Craig Childress PsyD – Case Manager

Hey – hey – hey – have I got news for you.

The forensic psychologists – Drs. Deutsch & Pruett – are recommending a Case Manager to oversee family treatment – as a liaison role between the family therapist and the Court.

See – here’s their chart. They put the Case Manager in a connecting liaison role with the Parenting Coordinator, the Family Therapist, the Attorneys, and the Court.

See that? The only people the Case Manager doesn’t connect to is the litigant parents (who are being treated by the family therapist).

I could do that.

That’s the perfect role for me, don’t you think? If someone suggests a Case Manager – say okay and propose me.

I’ll make sure the child and family receive a high-quality assessment that accurately diagnoses the pathology in the family 100% of the time with effective treatment fully resolving the diagnosed problem in six months.

I can do that.

I’m a clinical psychologist – I know about treatment – I’m a clinical psychologist, and I know what diagnosis guides treatment. I know how to do that – diagnose and treat pathology – I can work with the involved professionals and make sure that happens.

Isn’t that interesting? I think so. I have another model actually, based on a standard healthcare model of second-opinion consultation.

I don’t think we need a Case Manager ($$$) or a Parenting Coordinator ($$$), and the Attorneys hardly at all hopefully ($$$).

We need to stop adding people to the parent’s payroll.

I think Dr. Deutsch and her friends want to be Case Managers who don’t actually do anything except tell other people how to not do anything too.

But hey, if somebody wants a Case Manager – I’ve lead treatment teams with CPS involvement. I can organize a treatment team and make sure the Court gets accurate information (and effective treatment) from the mental health services.

I can do that.

Hey… do you know what we should do? Debate the two structures. The AFCC can host an online Debate:

Debate: Forensic vs Clinical Intervention Structures

Clinical Intervention Structure: Dr. Childress

Forensic Intervention Structure: Dr. Deutsch

That’d be fun.

Craig Childress, Psy.D.

Clinical Psychologist

WA 61538481

OR 4392 – CA 18857

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I have joined with many parents affected with the surreal , yet accepted issue of child abuse via Pathogenic Parenting / Domestic abuse. As a survivor of Domestic Abuse, denial abounded that 3 sons were not affected. In my desire to be family to those who have found me lacking . As a survivor of psychiatric abuse, therapist who abused also and toxic prescribed medications took me to hell on earth with few moments of heaven. I will share my life, my experiences and my studies and research.. I will talk to small circles and I will council ; as targeted parents , grandparents , aunts , uncles etc. , are denied contact with a child for reasons that serve the abuser ...further abusing the child. I grasp the trauma and I have looked at the lost connection to a higher power.. I grasp when one is accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like discrimination.. Shame and affluence silences a lot of facts , truths that have been labeled "negative". It is about liberation of the soul from projections of a alienator , and abuser ..

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