About Barry
Barry Goldstein is the co-author with Elizabeth Liu of Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor REPRESENTING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR, co editor with Mo Therese Hannah of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABUSE and CHILD CUSTODY and author of SCARED TO LEAVE AFRAID TO STAY. He has been an instructor and supervisor in a NY Model Batterer Program since 1999. He was an attorney representing victims of domestic violence for 30 years. He now provides workshops, judicial and other trainings regarding domestic violence particularly related to custody issues. He also serves as a consultant and expert witness.
Barry's new book, The Quincy Solution: Stop Domestic Violence and Save $500 Billion demonstrates how we can dramatically reduce domestic violence crime with proven practices.
Contact Barry today to speak at your event, consult or as an expert witness!
About Veronica
After a 20 year Sales and Marketing career in the Television Industry, Veronica York felt a passion and a calling to make a career change. Following a 10 year marriage that was both mentally and emotionally abusive, and going through a difficult custody battle, she started her High Conflict Coaching practice. During her experience with the family court system, she realized that the best interest of the children was not the first priority. Parental rights are trumping children’s rights and children are suffering unnecessarily due to the outdated practices of judges and other court professionals. Along with helping her clients navigate their custody battles, she is also an advocate for change in the family court system as well as a champion for Domestic Violence training and education. Veronica is certified with the High Conflict Divorce Certification Program and has advanced training in family law mediation. She performs speaking engagements and writes articles regarding the topics of Child Custody Issues that involve Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse. She also does training on the misuse of Parental Alienation and the effects of Post Separation Abuse during a divorce.
This led some people, including court professionals to treat mental health professionals as if they were the experts in domestic violence.
Every day I hear horrific stories of courts using deeply flawed and outdated practices that ruin the lives of protective mothers and their children.
Every year 58,000 children are sent for custody or unprotected visitation with dangerous abusers.
The United States Department of Justice provided a grant to support a major study by Dr. Daniel Saunders
The United States Department of Justice provided a grant to support a major study by Dr. Daniel Saunders
More than anything we need a change of attitudes and atmosphere in the custody courts, but perhaps some positive legislative changes can help improve the atmosphere in the custody courts.
The loss of one year from one child’s life is one year too many.
He believed that if he could prevent domestic violence all crime would be reduced and this is exactly what happened.
Society has the knowledge and ability to prevent a large majority of domestic violence crimes and especially murders.
One of the problems in our custody courts is that this psychologist, like most experts relied on by the courts does not have the knowledge of up-to-date research or the ability to apply it to custody cases.
One of the fundamental questions was whether to respond by changing individuals one at a time or to promote societal changes.
I Lost My Law License, Others Lost Their Lives, Flawed Child Custody Practices Also Hurt Communities
The original Quincy Model was a group of best practices that dramatically reduced domestic violence crime especially murders. A county that averaged 5-6 homicides enjoyed several years with no murders.
The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) research is a group of studies sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control that establish that children exposed to domestic violence, child abuse and other traumas will suffer more injuries and illnesses throughout their lives and have shorter life expectancies.
Upon studying the personal records and interviewing the patients who left, Dr. Vincent Felitti came to understand that rather than a problem, the patients had viewed their excessive weight as a protective factor.
