Your Guide to Custody Consulting:
Case Strategy, Expert Witness, Work Product Review, & Coercive Control Evaluation
Consultant and Strategist
Collaborative Child Custody Strategy & Consultation
Dr. Jenna Saul partners with clients and attorneys to build case plans, objectives, and persuasive narratives that ensure consistency, continuity, and powerful impact in every child custody case. With over 25 years of forensic and clinical expertise, she explains complex concepts in straightforward, compassionate ways, making the process easier to understand and navigate.
When to Work with Dr. Jenna as a Consultant or Strategist:
Collaborate to create solutions, strategies, and tactics grounded in the latest social science research and best practice standards.
Develop a comprehensive case theory and actionable strategy tailored for highly complex or contested custody cases.
Formulate effective questions for direct and cross-examination of evaluators, expert witnesses, parties, and other key witnesses.
Organize and write compelling, evidence-based case content that strengthens your legal position.
Bring clarity to complicated psychological and legal issues, delivering trauma-informed recommendations and guidance.
Navigate multiple psychological and psychobehavioral concerns with integrated forensic psychiatric expertise.
Dr. Jenna’s distinctive approach bridges legal strategy with psychological science, ensuring that every element of your case aligns with the best interests of your child and stands up to scrutiny in family court
Expert Witness Services
As a Board-Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with extensive forensic expertise, Dr Jenna Saul provides objective, authoritative consultation and testimony in complex custody cases. Her qualifications span child custody disputes, forensic procedures, and evidence-based reasoning, ensuring the court receives clear and reliable information.
Dr Jenna Saul’s clinical experience includes treating children, adolescents, and families impacted by divorce, custody conflicts, and domestic violence. These insights shape her forensic work, resulting in thorough and trauma-informed evaluations.
She serves in multiple expert roles:
Neutral Expert: Court-appointed child custody evaluator, delivering impartial, science-based assessments focused on the child’s best interests.
Retained Expert: Reviewer of forensic work product by other evaluators, identifying strengths, limitations, and overlooked risk factors such as coercive control or domestic violence.
Work Product Review
Work Product Review is typically engaged when you need a thorough, unbiased evaluation of an existing custody/parenting evaluation—for accuracy, safety, and fairness. Dr. Jenna Saul draws on her forensic, trauma, and clinical expertise to identify gaps, errors, or missed coercive control dynamics, helping families and legal teams correct critical issues before further court action.
Coercive Control Evaluation
Coercive Control Evaluation is a specialized forensic service used when abusive patterns are suspected but not well-identified in the case. This evaluation provides courts and litigators with a scientifically informed assessment of manipulation, intimidation, and non-physical abuse—helping ensure children and targets of coercive control are protected.
Whether you need clear, compelling testimony to educate the court or detailed analysis to strengthen your legal strategy, her interdisciplinary approach ensures complex family dynamics and child safety concerns are understood and addressed in every case.
Let Dr. Jenna Handle Client Crisis Calls So You Can Focus on Legal Strategy
Jenna provides vital support to attorneys and their clients by:
Helping clients restore emotional balance during custody disputes.
Setting realistic expectations to reduce client anxiety.
Assisting clients in coping with intense emotions.
Reinforcing the central focus on the child(ren)’s well-being.
By entrusting Dr. Jenna with client emotional crises, attorneys can concentrate fully on case strategy and legal advocacy, while ensuring clients receive trauma-informed guidance that promotes healthier family outcomes
Attorneys: Did your client’s weekend exchange go poorly?
Is Your Monday Voicemail Flooded with Urgent Client Calls?
Family law clients often reach out repeatedly to their attorneys during crises and stressful moments. Managing these urgent emotional calls can be overwhelming and distracting from your legal work
By partnering with Dr. Jenna Saul, you can ensure your clients receive expert crisis support and emotional guidance, allowing you to focus on building strong legal strategies and case advocacy.
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