Education & Experience

I am a forensic focused Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. My work centers at the intersection of clinical psychology and the law, with a focus on high conflict family court matters. I serve in neutral, court connected roles including parenting coordination, reunification therapy, parenting capacity evaluations, psychological assessment and risk focused assessment, structured coparenting and parallel parenting intervention, and consultation for complex parent child contact problems.

I earned my Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD) with distinction from Capella University, my Master’s degree in Social Work from Fordham University, and my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Franklin Pierce University, where I graduated magna cum laude with honors in psychology. My professional work spans more than two decades in clinical and forensic settings, with a longstanding focus on family court matters.

My professional training is deliberately aligned with the realities of court connected family work. This includes advanced education through the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts in parent child contact problems and in family law responses to violence and coercive control, as well as formal training in parenting coordination and child custody evaluation fundamentals.

I am also trained in the New Ways for Families model, a skills based intervention for high conflict coparenting dynamics, and I have advanced training in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy through the Albert Ellis Institute, which supports structured work with emotion regulation, cognitive rigidity, and high reactivity.

A central component of my reunification focused preparation includes extended training through William James College in collaboration with the Overcoming Barriers program, with emphasis on children’s alignment and resistance, resist refuse dynamics, and structured intervention planning in complex parent child contact cases. This training informs my approach to reunification oriented work in cases where clinical issues, family system dynamics, and litigation pressures intersect.

I also hold approved Parenting Coordinator status with a domestic violence designation on the New Jersey Judiciary roster and have completed formal divorce mediation training through the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators, along with interdisciplinary collaborative family law training. These qualifications support my work in roles that require neutrality, careful boundaries, and objective clinical reasoning.

For detailed information about Dr. Forshee’s experience and training, her curriculum vitae can be accessed here

Professional Education, Training and Consultation

Throughout my career, I have delivered more than 55 professional trainings and invited lectures across clinical, legal, and multidisciplinary settings, as reflected in the speaking engagements listed in my curriculum vitae.

A significant portion of my recent speaking has been directed to attorneys and other legal professionals, including continuing education programming through the New Jersey State Bar Association and New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on topics that intersect directly with family law practice, high conflict dynamics, and domestic violence and coercive control. I have also presented to bar and court adjacent audiences in New Jersey, including programming connected with the Monmouth County Bar Association

Earlier in my career, my training work focused heavily on psychiatric crisis intervention, suicide and risk assessment, and deescalation in high acuity environments, including hospital wide education and emergency setting consultation. I have provided training within major health system settings and community based professional forums, as well as to law enforcement audiences including the Ocean County Police Academy. Consistent with that clinical foundation, I have also delivered continuing education through Rutgers University programs focused on suicide and risk assessment.

In addition to education and training, I have been invited to contribute clinical perspective to policy discussions affecting court connected families, including meetings with interdisciplinary stakeholders and counsel to the Governor’s Office regarding proposed legislative issues. I was also invited to appear before the State Senate in connection with proposed bills, where stakeholder collaboration resulted in agreed upon language modifications and formal testimony was ultimately not required.