Jon Aaronson, PhD, LPC
Divorce Conflict & Partner Abuse Solutions, LLC
16 North Carroll Street, Suite 702
Madison, WI 53703
Phone 608.443.0700
Fax 608.443.0701
Website www.divorce-conflict-solutions.com
EDUCATION
1986 PhD, Counselor Education, Department of Counseling & Guidance, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dissertation: A factor analytic exploration of connectedness and separateness in the marital psychotherapy literature.
1966 MA, Political Science, Michigan State University
1964 BA, Political Science, Harpur College, SUNY at Binghamton
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
1994 Licensed Professional Counselor (No. 1366-125), State of Wisconsin
Diplomate of Clinical Forensic Counseling
American College of Certified Forensic Counselors
1994 Fellow, Wisconsin Sex Offender Treatment Network (inactive)
AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
· Academy on Abuse and Violence
· American Mental Health Counselors Association
· American Psychological Association
· Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
· Family Violence Treatment and Education Association
· Prevention as a Cure
· Wisconsin Association of Mediators
PRACTICE & EXPERTISE
June 2010 Psychotherapist, Divorce Conflict & Partner Abuse Solutions, LLC, Madison WI
· Adult Psychotherapy
· Anger Management
· Strengths-based, Research-informed Assessment Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence
· Co-parent Counseling
· Divorce-related Family Therapy
· Mediation and Evaluation of Custody/Access Disputes
o Child Relocation/Move-Aways
o Parent-child Alienation
o Placement of Infants and Toddlers
· Parent Coordination
2006-2010 Psychotherapist, Capitol Associates, SC, Madison WI
2004–2005 Interim Mediator and Custody/Placement Dispute Evaluator,
Family Court Counseling Services, Jefferson County, WI
2002-2006 Psychotherapist, Advanced Psychological Innovations, SC, Madison WI
1980-2002 Counselor, Family Court Counseling Services, Dane County, WI
Mediation and evaluation of children’s best interests in custody/access disputes; expert testimony in Family Court proceedings; parent education programming; development of an informal network of mental health, medical, legal, school, human service, and law enforcement professionals formulating options and coordinating services and resources on behalf of children involved in high conflict custody disputes.
1991 Lecturer, Department of Counseling Psychology & Counselor Education, UW-Madison
1986, 1989 Visiting Faculty, Child & Family Studies Program, UW-Madison
Family Change: The Divorce Transition.
1987, 1989 Instructor, Department of Health and Human Issues, UW-Madison
Working Effectively with Custody and Visitation Disputes.
1978-1979 Teaching Assistant, Department of Counseling & Guidance, UW-Madison
1974-1978 Counselor, University Counseling Services, UW-Madison
1974 National Teaching Fellow, Education Department, Milton College, Milton WI
1969-1972 Instructor, Urban Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
2011 Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, 48TH Annual Conference; Research, Policy and Practice in Family Courts: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Intimate Partner Violence in Determinations of Children’s Best Interests—Prioritizing Social Science Data to Gender Paradigm Beliefs, with John Hamel, LCSW, Orlando, FL, June 3, 2011.
State Bar of Wisconsin, PINNACLE Seminar; Domestic Violence Litigation: Practical and Legal Consequences. From Behind Closed Doors into the Courtroom: Research on Intimate Partner Violence Applied to Everyday Practice of Family Law, Madison, WI, April 8, 2011.
Dane County Family Law Attorneys Group. Infant/Toddler Overnight Periods of Placement with Parents Living Elsewhere (PLEs): Controversy or Consensus? Madison, WI, February 10, 2011.
2010 State Bar of Wisconsin Guardian ad Litem Training. Child Alienation in Divorce: Basics and a Bit Beyond, Madison, WI, May 2010.
2008 Wisconsin Psychological Association Conference – Resilience, Recovery, and Relationships. Domestic Violence and Child Custody: Issues for Clinicians, Madison, WI, April 18, 2008.
National Family Violence Legislative Resource Center Conference – Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence and Child Custody: Family Court Professionals’ Knowledge and Beliefs, Sacramento CA, February 16, 2008.
2007 Dane County Family Law Attorneys Group. Custody/Placement Litigation and Gender-Neutrality in the Wisconsin Family Code – Testing Standard Formulations with Data in Allegations of Domestic Violence, Madison, WI, March 8, 2007.
State Bar of Wisconsin Guardian ad Litem Training. Placement Planning for Young Children, with Attorney Lisa Friedrich, Madison WI, April 2007.
Wisconsin Association of Mediators Emerging Issues Conference. Mediation and Domestic Abuse, with Attorney/Mediator Jeff Ingebritsen, Attorney/Victim Advocate Jamie Kratz-Gullickson, Family Court Evaluator/Mediator Sharon Koski, and Therapist/Mediator Susan Bronson, Madison WI, November 14, 2007.
2006 Wisconsin State Bar Advanced Guardian ad Litem Training. Assessing Child Estrangement and Alienation in Cases Presenting Allegations of Domestic Violence, with Director of Milwaukee Task Force on Family Violence Carmen Pitre and Attorney Karyn Gimbel Youso, Madison, WI, April 26, 2006.
International Association of Collaborative Professionals, 7th Annual Education and Networking Forum. Domestic Abuse Cases and Collaborative Practice:A Theoretical Model of Why and How They Can Be SuccessfullyUndertaken and/or Completed, with Attorneys Nancy Cameron and Karyn Gimbel Youso, San Diego CA, October 2006.
2005 Dane County Parent Council. Infant, Toddler, Preschooler Experience of Parental Separation: How Childcare Providers Can Help, Madison WI, February 2005.
Wisconsin Early Childhood Education Association, and Wisconsin AfterSchool Association. High Conflict Separated Families’ Challenges to Daycare Providers: Avoiding the Pitfalls, Dodgeville WI, April 23, 2005.
South Central Wisconsin Clinical Section of the National Association of Social Workers. Young Children’s Adjustment to Parental Separation and Their Transition from an Intact to a Two-household Family, Madison, WI, January 21, 2005.
Wisconsin State Bar Advanced Guardian ad Litem Training. Identifying Psychological Disorders, with Nina Bartell, PhD, Madison WI, April 27, 2005.
2004 State Bar of Wisconsin, Annual Convention. Co-parent Counseling and Parent Coordination: Post-Judgment Interventions for High Conflict Separated and Divorced Parents, with Attorney John Schuster, Madison WI, May 2004.
1989 Dane County Committee to Implement Act 355: Guardian ad Litem Training. Family Systems in Custody Disputes, Madison WI.
Family Portrait: Conference on Change in the Family, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Winnebago Mental health Institute. Family Change: The Divorce Transition; and Systems-Oriented Evaluation of Custody and Visitation Disputes, Appleton WI.
Wisconsin Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect. Richard Gardner’s Parental Alienation Syndrome in Custody and Visitation Disputes.
1986 Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 24th Annual Conference. Judicial vs. Parental Determination of Joint Custody: Two Partial Analyses, Ft. Lauderdale FL.
PUBLICATIONS
Aaronson, J. (2011). Book review: Johnston, Roseby & Kuehnle, In the Name of the Child: A Developmental Approach to Understanding and Helping Children of Conflicted and Violent Divorce (2nd Edition), Partner Abuse, 2, 1, 121-128.
Aaronson, J. (2007.) Overnight placement for infants and toddlers: Attachment-oriented guidance for professionals counseling high conflict separated parents. (Paper under revision for publication.)
Aaronson, J. Assessing child estrangement and alienation in cases presenting allegations of domestic violence. (Paper prepared for State Bar of Wisconsin Guardian ad Litem Training, April 2006.)
Aaronson, J. (2005). Collaborative divorce in cases of domestic violence? Take it seriously. Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin Newsletter (May).
Dutton, D.G., Hamel, J. & Aaronson, J. (2010). The gender paradigm in family court processes: Re-balancing the scales of justice from biased social science. Journal of Child Custody, 7(1), 1-31.
Hamel, J., Desmarais, S.L., Nicholls, T.L., Malley-Morrison, K. & Aaronson, J. (2009). Domestic violence and child custody: Are family court professionals' decisions based on erroneous beliefs? Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 1(2), 37-52.
July 2012