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Craig Childress PsyD – Forensic Psychologist

Forensic psychologists are in violation of four – 4 – ethical Standards of the American Psychological Association.

They don’t know the necessary knowledge – that’s a violation of Standard 2.01 Boundaries of Competence.

Because they don’t know the necessary knowledge, they don’t apply the established knowledge of the discipline as the bases for their professional judgments – that’s a violation of Standard 2.04 Bases for Scientific & Professional Judgments.

Because they don’t know or apply the necessary knowledge as the bases for their professional judgments (violations to Standards 2.01 & 2.04), their opinions contained in their reports and recommendations are NOT based on information sufficient to substantiate their findings – a violation of Standard 9.01 Bases for Assessment.

Applying the DSM-5 as the bases for professional judgments is a reasonable step for a doctor to take to avoid the foreseeable harm that could result from misdiagnosis if no professional level diagnosis is made – in violation of Standard 3.04 Avoiding Harm.

That is four – 4 – ethical violations where there should be zero.

In addition, the forensic psychologists are routinely failing in their duty to protect on two grounds:

1) failure to protect the child from psychological child abuse (DSM-5 V995.51) by the allied parent,

2) failure to protect the targeted parent from spousal psychological abuse of the allied parent using the child (and the child’s induced pathology) as the spousal abuse weapon.

From Cornell Law School: “Negligence is the failure to behave with the level of care that a reasonable person would have exercised under the same circumstances. Either a person’s actions or omissions of actions can be found negligent. The omission of actions is considered negligent only when the person had a duty to act.”

Forensic psychologists are ignorant. Google ignorance: “lack of knowledge or information.”

Patients are educating the forensic psychologists regarding what the pathology is because the forensic psychologists lack knowledge and information – they are ignorant by definition of the English language.

Forensic psychologists are ignorant, incompetent, and unethical… and they don’t care. Where are the licensing boards enforcing ethical standards? Nowhere to be seen.

Why is that?

If they change, they admit their prior ignorance, incompetence, unethical practice, and negligent failure in their duty to protect obligations.

If they don’t change, then they CONTINUE their ignorant, incompetent, and unethical malpractice, and they continue their negligent failure to protect children from child abuse and their parents from spousal abuse.

Forensic custody evaluations are “dangerous” and “harmful to children”, they “lack scientific or legal value” and their “defective reports” result in “potentially disastrous consequences for parents and children” (NY Blue-Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody Evaluations, 2021).

Forensic custody evaluations need to be entirely eliminated from the family courts (NY Blue-Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody Evaluations, 2021) and clinical diagnostic assessments of the child and family pathology need to be routinely conducted to the appropriate differential diagnoses for each parent.

Craig Childress, Psy.D.

Clinical Psychologist

WA 61538481 – CA 18857

Men & Therapy

Men don’t seek counseling… they seek new women.

Not healing. Not accountability. Not inner work. Just a fresh start with someone who doesn’t know the script yet. Someone who hasn’t seen behind the curtain. Someone they can impress with the same charm, the same story, the same false humility—because she hasn’t learned how deep the damage goes. Yet.

Instead of going to therapy, they go back to being “that guy.”

Instead of owning the pain they caused, they gaslight the memory of it.

Instead of rebuilding what they broke, they rebuild their image in someone else’s eyes.

Because healing requires honesty. Growth demands discomfort. Accountability asks for vulnerability. And some men would rather protect their ego than do the uncomfortable work of unpacking their trauma, their pride, their insecurities, and the patterns they keep blaming on “crazy exes.”

So they ghost the woman who knew the truth…

And charm the one who doesn’t.

They don’t want growth, they want a reset.

Not to change—just to relocate the lie.

But here’s the thing: you can run from your past, but it catches up in your patterns. You can get a new girl, a new number, a new city—but if the same version of you shows up, the story will end the same. Because unhealed men ruin new hearts.

Ladies, never take it personally when a man skips over healing and moves on quickly. That’s not a reflection of your worth. That’s a sign of how deep his avoidance runs. He didn’t choose her because she’s better—he chose her because she doesn’t yet require what you did: growth, honesty, emotional maturity.

Let him lie in peace. Let him pretend. Because that cycle only repeats until he finally meets himself. And that moment? Can’t be avoided forever.

And for the men reading this—go to therapy.

Heal so your love doesn’t become someone else’s lesson.

Do the work so your next relationship isn’t just a rerun in a different outfit.

The truth will always require more from you than a lie. But the truth will set you free.

Family Therapist- Charlie McCready

CAFCAAS stands for “Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.” It is a government organization in England that provides advice to family courts and works to promote the welfare of children involved in family court proceedings, such as divorce, child custody disputes, and other related matters. CAFCAAS officers provide independent assessments, reports, and recommendations to assist the courts in making decisions that are in the best interests of the children involved.

It’s astonishing that, in this case, a junior civil servant working in a stressful envivonment, underpaid, under-trained, and under-resourced, can make a decision that overrides expert advice from a doctor working in mental health with years of experience. On top of this, the assessment made by CAFCASS, saying there’s no sign of parental alienation, came after about four years of parental alienation. This parent had not been in this child’s life. The alienation had been intense. This is what should be investigated. But it’s not. The child says the other parent does not influence them, and CAFCASS listens to that and nothing more. It’s not questioned as to why this child is in therapy for depression and anxiety. It couldn’t be because they’ve been coerced into hating and rejecting a parent who loves them, possibly? Or that they’re under a lot of pressure at home from the alienating parent? No. It all gets blamed on the parent who is not even in their life. How convenient. They will even blame the ‘target’ parent for going to court to fight for justice as a reason the children are stressed. Yes, they are stressed, but why does this parent have to go to court to see their children? The problem is there is no measure or standardised definition of parental alienation and, therefore, no specialist training. I am sure this will change. But at the moment, the ‘target’ parent is really cast adrift. The (indoctrinated) child’s decision to cut a loving parent out of their life should be challenged. People who can make such life-changing decisions about our families should be trained to spot signs of parental alienation and have the means to address it.

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Pathogenic Parenting /Help – Charlie McCready

My daily posts aim to spread awareness and empower you with a greater understanding of alienating behaviours. Alienation from our child creates traumatic grief in our lives. It is one of the hardest but most misdiagnosed, under-supported, and covert forms of abuse of us and our children. ⁠

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I’m glad to say the amazing parents I have the honour and pleasure of working with talk of gaining emotional and mental resilience and peace of mind in just a few weeks (the 9-step program is 10 weeks). It has been described as ‘the best investment you can make’. It helps you understand and deal with your alienated child/ren, the alienating parent, plus how to overcome and survive the many challenges. Please send me a message if you are interested to know more, and I can send you testimonials and further details on what the program/coaching covers and the benefits you could gain. ⁠

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I also do 1-2-1 coaching. Sometimes, people prefer to do these private sessions with their partner who is keen to support and get a better understanding. I have also helped many alienated children, and I am always happy to accommodate this when possible, and when it is most beneficial. ⁠

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