Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
@melaniegreenham.bsky.social
Advocating for family court solutions that assess, diagnose, and treat post-separation child abuse and IPV ("domestic violence")
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Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment. They experimented on you. It failed.
There is no quasi-judicial role for doctors. Throughout healthcare, diagnosis guides treatment.
Forensic custody evaluations need to end. Clinical diagnostic assessments need to return to the family courts.
There is no quasi-judicial role for doctors. Throughout healthcare, diagnosis guides treatment.
Forensic custody evaluations need to end. Clinical diagnostic assessments need to return to the family courts.
November 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment. They experimented on you. It failed.
There is no quasi-judicial role for doctors. Throughout healthcare, diagnosis guides treatment.
Forensic custody evaluations need to end. Clinical diagnostic assessments need to return to the family courts.
There is no quasi-judicial role for doctors. Throughout healthcare, diagnosis guides treatment.
Forensic custody evaluations need to end. Clinical diagnostic assessments need to return to the family courts.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Clinical Diagnostic Assessment..
In all cases - all - of child custody conflict and severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting a parent), a proper risk assessment needs to be conducted to the appropriate diffferential diagnoses for each parent.
All.
In all cases - all - of child custody conflict and severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting a parent), a proper risk assessment needs to be conducted to the appropriate diffferential diagnoses for each parent.
All.
November 28, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Clinical Diagnostic Assessment..
In all cases - all - of child custody conflict and severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting a parent), a proper risk assessment needs to be conducted to the appropriate diffferential diagnoses for each parent.
All.
In all cases - all - of child custody conflict and severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting a parent), a proper risk assessment needs to be conducted to the appropriate diffferential diagnoses for each parent.
All.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
The cause of severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting a parent) is child abuse by one parent or the other.
Either the targeted parent is abusing the child or the allied parent is psychologically abusing the child (shared persecutory delusion; FDIA),
There is child abuse. Which parent?
Either the targeted parent is abusing the child or the allied parent is psychologically abusing the child (shared persecutory delusion; FDIA),
There is child abuse. Which parent?
November 28, 2024 at 1:46 PM
The cause of severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting a parent) is child abuse by one parent or the other.
Either the targeted parent is abusing the child or the allied parent is psychologically abusing the child (shared persecutory delusion; FDIA),
There is child abuse. Which parent?
Either the targeted parent is abusing the child or the allied parent is psychologically abusing the child (shared persecutory delusion; FDIA),
There is child abuse. Which parent?
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
The ONLY cause of severe attachment pathology - a child rejecting a parent - is child abuse by one parent or the other.
In all cases of child custody conflict involving severe attachment pathology, a proper risk assessment needs to be conducted to the differential diagnosis for each parent.
In all cases of child custody conflict involving severe attachment pathology, a proper risk assessment needs to be conducted to the differential diagnosis for each parent.
November 27, 2024 at 1:47 PM
The ONLY cause of severe attachment pathology - a child rejecting a parent - is child abuse by one parent or the other.
In all cases of child custody conflict involving severe attachment pathology, a proper risk assessment needs to be conducted to the differential diagnosis for each parent.
In all cases of child custody conflict involving severe attachment pathology, a proper risk assessment needs to be conducted to the differential diagnosis for each parent.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Attachment System
The attachment system is a motivational system. All motivational systems have direction, they motivate toward a direction.
The attachment system ALWAYS motivates the child to bond to the parent - because the other direction leads to death by starvation and predation.
The attachment system is a motivational system. All motivational systems have direction, they motivate toward a direction.
The attachment system ALWAYS motivates the child to bond to the parent - because the other direction leads to death by starvation and predation.
November 27, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Attachment System
The attachment system is a motivational system. All motivational systems have direction, they motivate toward a direction.
The attachment system ALWAYS motivates the child to bond to the parent - because the other direction leads to death by starvation and predation.
The attachment system is a motivational system. All motivational systems have direction, they motivate toward a direction.
The attachment system ALWAYS motivates the child to bond to the parent - because the other direction leads to death by starvation and predation.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Forensic custody evaluations "lack scientific or legal value", they are "harmful to children", and they are "dangerous."
Where are the licensing boards protecting the public? Nowhere to be seen. Why is that?
Legislators need to find out why their licensing boards are failing to protect the public.
Where are the licensing boards protecting the public? Nowhere to be seen. Why is that?
Legislators need to find out why their licensing boards are failing to protect the public.
November 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Forensic custody evaluations "lack scientific or legal value", they are "harmful to children", and they are "dangerous."
Where are the licensing boards protecting the public? Nowhere to be seen. Why is that?
Legislators need to find out why their licensing boards are failing to protect the public.
Where are the licensing boards protecting the public? Nowhere to be seen. Why is that?
Legislators need to find out why their licensing boards are failing to protect the public.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Two attorneys who were on the NY Blue Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody evaluations discuss the findings of the Commission.
All family court attorneys and judges should listen to the Discussion of the NY Blue Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody Evaluations.
empirejustice.org/training_pos...
All family court attorneys and judges should listen to the Discussion of the NY Blue Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody Evaluations.
empirejustice.org/training_pos...
A Discussion of the Governor’s Blue-Ribbon Commission Report on Forensic Custody Evaluations | Empire Justice Center
In December 2021, the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody Evaluations concluded its work and issued a report to the Governor outlining their findings, ongoing questions for considera...
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November 26, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Two attorneys who were on the NY Blue Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody evaluations discuss the findings of the Commission.
All family court attorneys and judges should listen to the Discussion of the NY Blue Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody Evaluations.
empirejustice.org/training_pos...
All family court attorneys and judges should listen to the Discussion of the NY Blue Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody Evaluations.
empirejustice.org/training_pos...
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment. They need to end.
Forensic custody evaluations produce "defective reports" with "potentially disastrous consequences for the parents and children". (NY Blue-Ribbon Commission)
Where are the licensing boards? Nowhere to be seen. Why is that?
Forensic custody evaluations produce "defective reports" with "potentially disastrous consequences for the parents and children". (NY Blue-Ribbon Commission)
Where are the licensing boards? Nowhere to be seen. Why is that?
November 26, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment. They need to end.
Forensic custody evaluations produce "defective reports" with "potentially disastrous consequences for the parents and children". (NY Blue-Ribbon Commission)
Where are the licensing boards? Nowhere to be seen. Why is that?
Forensic custody evaluations produce "defective reports" with "potentially disastrous consequences for the parents and children". (NY Blue-Ribbon Commission)
Where are the licensing boards? Nowhere to be seen. Why is that?
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Treatment Failure:
There are only two causes of treatment failure, 1) misdiagnosis, or 2) incompetent treatment.
Because if the diagnosis is accurate and the treatment is competently delivered, the problem will be resolved.
There are only two causes of treatment failure, 1) misdiagnosis, or 2) incompetent treatment.
Because if the diagnosis is accurate and the treatment is competently delivered, the problem will be resolved.
November 25, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Treatment Failure:
There are only two causes of treatment failure, 1) misdiagnosis, or 2) incompetent treatment.
Because if the diagnosis is accurate and the treatment is competently delivered, the problem will be resolved.
There are only two causes of treatment failure, 1) misdiagnosis, or 2) incompetent treatment.
Because if the diagnosis is accurate and the treatment is competently delivered, the problem will be resolved.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
If a patient needs to educate the doctor about the pathology, that doctor is not competent by demonstrated need to be educated about the pathology:
A violation of Standard 2.01 Boundaries of Competence of the APA ethics code.
In the family courts, the patients are educating the doctors.
A violation of Standard 2.01 Boundaries of Competence of the APA ethics code.
In the family courts, the patients are educating the doctors.
November 25, 2024 at 2:36 PM
If a patient needs to educate the doctor about the pathology, that doctor is not competent by demonstrated need to be educated about the pathology:
A violation of Standard 2.01 Boundaries of Competence of the APA ethics code.
In the family courts, the patients are educating the doctors.
A violation of Standard 2.01 Boundaries of Competence of the APA ethics code.
In the family courts, the patients are educating the doctors.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
The pathology in the family courts is the child's triangulation into the spousal conflict through a cross-generational coalition with the allied parent against the targeted parent, resulting in an emotional cutoff in the child's attachment bond to the targeted parent.
November 25, 2024 at 1:55 PM
The pathology in the family courts is the child's triangulation into the spousal conflict through a cross-generational coalition with the allied parent against the targeted parent, resulting in an emotional cutoff in the child's attachment bond to the targeted parent.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
In all cases of court-involved custody conflict surrounding a child rejecting a parent, a risk assessment for child abuse needs to be conducted to the appropriate differential diagnoses for each parent.
The only cause of severe attachment pathology is child abuse by one parent or the other.
The only cause of severe attachment pathology is child abuse by one parent or the other.
November 24, 2024 at 5:19 PM
In all cases of court-involved custody conflict surrounding a child rejecting a parent, a risk assessment for child abuse needs to be conducted to the appropriate differential diagnoses for each parent.
The only cause of severe attachment pathology is child abuse by one parent or the other.
The only cause of severe attachment pathology is child abuse by one parent or the other.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
We inhabit two types of mind.
One mind is formed in secure attachment. These minds expect love. They trust and they reach out in cooperation.
One mind is formed in insecure (damaged) attachment. These minds anticipate danger, and they protect themselves from the threat they perceive from others.
One mind is formed in secure attachment. These minds expect love. They trust and they reach out in cooperation.
One mind is formed in insecure (damaged) attachment. These minds anticipate danger, and they protect themselves from the threat they perceive from others.
November 24, 2024 at 4:30 PM
We inhabit two types of mind.
One mind is formed in secure attachment. These minds expect love. They trust and they reach out in cooperation.
One mind is formed in insecure (damaged) attachment. These minds anticipate danger, and they protect themselves from the threat they perceive from others.
One mind is formed in secure attachment. These minds expect love. They trust and they reach out in cooperation.
One mind is formed in insecure (damaged) attachment. These minds anticipate danger, and they protect themselves from the threat they perceive from others.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
From NY Blue Ribbon Commission: “By an 11-9 margin, a majority of Commission members favor elimination of forensic custody evaluations entirely, arguing that these reports are biased and harmful to children and lack scientific or legal value. At worst, evaluations can be dangerous."
November 23, 2024 at 4:57 PM
From NY Blue Ribbon Commission: “By an 11-9 margin, a majority of Commission members favor elimination of forensic custody evaluations entirely, arguing that these reports are biased and harmful to children and lack scientific or legal value. At worst, evaluations can be dangerous."
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Simon & Stahl 2020: "The forensic role is a non-helper role. The evaluating FMHP [forensic mental health professional] is not involved in services that have as a goal the alleviation of suffering or discomfort.” (p. 26)
November 23, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Simon & Stahl 2020: "The forensic role is a non-helper role. The evaluating FMHP [forensic mental health professional] is not involved in services that have as a goal the alleviation of suffering or discomfort.” (p. 26)
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
There is a conflict of interest in the forensic psychology.
They experimented on children and parents in family courts with a new quasi-judicial role for doctors. It failed.
We must change. But to change, we must acknowledge their failure, that means we end what they do. They don't want that.
They experimented on children and parents in family courts with a new quasi-judicial role for doctors. It failed.
We must change. But to change, we must acknowledge their failure, that means we end what they do. They don't want that.
November 22, 2024 at 6:22 PM
There is a conflict of interest in the forensic psychology.
They experimented on children and parents in family courts with a new quasi-judicial role for doctors. It failed.
We must change. But to change, we must acknowledge their failure, that means we end what they do. They don't want that.
They experimented on children and parents in family courts with a new quasi-judicial role for doctors. It failed.
We must change. But to change, we must acknowledge their failure, that means we end what they do. They don't want that.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Forensic custody evaluations in the family courts "lack scientific or legal value...", are "harmful to children", and are
"dangerous".
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment on children and their parents. They have destroyed the lives of thousands of children and parents for decades.
"dangerous".
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment on children and their parents. They have destroyed the lives of thousands of children and parents for decades.
November 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Forensic custody evaluations in the family courts "lack scientific or legal value...", are "harmful to children", and are
"dangerous".
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment on children and their parents. They have destroyed the lives of thousands of children and parents for decades.
"dangerous".
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment on children and their parents. They have destroyed the lives of thousands of children and parents for decades.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Parenting is a human right. If there is no child abuse, parents have the right to parent.
The role of doctors is to diagnose and treat pathology. There is no quasi-judicial role for doctors.
The clinical concern is whether there is child abuse by one parent or the other.
The role of doctors is to diagnose and treat pathology. There is no quasi-judicial role for doctors.
The clinical concern is whether there is child abuse by one parent or the other.
November 21, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Parenting is a human right. If there is no child abuse, parents have the right to parent.
The role of doctors is to diagnose and treat pathology. There is no quasi-judicial role for doctors.
The clinical concern is whether there is child abuse by one parent or the other.
The role of doctors is to diagnose and treat pathology. There is no quasi-judicial role for doctors.
The clinical concern is whether there is child abuse by one parent or the other.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
There is no defined pathology in clinical psychology called "parental alienation" - "resist-refuse dynamic - "Parent-Child Contact Problems"
Those are euphemisms of made-up pathology labels for child abuse that hide the child abuse from view and prevent intervention for the... child abuse.
Those are euphemisms of made-up pathology labels for child abuse that hide the child abuse from view and prevent intervention for the... child abuse.
November 21, 2024 at 3:56 PM
There is no defined pathology in clinical psychology called "parental alienation" - "resist-refuse dynamic - "Parent-Child Contact Problems"
Those are euphemisms of made-up pathology labels for child abuse that hide the child abuse from view and prevent intervention for the... child abuse.
Those are euphemisms of made-up pathology labels for child abuse that hide the child abuse from view and prevent intervention for the... child abuse.
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The pathology of concern in the family courts is a shared (induced) persecutory delusion and false (factitious) attachment pathology imposed on the child for secondary gain to a narcissistic-borderline dark personality parent.
297.1 Delusional Disorder
300.19 FDIA
V995.51 Child Psychological Abuse
297.1 Delusional Disorder
300.19 FDIA
V995.51 Child Psychological Abuse
November 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
The pathology of concern in the family courts is a shared (induced) persecutory delusion and false (factitious) attachment pathology imposed on the child for secondary gain to a narcissistic-borderline dark personality parent.
297.1 Delusional Disorder
300.19 FDIA
V995.51 Child Psychological Abuse
297.1 Delusional Disorder
300.19 FDIA
V995.51 Child Psychological Abuse
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
In the absence of child abuse, parents have the right to parent according to their cultural values, their personal values, and their religious values, and each parent should have as much time and involvement with the child as possible.
The only relevant question is... is there child abuse?
The only relevant question is... is there child abuse?
November 20, 2024 at 3:37 PM
In the absence of child abuse, parents have the right to parent according to their cultural values, their personal values, and their religious values, and each parent should have as much time and involvement with the child as possible.
The only relevant question is... is there child abuse?
The only relevant question is... is there child abuse?
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
I received my next forensic custody evaluation for review.
I will start with a line-by-line review as my Appendix I notes. This will produce a Catalogue of Concerns for the evaluation. I will then generate a 25-30 page Analysis report.
They are a failed experiment on children and families.
I will start with a line-by-line review as my Appendix I notes. This will produce a Catalogue of Concerns for the evaluation. I will then generate a 25-30 page Analysis report.
They are a failed experiment on children and families.
November 20, 2024 at 3:32 PM
I received my next forensic custody evaluation for review.
I will start with a line-by-line review as my Appendix I notes. This will produce a Catalogue of Concerns for the evaluation. I will then generate a 25-30 page Analysis report.
They are a failed experiment on children and families.
I will start with a line-by-line review as my Appendix I notes. This will produce a Catalogue of Concerns for the evaluation. I will then generate a 25-30 page Analysis report.
They are a failed experiment on children and families.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment. They made up a new "quasi-judicial role for doctors - there is no quasi-judicial role for doctors. Doctors diagnose and treat pathology. They made up a new assessment procedure for their new made-up role. It is an experiment. It failed miserably.
November 20, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Forensic custody evaluations are a failed experiment. They made up a new "quasi-judicial role for doctors - there is no quasi-judicial role for doctors. Doctors diagnose and treat pathology. They made up a new assessment procedure for their new made-up role. It is an experiment. It failed miserably.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
The absence of empathy is the capacity for cruelty.
The absence of empathy is a symptom feature of only three pathologies, 1) narcissistic personality pathology, 2) psychopathic personality pathology, 3) autism.
Research indicates that dark personalities are the core of evil - Book et al.
The absence of empathy is a symptom feature of only three pathologies, 1) narcissistic personality pathology, 2) psychopathic personality pathology, 3) autism.
Research indicates that dark personalities are the core of evil - Book et al.
November 20, 2024 at 12:26 AM
The absence of empathy is the capacity for cruelty.
The absence of empathy is a symptom feature of only three pathologies, 1) narcissistic personality pathology, 2) psychopathic personality pathology, 3) autism.
Research indicates that dark personalities are the core of evil - Book et al.
The absence of empathy is a symptom feature of only three pathologies, 1) narcissistic personality pathology, 2) psychopathic personality pathology, 3) autism.
Research indicates that dark personalities are the core of evil - Book et al.
Reposted by Melanie Johnson Hope Greenham
Forensic custody evaluations need to end. They are a failed experiment. Clinical psychology needs to return to court-involved custody conflict - diagnosis and treatment.
The ONLY cause of severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting) a parent is child abuse by one parent or the other.
The ONLY cause of severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting) a parent is child abuse by one parent or the other.
November 20, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Forensic custody evaluations need to end. They are a failed experiment. Clinical psychology needs to return to court-involved custody conflict - diagnosis and treatment.
The ONLY cause of severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting) a parent is child abuse by one parent or the other.
The ONLY cause of severe attachment pathology (a child rejecting) a parent is child abuse by one parent or the other.