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Meetings & Events

OCTOBER 10, 2023

COERCIVE CONTROL

Tuesday

October 10, 2023

4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Brookdale Community College

A primer for judicial, legal, & mental health professionals

Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD, author of Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in You Intimate Relationship

Hon. Marc R. Brown, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County

Gary Blaustein, Esq., Basking Ridge

MAY 9, 2022

Hot Topics in Parent-Child Contact Problems
 

Tuesday

May 9, 2023

4:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Maggiano's Little Italy

 

MODERATOR:  Jonathan Wall, PH.D

Panelists:

Hon. Lisa Chrsytal, P.J.F.P (Ret.)

Robert Epstein, Esq.

Derek Free, Esq.

Susan Montgomery, Psy.D.

Marcy Pasternak, PH.D

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Adolescent Development and Issues that Arise in Divorce Families

4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Via ZOOM

  • Moderated by Shireen Meistrich, LCSW

  • Marcy Pasternak, Ph.D.

  • Sharon Ryan Montgomery, Psy.D.

  • Alexandra Coglianese, Esq.

  • Amy Wechsler, Esq.

  • Eileen Kohutis, Ph.D.

  • Hon. Stavey D. Adams, J.S.C.

April 27, 2022

 Annual Meeting 
When Cultures   Collide

Wednesday

April 27, 2022

4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Via ZOOM

 

MODERATOR:  Hon. Hany A. Mawla, J.A.D.

Panelists:

Jeffrey Singer, Ph.D.

Aileen Torres, Ph.D.

Babita Spinelli, LP, JD

April 27, 2021

ANNUAL MEETING
Gender Diversity and Sexual Orientation Issues in Contested Custody Cases

Panelists:

Sarah Burgamy, Ph.D.

Jodi Argentino, Esq.

Moderator: Gregg Benson, MA, LCADC

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Resist/Refuse Dynamics

Via ZOOM October 8, 2020 - 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Panelist discussion on refuse/resist dynamics, the types of treatment available and roadblocks and pitfalls in implementing treatment and in representing clients in these cases.

Explore this link for other upcoming conferences: [https://www.afccnet.org/Conferences-Training/AFCC-Conferences]

AFCC International

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Resist/Refuse Dynamics

Via ZOOM October 8, 2020 - 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Panelist discussion on refuse/resist dynamics, the types of treatment available and roadblocks and pitfalls in implementing treatment and in representing clients in these cases.

Thursday, April 23, 2020

NJ Chapter Annual Meeting via Zoom

6:00 p.m. via Zoom - Invitation Only

Annual Elections and Presentation of the Phil Sobel Award

November 13, 2019

Supervised Parenting Time

4:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. at The Offices of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., 90 Woodbridge Ctr Dr., Suite 900, Woodbridge, New Jersey

WE ARE SORRY - THIS MEETING IS SOLD OUT Please join us for this workship on assessing the need for supervised parenting time, the use of different models of supervision, implementation of the process, including appropriate safeguards, and determining when and under what conditions supervision is no longer necessary. This is an intermediate level program, for which some basic knowledge of the specific contest is required.

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Open Board Meeting - NJ Chapter of AFCC

11:00 a.m. - Millstone Township, NJ 08510

Come and get an update on our chapter activities, and enjoy time together. Learn how you can become more involved in our Chapter. Guests are welcome! Please R.S.V.P. to afccnewjersey@gmail.com by Wednesday, October 6, 2019.

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Friday, June 7, 2019

Intimate Partner Violence - Understanding the Coercive Control Continuum: Dynamics, Concepts & the Effects

10:00 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. Crowne Plaza Princeton - Conference Center 900 Scudders Mill Road Plainsboro, New Jersey

  • Cynthia M. Lischick, PhD, Psychology, LPC, DVS and Evan Stark, MSW, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University

  • 4 Domestic Violence CE Credits Available

  • For more information click here

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May 29 – June 1, 2019

AFCC 56th Annual Conference

Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto

The Future of Family Justice: International Innovations

For more information click here

April 16, 2019

Annual Meeting, Elections and Program

5:30–8:30pm

Maggiano’s, 900 Commons Way, Bridgewater, NJ

Settlement-based Custody Evaluations

Presenters: Hon. Lisa F. Chrystal, P.J.F.P., Marcy Pasternak, Ph.D., Sharon Ryan Montgomery, Psy.D., and Charles Vuotto, Esq.

Please contact Amy Wechsler at AWechsler@swldfamilylaw.com for further information.

September 25, 2018

Mid-Year Meeting

4:00–7:15pm

Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, LLC, 400 Crossing Blvd., Bridgewater, NJ

Parental Decision Making With High Conflict Families

Moderator: Sharon Ryan Montgomery, Psy.D.

Speakers: William Campagna, Ph.D., Thomas DeCataldo, Esq., Cynthia Lischick, Ph.D., Hon. Maureen B. Mantineo, J.S.C., and Shireen Meistrich, L.C.S.W.

September 16, 2018

Open Board Meeting

April 18, 2018

Annual Meeting, Elections and Program

5:00–9:00pm

Maggiano’s, 900 Commons Way, Bridgewater, NJ

Treatment and Interventions in High Conflict Custody Cases in Light of Allegations of Domestic Violence

Moderator: Sharon Ryan Montgomery, Psy.D.

Speakers: Cynthia Lischick, Ph.D., Hon. Hany Mawla, J.A.D., Ann Ordway, Ph.S., and Amy Z. Shimalla, Esq.

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