Dr. Alvarez is available to consult with parents or attorneys. A consultation is not treatment or an evaluation. Consultation involves speaking to one or more people who have relevant information related to the issue and it usually involves reading relevant documents. Dr. Alvarez offers her expert opinions at the end of the consultation process.
Dr. Alvarez consults with attorneys related to their family law case. This includes helping the attorney understand psychopathology, clinical mental health notes from another professional, and evaluation findings from another professional. Dr. Alvarez is an expert in parental alienation and she can help attorneys understand the science and research of parental alienation and what that means for their case. Dr. Alvarez is also an expert in problematic parent-child relationships and how to evaluate for this dynamic, as well as how to treat problematic parent-child relationships. Dr. Alvarez can consult about other child developmental issues such as ADHD, learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, or autism.
Dr. Alvarez consults with parents related to the parent-child relationship, parental alienation, attachment concerns, child mental health concerns, or other developmental concerns. After hearing from the parents, understanding the child’s development in detail, and reviewing relevant documents, if required, Dr. Alvarez offers her opinion and proposes a path forward related to the concerns of the parents.
