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Susan Napolitano

Dr. Napolitano is a clinical and forensic psychologist. For over 30 years she has provided treatment for children and families embroiled in entrenched and prolonged family court litigation.  She has conducted child custody evaluations since 1995 and has provided numerous professional trainings on interviewing children, high conflict families, gatekeeping and child sexual abuse.  She has treated and evaluated thousands of victims of sexual violence.   As an expert witness in both family and criminal courts, Dr. Napolitano is routinely retained to review child forensic interviews and assess to the appropriateness of interview techniques as well as the veracity of sexual abuse claims.  She has testified in dozens of cases involving sexual abuse allegations, sexual violence and child custody. She is also a Sexually Violent Predator Evaluator with the Department of State Hospitals.