Philip Stahl, Ph.D.
Philip Stahl, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in Dublin, California. He has been a frequent presenter at meetings of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the American Psychological Association, California Psychological Association, American Orthopsychiatric Association, and local interdisciplinary meetings in Contra Costa County. As a provider of continuing education for Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Family Law Specialist attorneys in California, Dr. Stahl has conducted trainings for child custody evaluators and others working with high-conflict families of divorce. He is also an approved Continuing Education sponsor of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Stahl has presented workshops at the statewide trainings of the for California Judges (CJER) and the Utah Judges Association. He has trained custody evaluators for the state of Maryland, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Chico Counties in CA, Palm Beach County, FL, Las Vegas, NV, Baltimore, MD, Madison, WI, Topeka, KS, and Hartford, CN. He is on the faculty of National Judicial College and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. He is an active member of the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts and is the Chair of AFCC's Child Custody Evaluation Committee. He is also on the Board of the State Chapter of AFCC and the Editorial Review Board of AFCC's journal, Family and Conciliation Courts Review. He was a recent guest editor of the Review, as well (July, 2000).
Dr. Stahl has written extensively on various issues in high-conflict divorce and custody evaluation and is the author of Complex Issues in Custody Evaluations (Sage, 1999) and Conducting Child Custody Evaluations: A Comprehensive Guide (Sage, 1994). Among his articles, he has written on ethics in AFCC's Resource Guide for Custody Evaluators (1995), on Second Opinion Reviews in Custody Evaluations (Family and Conciliation Courts Review, June 1996), and on Parental Alienation (California Psychologist, March, 1999). His newest book,
Parenting After Divorce, was designed for parents and has just been published (Impact Publishers, 2000).
Read Dr. Stahl's Articles:
How to Let Go of Your Anger After a Divorce
The Wounds of Conflict
Tips to Prepare for Child Custody Mediation
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