Counselor expert witnesses draw on experience in mental health counseling, school counseling, rehabilitation, or substance abuse treatment to clarify professional standards of care. They assess intake practices, risk assessment, mandated reporting, documentation, boundary issues, and referral decisions, and explain how counseling protocols and ethical codes apply to the facts of a case.
Clinical Social Work Expert Witness
Clinical Social Work Expert Witness
- Review Fee
- $150/hr
- Deposition Fee
- $225/hr
- Court Fee
- $750/hr
This highly qualified expert received her BA in Psychology and her MS in Clinical Social Work from the University of Texas-Pan American. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and she is a certified Family Trauma Professional, Suicide Prevention Counselor and Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). This expert previously worked as Supervisor II for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Here, she led and supervised a unit of caseworkers responsible for providing adult protective services to victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. She provided case management supervision and interacted routinely with the Texas Department of Family Services' clients, organizations' representatives, and the public. This expert then went on to work as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and as Executive Director of the Family Crisis Center of the Rio Grande Valley. She managed and lead the social services agency and provided individual and group mental health therapy and case management supervision. This expert is currently an Adjunct Professor of Social Work at two universities in Texas and she is a Psychotherapist at a women's emotional wellness center.
International Social Worker, Various countries
Master of Science (MS), University of Texas-Pan American
Mcallen,
Texas