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  • November 1, 2019

    Abby Abinanti

    Chief Judge of the Yurok Court Abby Abinanti was the…

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  • July 15, 2022

    Amir Aharonov

    Commissioner Aharonov currently presides over Department F50 in Chatsworth.  Prior…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Jorge Akagi

    Jorge Akagi, LCSW, is the director of Family Court Services…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Shelly Averill

    The Honorable Shelly J. Averill is the Supervising Judge of…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Tammi Axelson

    Tammi Axelson is a Licensed Master Social Worker with Independent…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Stephanie M. Barnett

    Stephanie, a founding partner of Shebby | Barnett LLP, is…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Jarin Beck

    Jarin Beck, Esq. has been a family law litigation attorney…

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  • November 20, 2021

    James Bertoli

    Hon. James G. Bertoli is the Supervising Family Law Judge…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Gitu Bhatia

    Dr. Bhatia has extensive experience working with individuals, couples and…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Angela Bissada

    Angela Bissada, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Michele Bissada

    Michèle M. Bissada, partner at Flicker, Kerin, Kruger & Bissada,…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Brandon R. Blevans

    Brandon R. Blevans is a partner at Blevans & Blevans,…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Linda Bortell

    Dr. Linda Bortell is a clinical psychologist in private practice…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Yishai Boyarin

    Yishai Boyarin graduated from Berkeley Law School in 2004. He…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Steven Bradley

    With an extensive law enforcement career focusing on domestic violence,…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Terri Breer

    Attorney and Mediator, Terri Breer, has been a licensed attorney…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Joanne Brown

    Joanne is a retired Superior Court Commissioner and criminal defense…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Michele B. Brown

    Michele is a Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Ellen Bruno

    Ellen Bruno is an award winning documentary filmmaker based in…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Ginger Calloway

    Ginger Calloway is a forensic psychologist in Raleigh, N.C. She…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Dene Carroll

    Dené Carroll is a licensed clinical social worker, practicing as…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Gena Castro Rodriguez

    Dr. Gena Castro Rodriguez is a psychologist and LMFT. She…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Roger Chan

    The Hon. Roger Chan is a judge with the San…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Nikki Clark

    The Honorable Nikki Clark is a Commissioner for the Alameda…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Penny Clemmons

    Penny Clemmons has been licensed as a clinical psychologist for…

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  • January 5, 2019

    Kenneth Cloke

    Kenneth Cloke is Director of the Center of Dispute Resolution,…

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  • January 5, 2019

    Fallynn C. Cox

    Dr. Fallynn Cox graduated from UNLV and went on to…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Emberly Cross

    Emberly C. Cross, JD, MSW has been working with DV,…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Frank Davis

    Dr. Davis is a licensed psychologist specializing in providing forensic…

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  • January 5, 2019

    Robin Deutsch

    Dr. Robin Deutsch is board certified in Couple and Family…

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  • November 9, 2021

    Mary Donnelly-Crocker

    Mary Donnelly-Crocker M.A. is the Executive Director of Young &…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Deirdre D’Orazio

    Dr. Deirdre D’Orazio is a clinical and forensic psychologist who…

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  • January 5, 2019

    Leslie M. Drozd

    Leslie Drozd, PhD, is a psychologist in independent practice in…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Sonia Dujan

    Sonia Dujan, Esq., has practiced Family Law since being admitted…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Ken Epstein

    Ken Epstein, Ph.D., LCSW, has spent his career dedicated to…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Kendall Lynn Evans

    Kendall Lynn Evans, Esq works with family law litigants throughout…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Tara M. Flanagan

    Judge Tara M. Flanagan joined the Alameda County Superior Court…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Bobette Fleishman

    Bobette Fleishman, J.D., M.F.T., has been a family law attorney…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Ilene Fletcher

    Ilene is the Owner and Director of Family Visitation Services,…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Anne Cochran Freeman

    Anne Cochran Freeman, Esq., is an owner of Sideman &…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Bram Fridhandler

    Bram Fridhandler, PhD is a psychologist in private practice in…

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  • January 5, 2019

    Steven Friedlander

    Steven Friedlander, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, in private practice…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Rachael Frost

    Investigator Frost is the program coordinator and developer for the…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Fritzie Galliani

    Fritzie Galliani has over 30 years of experience as a…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Jennifer Gerard

    Judge Gerard currently sits as a family law judicial officer…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Shuray Ghorishi

    Shuray Ghorishi is a senior attorney at Family Violence Appellate…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Albert R. Gibbs

    Dr. Gibbs is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist who…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Reva Goetz

    Hon. Reva Goetz, Los Angeles Superior Court, Retired, joined ARC…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Hank Goldberg

    Judge Goldberg (Ret.) graduated from Loyola of Los Angeles Law…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Seth Goldstein

    Seth Goldstein was a Berkeley Police Officer and worked as…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Donald A. Gordon

    Dr. Donald Gordon, has a Ph.D. in clinical child psychology.…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Diana Gould-Saltman

    Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman sits in a dedicated family law trial…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Lyn Greenberg

    Lyn R. Greenberg, Ph.D., ABPP, provides parenting coordination, consultation, treatment…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Michele Heisler

    Michele Heisler MBA, CDFA, CVA, MAFF, is the owner of…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Merlyn Hernandez

    Ms. Hernandez is the founder of the Law Offices of…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Joni Hiramoto

    Judge Hiramoto is the first Asian American judge on the…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Carol Hirshfield

    Dr. Hirshfield is a licensed psychologist.  She has had over…

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  • April 26, 2022

    Eugene Hyman

    Honorable Eugene M. Hyman presided over Domestic Violence related cases…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Michelene Insalaco

    Ms. Insalaco has practiced exclusively in the area of family…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Dana Iscoff

    Dana Iscoff, a licensed Marriage and Family in San Francisco…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Mark A. Juhas

    Judge Mark A. Juhas sits in a general family law…

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  • November 20, 2021

    David Kan

    Dr. David Kan is a Board-Certified in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry,…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Nancy Kaser-Boyd

    Nancy Kaser-Boyd, PhD. is a clinical and forensic psychologist and…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Stan Katz

    Stan J. Katz, Ph.D., is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist…

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  • January 5, 2019

    Robert Kaufman

    Robert Kaufman, PhD, ABPP is a Board Certified Forensic Psychologist…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Marcie Kraft

    Marcie Kraft, MA, MS, JD, whether teaching, answering calls for…

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  • November 20, 2018

    Michael J. Kretzmer

    Mike Kretzmer is a partner with Summers, Levine & Kretzmer,…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Alyce LaViolette

    Alyce, a renowned expert in domestic violence, has spent decades…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Paula Lawhon

    Paula Lawhon is a Certified Family Law Specialist and full-time…

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  • January 16, 2019

    S. Margaret Lee

    S. Margaret Lee, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist whose work…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Nancy Lemon

    Nancy K. D. Lemon has been a leading authority on…

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  • November 1, 2019

    John E. Leonard

    John Leonard, Ph.D. is the developer of NeuroBehavioral Programs, now…

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  • July 15, 2022

    Brian P. Lepak

    Brian Lepak has been a member of the California State…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Alicia Lieberman

    Dr. Lieberman is the Irving B. Harris Endowed Chair in…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Mary Elizabeth Lund

    Mary Elizabeth Lund, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Frederic Luskin

    Frederic Luskin, Ph.D., earned his degree in Counseling and Health…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Karin Manger

    Karin Manger is a licensed clinical social worker. Her clinical…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Ellen Mauldin

    Ellen Mauldin, MFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Sandra Mayberry

    Sandra L. Mayberry is a Certified Family Law Specialist and…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Shawn McCall

    Shawn McCall, PsyD, Esq. is an attorney and psychologist who…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Christina McGhee

    Passionate about changing the way children experience divorce; Christina has…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Terry McNiff

    To help people facing or considering divorce, and professionals who…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Mindy Mechanic

    Dr. Mindy Mechanic is a clinical and forensic psychologist and…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Mindy Mitnick

    Mindy F. Mitnick is a Licensed Psychologist practicing in Minneapolis. …

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  • November 1, 2019

    Thabiti Mtambuzi

    Thabiti Mtambuzi lives in Richmond, California, in the San Francisco…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Lorie Nachlis

    Lorie Nachlis is a partner in the San Francisco law…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Susan Napolitano

    Dr. Napolitano is a clinical and forensic psychologist. For over…

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  • January 5, 2019

    Alix Nassiri

    Dr. Nassiri is Board Certified in Addiction Medicine, Anesthesiology, an…

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  • November 22, 2022

    Jaclyn Nelson

    Jaclyn Nelson, an attorney with the Law Office of Angela…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Judith Nesburn

    Judith C. Nesburn is an experienced family law attorney whose…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Nancy A. Nugent

    Nancy Nugent has been practicing law for over 40 years,…

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  • February 22, 2022

    Nancy Olesen

    Nancy W. Olesen, Ph.D. graduated in psychology from the University…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Jamie Ott

    Jamie Ott, LCSW has over 15 years experience working and…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Patricia L. Papernow

    Dr. Patricia Papernow is an internationally recognized expert on “blended…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Daniel Pickar

    Daniel B. Pickar, PhD, ABPP is board-certified child psychologist who…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Cari Pines

    Cari M. Pines, CFLS, is a Certified Family Law Specialist…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Stacey Platt

    Stacey Platt is a clinical professor of law and Associate…

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  • January 16, 2019

    James P. Reape

    James P. Reape, Senior Managing Partner for the Reape-Rickett Law…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Susan Rempel

    Susan C. Rempel, Ph.D. is a LMFT who serves as…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Karen A. Rhyne

    Karen A. Rhyne is a Certified Family Law Specialist in…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Lawrence P. Riff

    Judge Lawrence P. Riff, Supervising Judge, Family Law Division, Los…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Renee Ross

    Renée Ross is a Fellow in the American Academy of…

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  • January 5, 2019

    Michael A. Saini

    Professor Michael Saini holds the endowed Factor-Inwentash Chair in Law…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Robin Sax

    Robin Sax, JD and LCSW is an experienced attorney and…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Dana Schneider

    Dana Schneider, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Robert Schnider

    Hon. Robert A. Schnider (Ret.) was elected a Commissioner of…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Shawna Schwarz

    Judge Shawna Schwarz received her bachelors and masters degrees from…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Laura A. Seigle

    Laura Seigle is assigned to a family law court in…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Leslie Ellen Shear

    Leslie Ellen Shear, CFLS, CALS, IAFL is one of four…

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  • January 16, 2019

    David Shebby

    Mr. Shebby is a Certified Family Law Specialist and founding…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Warren Shiell

    Warren R. Shiell is the managing partner of the Law…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Michelle Short

    Hon. Michelle Short was appointed as a Judge of the…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Stacey Shuster

    Stacey Shuster, Ph.D. is a psychologist-mediator in full-time private practice…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Harvey Silberman

    Judge Silberman is a graduate of Wesleyan University and received…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Robin Silverman

    Dr. Silverman has both a PhD in clinical psychology from…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Robert Simon

    Robert A. Simon, Ph.D. is a leader in forensic psychology…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Jacqueline Singer

    Jacqueline Singer received her PhD from CSPP-Berkeley in 1983. She…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Kathy Sinsheimer

    Kathy Sinsheimer, LMFT, practices in the Bay Area, seeing individuals,…

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  • January 5, 2019

    Marjorie Slabach

    Marjorie Slabach, JD, is a Certified Family Law Specialist and…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Kathleen Smith

    Kathleen Smith has been a solo practitioner since 1996 focusing…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Galit Sneh Lurie

    Galit Sneh Lurie is from Zichron Yaacov, Israel where is…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Anne Spearman

    Anne Spearman, LPC is licensed professional counselor in private practice…

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  • July 2, 2021

    Philip Stahl

    Dr. Philip Stahl is a Board-certified forensic psychologist in private…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Rebecca Stahl

    Rebecca M. Stahl is Staff Director of the Sayra and…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Nicol Stolar-Peterson

    Nicol Stolar-Peterson, LCSW, BCD is a child custody evaluator in…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Angus M. Strachan

    Dr. Angus Strachan is a clinical psychologist. He is known…

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  • January 16, 2019

    Kaveri Subrahmanyam

    Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Ph.D., is Chair, Department of Child & Family…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Matthew Sullivan

    Matthew J. Sullivan, Ph.D. has been in private practice, specializing…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Romy S. Taubman

    Romy S. Taubman is a partner at Greene Taubman Dias…

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  • November 27, 2022

    Kendra Thomas

    Mediator, Author, Attorney and Thomas Law Offices, APC (law firm)…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Arati Vasan

    Arati Vasan is a Senior Managing Attorney at Family Violence…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Kristina L. Vellucci-Cook

    Dr. Kristina Vellucci-Cook is a licensed psychologist and marriage and…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Deborah Wald

    Deborah Wald is a Certified Family Law Specialist and the…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Diane Wasznicky

    Ms. Wasznicky received her undergraduate degree in psychology, sociology and…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Julia Weber

    Julia Weber, JD, MSW, serves as Implementation Director at Giffords…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Monica F. Wiley

    The Honorable Monica F. Wiley was appointed to the San…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Beverly Wood

    Judge Beverly Wood serves on Marin County Superior Court. Judge…

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  • November 20, 2021

    Alan Yellin

    Alan Yellin, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist as well as…

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  • November 1, 2019

    Maria Young

    Maria Young, MA holds a Masters in Counseling Psychology from…

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