Curriculum Vitae
Benjamin D. Garber, Ph.D.
Psychologist
New Hampshire State License #475

Date of Birth:	August, 1959
Place of Birth:	Brockton, Massachusetts
Contact:	32 Daniel Webster Highway, Suite 17, Merrimack, NH 03054 603.879.9100 or fax 603.879.9070 or e-mail papaben@healthyparent.com

Academic History

1987
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania;
Doctorate: Child Clinical and Developmental Psychology

1983
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Master of  Science: Child Clinical Psychology

1981
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude: Developmental Psychology and Psycholinguistics

Clinical Experience

1999-present
Private Practice in Clinical Consulting and Forensic Psychology: Providing comprehensive evaluative and therapeutic interventions to children, families and child-centered institutions.

1989-1999
Slatoff & Ward, Psychological Associates,  Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Foundation, Nashua, New Hampshire: Clinical Child Psychologist: Providing out-patient individual, family and group psychotherapy to children, adolescents and teenagers; comprehensive psychological assessment, including intellectual, achievement and projective testing; Emphasizing forensic evaluation and interventions, including comprehensive custody evaluation, and therapy with children of separation and divorce.

Co-Administrator and co-founder, The Forensic Psychology Division of Slatoff & Ward. Administrative and organizational responsibilities including staffing, intake evaluation, establishment of evaluation and intervention protocols, and liaison with the legal community.

1990-2003
St.  Joseph Hospital, Nashua, New Hampshire: Independent Allied Health Professional, Department of Psychiatry; Consultative privileges to provide in-patient individual psychotherapy, standardized testing, and behavioral management interventions; in-service consultant, pediatric nursing staff; consulting psychologist, palliative care team, oncology unit.

1993-2003
Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Center, Nashua, New Hampshire: Associate Medical Staff; Consultative privileges to provide in-patient individual psychotherapy, standardized testing, and behavioral management interventions.

1990-1992
Nashua Brookside Hospital/Northeast Psychiatric Associates, Nashua, New Hampshire:
Consulting Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Adult Psychiatric Services; Providing fee-for-service in-patient individual and family psychotherapy, multidisciplinary team consultation and aftercare placement liaison functions.

1987-1990

Nashua Brookside Hospital/Northeast Psychiatric Associates, Nashua, New Hampshire:
Staff Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service,  providing in-patient individual, milieu, family and group psychotherapy, ages 5- through 18-years; Multi-disciplinary team consultant and aftercare placement liaison.

1986-1987
The Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut: Clinical Child Psychology Intern, (APA Accredited, APIC Certified Institution): Providing in-patient individual, group and family psychotherapy to children and adolescents; Out-patient and day-patient individual and family therapy to children ages 3-years and older; Comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological assessment; Intensive supervision and didactic seminars in topics including child diagnostics, play therapy techniques,  and dynamic interpretation.

1982-1986   
The Psychological Clinic, University Park, Pennsylvania: Out-patient individual and family psychotherapy, including children ages 5-years and older; Comprehensive intellectual, achievement and personality assessment; Intensive clinical supervision and didactics including advanced assessment techniques, play therapy, and family therapy.

 

Consulting and Community
Experience

Providing frequent consultation, education and presentations in many areas of child- and family development to preschool and daycare center staffs and parents, to elementary, middle school and high school staffs, students and parents, to businesses, private institutions and clinical colleagues, including but not limited to:

2001-Present
Consultant, Casselman Counseling Consortium, Grantsville, Maryland:
Providing ad hoc clinical consultation in to staff in the area of providing clinical services to children and families embroiled in separation, divorce and related forensic processes.

1998-Present
Practical Parenting Resources (http://www.healthyparent.com): Founder and Director, providing educational, consultative and curriculum; Development services through community and professional presentations and publications across the United States (and via the Internet) and direct consulting services.

1997-Present
Adult Learning Center, Nashua, New Hampshire: Staff development consultant and parenting liaison, offering staff training, child assessment and educational services to parents

1997-Present
Derry Cooperative School District, Derry, New Hampshire: District School Counselor Consultant, providing weekly clinical consultation and education to staff of 12 professional school counselors, grades 1-9.

1997-1998
Area Agency for Developmental  Services of Greater Nashua, Nashua, New Hampshire: Clinical Consultant: Conducting mental health/mental retardation service eligibility reviews.

1997
Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Center, Nashua, New Hampshire:
“55-Plus” Consultant and Group Leader, Elderly population.

1994-1996
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Nashua, New Hampshire: Invited Speaker and Consultant

1995-2001
Good Grief, Nashua, New Hampshire: Board of Directors, assisting in curriculum development and consulting to clinical providers regarding children’s bereavement.

1995-1998
Southern New Hampshire Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders, Nashua, New Hampshire: Founding Advisory Board Member and quarterly speaker

1995
Mont Vernon Village School, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire: Behavior management consultant, creator and administrator, Think 1st©  Facilitated Communication and Conflict Resolution Program

1993-1994
Resource Center for the Changing Family, Concord, New Hampshire: Board of Directors; Develop, administer and coordinate multi-disciplinary, state-wide pre-divorce program.

1990-1992
Nashua Children's Association, Nashua, New Hampshire: Board of Directors; Curriculum and Behavioral Consultant.

 

Teaching Experience

1989-1991
Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire: Instructor, Department of Psychology: Psychological Assessment; Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

1982-1987
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania: Teaching Assistant and Lecturer: Experimental Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Social Psychology. Undergraduate student population.

Professional
Presentations

Numerous small and large group, community, professional, business- and education-oriented group presentations, workshops and keynote addresses throughout the United States on topics in child and family development, including most recently:

05.17-18.2007    Wisconsin Interprofessional Committee on Divorce (WIPCOD)
(Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin):
Invited keynote presenter: In the Best Interests of the Child: Clinical and forensic perspectives on attachment security, co-parental conflict, separation and divorce.

04.26.2007    Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad litem:
Invited presenter: Domestic Violence: "Psychological Abuse in Family Law: Alienation as domestic abuse by proxy”

04.18.2007    New Hampshire Infant Mental Health Task Force/Adult Learning Center
(Nashua, New Hampshire:)
Understanding and responding to Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder.

11.17-18.2006    Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School
(Cambridge, Massachusetts):
Invited presenter, “Uncoupled: Co-parenting interventions in the best interests of the children.”

11.10.2006    Idaho Psychological Association (Boise, Idaho):
Invited keynote speaker: From theory to therapy to courtroom: Attachment, alienation and the best interests of the child.

2005-2007    New Hampshire Guardian ad litem Board (Concord, New Hampshire):
Trainer and consultant, Superior Court GAL beginner and advanced training program: Child and family development; interviewing children; conducting a custody evaluation; Understanding/evaluating alienation and alignment; what is the best interest of a child?

10.13.2006    New Hampshire Conflict Resolution Association (Durham, New Hampshire):  Invited roundtable participant and speaker, “Bridging the Disciplines”
   
11.4-5.2005    Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad litem:
Invited presenter, “The tools and weapons of affiliation: Attachment, alignment and alienation in developmental perspective.”

1999-present    Invited annual speaker, school-based family education programs including:
Project SafeGuard (Merrimack, New Hampshire): Parents and Children Togther (PACT; Nashua, New Hampshire)
Parent Education Series (Hollis, New Hampshire)

For more detail regarding
Dr. Garber's professional publications, go to

Professional
Publications

Garber, Benjamin D. (invited submission; in editorial review 10.2007). In the Best Interests of the Best Interests Standard: Attachment and the Best Interests of the Child in the Context of Contested Custody Litigation.

Garber, B. (2007). Conceptualizing visitation resistance and refusal in the context of parental conflict, separation and divorce. Family Court Review, (4)1, 588-599.

Garber, Benjamin D. (2007). Developing a structured interview tool for children embroiled in family litigation and forensic mental health services: The Query Grid. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 7(1), 1-18. Read this article here

Garber, Benjamin D. & Landerman, L. (Summer, 2006). How should the child’s voice be heard when parental rights and responsibilities are contested? New Hampshire Bar Journal.

Garber, Benjamin D. (2004). Parental alienation in light of attachment theory: Consideration of the broader implications for child development, clinical practice and forensic process. Journal of Child Custody, 1(4), 49-76.

Garber, Benjamin D. (October, 2004).  Court responsibility and parental privilege in child custody cases. The New Hampshire Bar News, pp. 24-25. Read this article here

Garber, Benjamin D. (2004). Directed co-parenting intervention: Conducting child centered interventions in parallel with highly conflicted co-parents. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35(1), 55-64. Read this article here

Garber, Benjamin D. (2004). Therapist alienation: Foreseeing and forestalling dynamics undermining therapies with children. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35(4) 357-363. Read this article here

Garber, Benjamin D. (2004). Parental Alienation in Light of Attachment Theory:Consideration of the Broader Implications for Child Development, Clinical Practice, and Forensic Process . Journal of  Child Custody, 1(4), 49-76. Read this article here

Garber, Benjamin D. (2004). Walking on thin ice: Practical and ethical considerations when conducting psychotherapies with children and families in turmoil and transition due to separation and divorce. Webcast continuously accessible via www.nhpaonline.org.

Garber, Benjamin D. (2002;  3/2003, 3/2004) Walking on thin ice: Practical and ethical considerations when conducting psychotherapies with children and families in turmoil and transition due to separation and divorce. Presentation to the New Hampshire Psychological Association.

Garber, Benjamin D. (2003) The HealthyParent's ABCs: A Caregiver's Curriculum. HealthyParent.com.

Garber, Benjamin D. (February, 2001). ADHD or not ADHD: Custody and visitation considerations. New Hampshire Bar News, New Hampshire Bar Assn. (read this article )

Garber, Benjamin D. (1998-2002). Contributing editor, Special Child e-zine (www.specialchild.com).

Garber, Benjamin D. (1998). Practical interventions for attention disordered children. Attention.

Garber, Benjamin D. (1998; revised 2000, 2002, 2003) Taming the Beast Within: Managing Anger for Ourselves and our Children. HealthyParent.com.

Garber, Benjamin D. (1997; revised 2000, 2002, 2003) The Co-parent’s Companion. HealthyParent.com.

Garber, Benjamin D. (1996; revised 2000, 2002, 2003) Raising functional families.  HealthyParent.com.

Garber, Benjamin D. (April, 1996). Alternatives to alienation: Acknowledging the broader scope of children’s emotional difficulties during divorce. The New Hampshire Bar Journal.

Garber, Benjamin D. (1996) Sorting through the Psychobabble. Panel Presentation, The Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Center in conjunction with the New Hampshire Bar Association

Garber, Benjamin D. (Summer, 1994). Practical Limitations in Considering Psychotherapy with Children of  Separation and Divorce. Psychotherapy, 31(2).

Garber, Benjamin D. (1993).  Parenting Apart: A Curriculum for Psychoeducational Groups for Separated and Divorcing Parents.

Garber, Benjamin D. (1986). "Of Beasties and Butterflies: Evidence for the Stability and Domain  Specificity of Individual Differences in Categorization." Journal of Personality, 54, 647-658.

Garber, Benjamin D., and Nelson, K.E. (1982). "Category Acquisition in Infancy." Funded Grant Proposal, The National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Parenting Publications
Appearing in the Popular Press

For more detail regarding

Dr. Garber's popular press publications, go to selected articles

In the capacity of freelance writer in the areas of parenting, child and family development, publications include

1996-Present
"HealthyParent" a twice monthly column appearing in the Nashua (New Hampshire)
Sunday Telegraph

In addition, Dr. Garber's popular press publications have appeared in over twenty publications across the United States, Canada and Austrailia, including, but are not limited to:

   Is My Child Psychologically “Fit”?
   School’s Back On: Do You Know How Your Child Learns?
   Speaking Out for Your Child’s Education: Parents as Advocates in the Schools.
   Keeping in Touch with School.
   The Honeymoon’s Over.
   Parenting Apart: Keeping the Kids Out Of the Middle.
   The Parable of the Jealous Princess, or
   Dividing the Kingdom: Preparing Your First Born for Siblings.
   Establishing Sensible Visitation for Young Children of Separated Parents.
   The Subtlest Hurt of All
   Single Parenting: Doing the Impossible Daily.
   Tag Team Parenting
   Is My Child Psychologically “Fit"?
   Feeling Safe and Being Safe, or, Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
   A Word About The Games Children
   Shoring Up the Foundation: Helping Children to Become Secure and Confident
   Taming the Beast Within: Managing Anger in Ourselves and Our Children
   Parking Lot Parenting.
   Feeling Safe and Being Safe.
   If the Shoe Fits …
   “Its Not Fair!” And Five Other Party Planning Pitfalls.
   Will She Ever Get Her Clothes in the Hamper? Raising Reasonably Responsible Kids, Really!
   The Beauty in the Boredom: Routines and Rituals that Help Your Children Grow.
   Surviving the Bedtime Hour: Getting Children to Sleep and Keeping Them Asleep.
   Coping with Childhood Bullying
   Managing Behavior One Day at a Time.
   Spare the Rod, Spare the Child.
   Testing the Limits.
   Power Struggles? Premack Them!
   A Parent’s Perspective in Verse, Or, How to Survive the Winter Holidays.
   The Seven Secrets of Surviving Summer
   Holiday Tears, Holiday Fears
   On Magic, Myths and Monsters
   Anticipating the Holidays … Again
   Happy Father’s Day.
   Time Need Not Fly.
   On Preaching and Practicing: A Parent’s Awesome Responsibility as a Role Model.
   Are You Suffering From Parent Burn-Out
   Parent Yourself, Too.
   Even as Parents, We Remain Children.
   Armageddon in the Heartland.
   Teenage Rebellion in the Decade of AIDS:  Are Our Kids Worse or Are the Stakes Higher?
   A Child’s Cry from South Carolina Wakes Me Every Night
   In Memory of a Childhood Lost: Jessica Dubroff  1989-1996
   The Mathematics of Parenting.
   Every Parent’s Paranoia.
   Navigating the Maze of Mental Health Services
   Self-Esteem, Shame and the Differently-Baled Child
   When One Child Gets Sick, The Others Suffer Too.

For a sample of these article, go to
Dr. Garber's Articles

Professional
Affiliations

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
The New Hampshire Psychological Association (NHPA)
The American Psychological Association (APA)
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
New Hampshire Children's Lobby
New Hampshire Network
Parenting Publications of America

Contracted
Panel Provider

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insurance and billing

Prior to September, 1999, Dr. Garber was an active participant in and contracted panel provider for many and varied insurance panels. As of the opening of his private practice, he chose to withdraw from all such participation in the belief that the practical and ethical restrictions imposed by managed health care were untenable and often diametrically contrary to the patient’s well-being. For more information, visit Dr. Garber’s website at www.healthyparent.com.

For Further
Information

References, reprints, articles and/or other documentation is available upon request. Please contact Dr. Garber via post, e-mail or phone to receive any further information.