- Alienation cases
- Allegations of abuse
Co-parenting is especially challenging for parents who have been through a polarizing divorce. We provide structured and agenda-driven parent coordination services to assist with child-rearing.
Child Custody Clinic, PLLC offers monthly sessions to co-parents to reduce unnecessary conflicts. We believe that preventative sessions help “keep little problems little.” Parent coordination can also help reduce legal costs if used effectively.
Parent coordination goals:
- Reach a consensus on parenting techniques
- Reach a consensus on the choice of activities, camps, school activities, etc.
- Reduce fighting in front of the children
- Reduce tension and ambiguity at drop-off
We are familiar with cases involving children who a) have been removed from a parent’s care or b) have refused visitation. Our team aims to help children and estranged parent(s) become familiar with one another and rebuild healthy bonds.
Reunification therapy is complex and often requires:
- Desensitization (to decrease anxiety)
- Co-parenting changes
- Genuine relationship repair achieved over time
Our clinicians have served as expert witnesses in multiple localities.
Areas of expertise include:
- Effects of trauma and abuse
- Child preference in custody litigation
- Parental alienation
- Appropriate methods for custody evaluations
- Stages of child development
We are available to provide psychological testing related to personality functioning, child development, and learning needs. Our clinic maintains a state-of-the-art testing library.
Areas covered:
- ADHD
- Intellectual giftedness
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Parenting capacity/parental fitness
- Comprehensive custody evaluations
- Child needs/attachment assessments
