Special Message
Our beloved friend and mentor, Dr. Monty Weinstein, passed away in April this year after a long and valiant struggle against COVID. Dr. Monty was a unique and brilliant individual; he embraced life and exuded optimism. He always put his clients, friends and family above himself and devoted his life to assisting parents gain access to their beloved children and fighting against parental alienation and the byzantine and biased procedures embedded in the courts.
Fortunately, Dr Weinstein worked with and imparted his knowledge to an excellent team of psychologists, lawyers, doctors and advocates who are, and will, carry on his important work. We are there to serve you.
Please message us via our contact page or call (347) 598-0887.
More information will be forthcoming in the near future.
I am pleased to post the following excerpt of an overview of my book
From the Mob to the Therapist’s Chair available from Barnes and Noble:
It was during his experiences as a marriage and family therapist where he began to realize that some parents going through divorces were being severely alienated by their ex-spouses, and children were being brainwashed and literally turned against the other parent. Parental alienation syndrome is a phenomenon that is calculated and widespread across all races and socioeconomic boundaries. Children are systematically and methodically turned against the other parent. It is an epidemic that is slowly being recognized nationwide. Dr. Monty has made it his business to uncover the truth and create more awareness that this phenomenon is occurring worldwide.
Read the full review of the book here.
Video: Dr. Monty Weinstein on parental alienation and his book From the Mob to the Therapist Chair.
Watch the Video
Proud to have testified in major criminal case in Georgia which resulted in acquittal. See attached letter of gratitude from Clinton W. Teston, Attorney at Law.
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Nov. 2017, Dr. Monty was appointed to do perform court-evaluations of custodial disputes related to parental alienation in Alabama, Georgia and New Jersey.
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Parental alienation is more than just writing the usual idiomatic phrases dealing with losing your children. In order to be successful in working with disenfranchised parents, an expert has to develop an ongoing network of individuals who corroborate his court testimony. I have been involved not only with psychological and therapeutic issues, but also founded Fathers Rights Metro, National Association of Fathers and the National Parents Rights Association. I also work with Harvard educated attorneys and therapists who have devoted their lives to support the reunification of families.
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Dr. Monty is brilliant in the culture of dark forces impeding the accessibility to custodial rights of the disenfranchised parent. His genius is only outshone by his tenacity to rescue his clients from improper or inaccurate decision making by our judiciary. Dr. Monty is a virtual one man “legal” army. — Dr Marcus Wells, M.D.
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Dr. Weinstein testified this past week in Paulding County Georgia. Court qualified him as an expert in parental alienation, reunification therapy, family psychology and family therapy. He was able to expose severe parental alienation and make a record. He is now targeting other states such as Colorado, New York and North Carolina.
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Expertise in custody, parental alienation and family systems, with several special cases handled in Alpharetta, GA.
In November 2016, Dr. Weinstein was once again qualified by a Justice of the Georgia Superior Court as an expert in parental alienation, psychological aspects of sex abuse and family therapy in a major case in suburban Atlanta. The client was pro se and asked Dr. Weinstein the appropriate questions to qualify him. The substance of Dr. Weinstein’s testimony was about how the removal the children from the parent had a devastating effect upon all concerned. Within the past three years, Dr. Weinstein has opined and prevailed on his theories of PAS in Colorado, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York and Georgia.
HOW TO FIGHT PARENTAL ALIENATION
- Get an expert that understands this phenomenon and can educate the court on this
- Get an expert who is not intimidated by the court or lstatus quo
- Do not leave the marital home when one party files for divorce as this will become the status quo and will hurt your chances to obtain joint custody
- Do not agree to go before any court evaluator that does not understand PAS or who is chosen by one side and not the other
- If a Guardian ad litem does not understand this phenomenon ask that he/she be recused
- Beware of any settlement negoitated by the attorneys which does not give you equitable rights
“[…] in forty-five years of practice in being on the bench, the Court has never met a better or more heavily credentialed behaviorist than Dr. Weinstein. I’m very impressed with his enormous background and not physically, of course, but I think he’s an amazing individual,” Judge Philip Roan, Larimer County District Court, Fort Collins, Colorado, in open court Dec. 7, 2007.
Undergoing a custodial dispute can be a harrowing and debilitating experience. Unless you are vigilant in protecting your parenting time from the onset of your separation from your spouse, you can lose vital parenting time and even the right to see your child, especially if you are a father. It is therefore crucial for you to know all of your rights before you embark on a custodial dispute.
Survival List for LitigantsDr. Weinstein is the founder of the National Association of Fathers
and the Co-Founder of the National Parents’ Rights Association
As I said, you are one of the most, if not the single-most, responsive expert/therapist [I have] ever encountered. I’m very grateful. Thank you.
Dr Monty: Many thanks for your help reuniting me and my son. There is no earthly way this would have been possible without you sir. Mitchell turns twelve this week and now stands five foot ten. This was the first time my mother had seen him since you came to my office back in 2017. God bless you, your family and your work.
Your appearance and testimony in court was invaluable in obtaining the proper counseling for my daughters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The most amazing thing I have found about you Dr. Monty is your love and commitment towards the re-unification of children and their parents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
It was only after hiring you, and having you by my side leading up to my trial, and at my trial, that my children and I, after 4 years, finally received justice!!!. . . . . . . . . . . .
Your assistance in this case is most appreciated. It was wonderful to have someone known for his advocacy of father’s rights, to be an expert for a mother who was alienated from her children.
Dr. Monty, I can’t thank you enough for all your help and guidance in turning around our case, which had floundered for almost seven years. If I had known what an asset your presence and experience would be I would have contacted you years ago. Because of you, my son and I are quite close to being reunited after an unnecessary and difficult absence. You have given an amazing child back his childhood and a devastated mother back her faith in people. You are by all accounts a Mensch whose work with mothers and fathers I am delighted to support.
Like Nathans, Dr Monty is the Original Guru of Fathers Rights and Parental Alienation.
Dr. Weinstein on the Radio: 17 Things You Need to Know About Expert Witnesses and How to Hire One
Listen to the ShowDr. Weinstein on the Radio: 28 Ways Court Mandated Treatment Places You at the Mercy of the Court
Listen to the ShowIn order to be successful in a custodial dispute, a seasoned litigant must leave the box and think of creative ways to navigate through the court system. One should not use parental alienation if in fact it does not exist in your particular case. However, if PAS does exist, one should validate it in its entirety by using methodologies that prove this phenomenon. One cannot use attorneys or court psychologists who do not understand Parental Alienation and/or Parental Alienation Syndrome.
Additionally, one should learn through a skilled attorney, how to impeach a court evaluator or law guardian who usually corroborate with each other to achieve an outcome that is not in your or your child s best interest. Scientific methodology is usually not understood by the court or its agents and that is why one must consult an expert that understands meaningful theories on child development, family systems and parental alienation.
Most mental health practitioners, despite their credentials, cannot stand up in court to rigorous voir dires and cross examinations. One must look carefully at their track records, both positive and negative. I have been a licensed family therapist for over 30 years and am also a nationally certified psychologist, a fellow of the American Psychotherapy Association and a founder of the National Association of Fathers where I spent years advocating for accessibility of children to their parents. I have successfully testified in thousands of custodial and abuse cases to help gain disenfranchised parents their children.
- New service: Expert Testimony and Consultation on International Custody and Child Abduction Cases.
- New service: Expert on Elder Abuse and Elder Care.
- Dr Monty Weinstein has compiled list of parental alienation cases where he was challenged under the Daubert – Frye theory and where he won. Please contact Vickie Taylor administrator for these cases (Vickie Taylor, Cell: (970) 371-7848, Email: vickietaylor37 @ gmail . com).
- Consumer Alert: Rip Off Report posts salacious, defamatory comments without ever checking the truth of the statements posted. It is violating the Sherman Anti Trust Act because people pay to post their rants without giving their names and Rip Off then contacts the person against whom accusations are made and asks them to pay over $10,000 to remove the posts. They have posted a bunch of lies against me, and many of my clients have refuted the lies posted therein.
- Dr Weinstein will be in Atlanta on a bi monthly basis to consult on parental alienation, custody, reunification and other issues concerning parental rights. Please call him at 917 589 8008 or email him to set up an appointment.
- Please register for support groups in pre and post divorce counseling and reunification therapy.
- Do Not Step into Courtroom on Custody Case without an Expert on Parental Alienation!
- Dr. Weinstein is back in his Greenwich Village Office and is doing divorce psychotherapy and reunification – parental alienation therapy.
- The expert who is not afraid to attack the coercive psychologists and law guardians who oppose joint parenting/custody and the concept of Parental Alienation!
- Now Providing Psychotherapy for Divorce, Custody, and Abuse Related Issues and for Children who are Victims of Parental Alienation. Advocacy and Therapy on How to Navigate Through Divorce and Custody Proceedings.
- If interested please e-mail the Family Therapy Center at drmonty1@aol.com. Consultation at Princeton Club NYC and the East Hampton Office.
- During this past spring Dr Monty helped return children to their natural parents – both mothers and fathers – in the States of New York , Colorado, Georgia, Florida and New Jersey despite opposition from law guardians and court evaluators.
The Dilemmas of Therapy in a Mandated Process
Letter of thanks and appreciation from US Senator Kristen E. Gillibrand
Vickie Taylor
Cell: (970) 371-7848
Email: vickietaylor37 @ gmail . com
Dr. Monty has been qualified as an expert in parental alienation several times in the past six months:
- Client: Tina Jones, Superior Court, Paulding County, GA, 16CV167, Honorable Dean Bucci presiding; Dr. Monty was qualified in the following areas: Expert in Family and Marriage Therapy, parental alienation, and the psychological aspects of child and sexual abuse. (November 4, 2016).
- Client: Josh Harris, DeKalb County Superior Court, Georgia, Matter of Harris v. Harris, 15CV3425, Honorable Asha F. Jackson, presiding; Dr. Monty was qualified as an expert in parental alienation; Hearing was held March 22-23, 2017.
- Client: Ken Terry, Paulding County, Superior Court, 13CV2140, Matter of Terry v. Terry, Honorable Tonny S. Beavers presiding; Dr. Monty was qualified as an expert in parental alienation, children’s development, family psychotherapy and reunification therapy. Hearing was held Feb. 17, 2017.
Additionally, Dr. Monty has been qualified in other major cases as follows:
- Client: Derek Stegner, Weld County District Court, Colorado, 07DR23, Marriage of Stegner before the Magistrate Rebecca Koppes-Conway, in a post-decree, child custody matter. Dr. Monty was qualified as an expert in parental alienation. Hearing was in 2013.
- Client: Cinnamon White, Interest of P.W. and R.W., minor children of Cinnamon D. Welch v. Cameron S. Welch, Adams County District Court, Colorado, 08DR2514; Dr. Monty was qualified as an expert in parental alienation and was successful in assisting Ms. Welch with regaining custody of her children. Hearing was held in 2009.
- Client: Melissa K. Bader, Bader v. Bader, Cobb County, GA Superior Court, Matter 10-1-2600-35; Dr. Monty was qualified as an expert in family therapy and psychotherapy with an emphasis on custodial disputes, parenting time, family disputes, and Parental Alienation Syndrome. Hearing was in September, 2010.
- Broadway v. Broadway, Alabama Matter that went to the Court of Appeals:
Broadway v. Broadway, Alabama Matter that went to the Court of Appeals:
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.
Robert BROADWAY v. Gloria BROADWAY.
2121037.
Decided: September 26, 2014
Monty Weinstein testified that he is a licensed family therapist and psychologist who has published a number of articles, conducted research on parental alienation, and appeared on national TV to talk about parental alienation as a disorder. He defined parental alienation as the systematic and methodical removing of a noncustodial parent from the life of that parent’s child. He believed parental alienation was a form of emotional child abuse. In his opinion, there was very severe parental alienation on the part of the mother, and, in his opinion, the only way to reverse the result was to change custody of K.B. to the father, with limited visitation given to the mother, coupled with therapy for K.B. Dr. Weinstein did not believe a change of custody would cause a disruption in K.B.’s life, and he predicted numerous adverse consequences for K.B. if custody was not changed to the father. Dr. Weinstein based his opinions in part on his meetings with the father and K.B., but he did not meet with or obtain information from the mother.
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The Family Therapy Center For New York & Georgia was founded by Dr. Monty Weinstein, a family therapist and expert witness who has devoted his career to assisting divorced parents and their children in custody disputes. He is an expert in domestic and partner abuse and a pioneer in family therapy. He has rendered testimony as an expert witness on custody, parental alienation, divorce and sex abuse throughout the United States.
Dr. Weinstein is the founder of “Fathers Rights Metro.” His philosophy is that children should have accessibility to both parents.
He is the Director of the “Family Therapy Center of New York and Georgia” and is a clinical member of the “American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.” He also has a private practice where he helps his clients cope with divorce, separation, child custody and abuse.
Half Century of Professional Experience with Families and Children. Distinguished Public Service Award from Mayor’s Office for Work with Families and Children.
Mental Health Professional of the Year Awarded by The New York Democratic Club April 2010.
Dr. Monty Weinstein is an elected, certified, clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and holds licenses in family therapy in multiple states. He has been qualified over 2,000 times throughout the United States to render an opinion in custodial disputes, parental alienation, and neglect and abuse for both men and women. He is also a certified forensic counselor and has served as director of a psychiatric unit in a major mental health facility. He has been a therapist, and has trained therapists, for over 30 years. Dr. Weinstein is the proud recipient of the Distinct Public Service Award 2004 awarded by the New York Democratic Club.
As Director of the Family Therapy Center for New York and Georgia, Dr. Weinstein believes that children should have accessibility to both parents, that shared parenting is the only way to maximize children’s growth, and that the State should not impose its values, including unwarranted psychological testing, on mothers and fathers. His Center is a pioneer in the the use of family therapy to resolve custodial disputes.
Dr. Weinstein is a Diplomate of the American Psychotherapy Association and a Fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric Association, and has published articles in professional journals in the areas of family therapy and psychoanalysis, gender issues, and child development. He was the founder of Fathers Rights Metro. In addition, He is a professor of Family Development and Human Sexuality. Besides holding two masters and a doctorate, he has over 1000 hours of continuing education credit and certificates in psychotherapy, sexual abuse, couple therapy, and play therapy. On numerous occasions he has discussed these topics on national television. Dr. Weinstein writes a bimonthly column on terrorism and violence for ANNALS for The American Psychotherapy Association.