Dr. Ben Garber is a
New Hampshire licensed,
PsyPact¹-qualified psychologist.

Dr. Garber's long-standing commitment is to help parents, schools, agencies and the courts to better understand and serve the needs of children.

Dr. Garber's practice is limited to Court-related (i.e., forensic) services including individual and family-system evaluations, peer consultation and supervision, work-product review, attorney consultation, and educating the court in the role of expert witness.

Expert Consultation As a seasoned children's advocate, a recognized international expert in family law, and the author of dozens of groundbreaking works in the field, Dr. Garber is uniquely able to translate the psychobabble and make the science make sense. Dr. Garber has conducted professional trainings, consulted to counsel, and provided expert testimony on three continents and in at least eight countries.

Family Law Training Dr. Garber provides engaging, practical small and large group, in-person and online training for family law professionals. He is well-known for his ability to make complex theory and complicated practice into common sense, practical basics.Subjects include: Resist/refuse dynamics and Dr. Garber's evaluative rubric Tune up your PPEs Dynamics, not diagnoses! Structure, anxiety. and the ecological validity of child custody evaluations Stay in your lane: Roles and rules in child custody litigation

Publications Dr. Garber is a compulsive writer. He has published hundreds of popular press articles, more than thirty  peer-reviewed and law review professional works, numerous chapters in foundational professional volumes, ten books on topics in child and family development, divorce, family law practice, and the dynamics of the conflicted family system, and a popular novel about the twisted dynamics of high conflict divorce (read more about "Twisted Allies" here).

DEFUSEdivorce.com Custody litigants who understand the legal process are better able to advocate for themselves and their children. Dozens of family law professionals from around the world work together to make divorce and child custody litigation make sense.

Children come first. More than anything, Dr. Garber works to focus the complexities of family relationships, the science of psychology, and the rigor of the law on the needs of each child.

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