I couldn't agree more with the other reviews... here is my own in as few words as possible. There are many reputable providers out there, Kathy and her office staff are not one of them. She failed to connect with our daughter, she failed to keep her promises, and not once did she or her office reach out with updates or to schedule additional sessions. I was responsible for pushing them to do their job... it was an emotionally and financially draining experience that resulted in zero progress and much wasted time and effort. My advice, don't give up - find an alternative provider and never look back. read more

Please be careful I begged my Attorney to do a parental time evaluation and it was $16,000 and to date my jaw still drops. This Dr Todd Bennett was biased against me, deemed me as mental concerns with no diagnosis, interrogated me just like my ex-husband did. I was very honest throughout the entire evaluation and had 20 witnesses he never even called. He's appointed by the courts so he doesn't really see anything more than drama and bantering between spouses. I left a 16 year marriage because of safety, coercive control, abuse, they only want to hear about physical, not verbal and mental. My ex threatened me for 13 years and said he would kill me or by the house behind me if I ever left. Well here we are three years later and because of Dr Todd Bennett everything's happening to my son. My son is a victim of abuse and several abuse allegations, NOT from me, from him and I warned Dr. Bennett and also my attorneys that my ex is going to isolate my child, just like he did me and stalked me for two years and broke into my home with his ex convict connections, I paid $40,000 for a private investigator, IT specialist, analysis and I was even with 17 witnesses. now my ex is intentionally trying to get my 12 year old son kicked out of school, bribes him, grooms him, and its ignored. My son has 50-50 home stays due to Dr. Bennett's inconsistencies and self-absorbed accusations, and my son is declining to date and nobody will help because of his in accurate report. My ex still slanders me to this day, he tries to use this report against me with people at church, my job, and it's a constant "smear campaign". Your family will be advised two weeks after the report is received that you can't share the actual report or it's contempt of court. Go figure today I am still being abused by my ex verbally, emotionally, and mentally because of this man. Be careful everyone; the biased report is a real thing that will change your life. I refuse to live in fear and live in the past and to date I can't get my son to help he needs because of his bogus report and inconsistencies. The police even tried to put my innocent 10-year-old son in twice when he's called 911- twice in person calling him a liar. This man needs to stop doing PTEs He needs to learn what coercive control and sociopathic retaliation is. Thank you for ruining my son's life! read more

DO NOT GET A CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION HERE. It took much longer than what was discussed and the total evaluation fee was much more than what was quoted. There were three months of no work being done, no communication, no "next steps", and if you contacted the office or Kathy Edwards direct, you would not get a response. Both attorneys from each side were frustrated with the process, negligence of communication, and lack of attention to detail. The final report was written in two days over a weekend with an apology email that she was busy doing her dissertation for her doctorate's degree. Additionally, the report was written with false statements, completely biased to one side, and a complete lack of reviewing actual evidence. All contacts of witnesses were contacted on one side but not the other, she didn't follow through with all collateral contacts as she had said she would. All the evidence that was submitted was not noted in the report, rather, she wrote about the opposing side's opinions of statements with no evidence. There were videos, pictures, emails, texts messages, of parental alienation and there was complete disregard to all of them. The psychological testing was very clear that one side had complete uncontrollable mental history and acknowledgement while the other had a high "L Score". Kathy wrote in her report that the L score was high due to trying to lie through the test, when in fact, my party has no mental health history or current issues. The child visitations were written well with how they went, however, they were not weighted in the report and merely a statement. When this report was presented to the judge and the other party's counsel, everyone (all three members) were in agreement that it was a very poorly written report and analysis of the situation. Her sole hire was to investigate historical mental history, current mental history, any potential abuse claims and find any evidentiary to support claims, and to seek out the best interest of the children. For the next two years, due to the lack of work ethic and actual due diligence, the minor children will be missing their father in their lives without a normal schedule. He now has to fight for them again in a few years due to the complete negligence of the report, investigation, and findings. For 6 months of waiting for this report, her excuse for not having support for mental health history records was... "when we get any new and updated findings, we will update the court." Meaning, their office and Kathy Edwards didn't follow through with any of their requests for documents or records. DO NOT HIRE THIS OFFICE!!! read more

DO NOT GET A CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION HERE. Especially if you are a father! Dr Todd Bennett is a s corrupt as it gets. He wrote the most one sided, inaccurate child custody evaluation as possible, believing every lie the mother told him and even making up his own false accusations along the way. Others have said he stated in a child custody case that his "default recommendation is 90-10, in favor of the mother". $8,000 later I have to fight his lies just to get fair custody of my daughter. I hope karma catches up to this monster some day. read more

My 'report' was written so poorly and biased that even my attorney suggested we file to have it redone by another person and said he would never use her again. The report that was supposed to be unbiased had her personal recommendations and even worse, false information. She had literally misquoted me on the entire document and added in false statements claiming I said them. She took the other sides story and added parts of it to mine almost verbatim from his claims and quoted me as saying it. None of my concerns or statements were in it. I actually thought she had gotten me confused with another client. In hindsight, she had made up her mind before meeting with me. Kathy Edwards is a disgrace to her profession and those who work beside her. Families see people like her in one of their most stressful times of need and she exploits them. read more