Dr. Leslie M Drozd PHD is a highly experienced and licensed psychologist and marriage, family, and child therapist based in Newport Beach, CA. With over 32 years of expertise, Dr. Drozd specializes in working with families in various stages of divorce, offering coparenting therapy, family therapy, reunification therapy, and parent coordination. She is also a renowned child custody evaluator, providing her services to attorneys and serving as a testifying expert in family law matters. Dr. Drozd has contributed significantly to the field, having helped write the Association of Family Conciliation Courts Model Standards for conducting child custody evaluations and guidelines for parenting plan evaluations involving allegations of domestic violence. She is actively involved in professional organizations and has published extensively on topics such as parent-child contact problems and resist-refuse cases.
Dr. Drozd's expertise and dedication to her field have earned her numerous accolades, including being the founding editor of the peer-reviewed international Journal of Child Custody and receiving the prestigious John E. Van Duzer award from the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) for distinguished service. She continues to contribute to the field through her involvement in AFCC and Overcoming Barriers, as well as her role on the editorial board for Family Court Review. Dr. Drozd's commitment to improving the evaluation process is evident in her co-edited books and book chapters on various topics related to child custody cases, domestic violence, psychological testing, and family therapy. Her latest book, "Parenting Plan Child Custody Evaluations Using Decision Trees to Increase Evaluator Competence Avoid Preventable Errors," provides valuable tools and checklists to enhance decision-making accuracy and reduce biases and errors in evaluations. Dr. Drozd's practice is located at 1001 Dove Street, Suite #110 in Newport Beach, CA.
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