creative custody solutions team

Dr. Sue Tonkins: Founder of Creative Custody Solutions, is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with two post-doctoral specialties in child and adult therapies.  She has held faculty appointments at Northwestern University and Harvard Medical School.  While at Harvard, Dr. Tonkins was the founder and executive director of the Police Action Counseling Team, a program recognized by the White House for its effectiveness on crime prevention and helping children exposed to trauma and violence.  She has also received training in Hostage Negotiations through the FBI and California Association of Hostage Negotiators. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Tonkins has effectively and compassionately treated children and families within a variety of traumatic and high-conflict situations. Dr. Tonkins recognizes the problem of an adversarial court system and believes in a more creative process to help children and families going through divorce.  She has brought together a multi-disciplinary team of professionals that understand the legal system, and can best facilitate families moving through the divorce/court process in a healthier and less stressful manner.          

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