LISA ROTHFUS, LCSW, MSW, BEd, BA
- Lisa Rothfus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked with families and children in private practice for over 35 years
- She earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from Simmons School of Social Work in Boston, Massachusetts
- Interned at two Harvard teaching hospitals
- Post master's training in Structural Family Therapy at Cambridge Family Institute in Boston,
Massachusetts - Specializes in counseling families transitioning through all stages of divorce and high conflict family situations
- Assesses and treats families affected by Parental Alienation, and offers mild, moderate, and severe Reunification Therapy
- Appointed by the courts in numerous Texas counties to assess and provide counseling for families experiencing alienation or estrangement issues
- Worked as a Guardian Ad Litem, Mediator, and Parent Facilitator/Coordinator in the Texas Courts
- Appointed as a Reunification Therapist for families out of states if a child resides in Texas
- Offers a 4-day Intensive Reunification Program out of Austin, Texas for severely alienated parents who have been awarded custody by the court of their alienated child. This program requires a “no Contact order”, and is a combination of structural family therapy, psychoeducational information, experiential therapy, and includes an extensive aftercare protocol for the alienating parent
Private Practice Austin, TX
June 1992 – Present
Reunification Therapy, including Intensive No-Contact – Local and nation-wide Reunification Therapist for families, offering a 4-day Intensive Reunification Program out of Austin, Texas for severely alienated parents who have been awarded custody by the court of their alienated child. This program requires a “no Contact order”, and is a combination of structural family therapy, psychoeducational information, experiential therapy, and includes an extensive aftercare protocol for the alienating parent
Psychotherapy with individuals, families, couples, and groups. Specializing in child and family issues, divorce, divorce coaching, Reunification therapy, coaching for parents around alienation issues, co-parent coaching, parenting classes, therapy for adult children of alienation.
Private Guardian Ad Litem & Parent Facilitator/ Coordinator – Court-appointed GAL including significant court appearance time.
Love and Logic Trainer/Facilitator – Lisa is a Certified Love and Logic Parent Facilitator trained in Love and Logic beginning and advanced techniques. Parent coaching and Parenting classes teaching Love and Logic parenting strategies is a philosophy which allows adults to be more empowered, empathetic, and skilled in their interactions with children and adolescents. Currently offering On- Line/Live classes.
Family Clarity Austin, TX
2017 – 2019
Co-Founder/Owner – An experimental start-up formed to investigate the application of computer Expert System models to the determination of Parental Alienation with the goal to providing highly-accurate, Daubert-defensible evaluations to the court.
KidKonnect
2008 – 2015
Founder / Owner - KidKonnect is an innovative training and services company that offers parent coaching and counseling, and seminars for parents and educators. KidKonnect combines the disciplines of neuroscience, psychology, and
attachment theory, to help parents and educators more effectively parent and
Austin, TX
KidKonnect AustinKidKonnect.com
teach children of all ages. KidKonnect offers support to parents and teachers in
understanding the ways the brain learns naturally and avoiding unnecessary struggles and conflicts at home and in the classroom.
Presentations
- 2022- Presenter and Developer of – “Love & Logic Meets Neuroscience: Parenting the Whole Brain Child” - 6-week On-Line Parenting Course
- 2022- Presenter Family Access Fall Conference - “Families Stuck in the Past: Moving Them Forward into a Future Focused Reunification Process”
- 2020, 2021 –Co- Presenter- “Parental Alienation- Legal and Clinical Considerations” w/ Mary Alverez and Chris Turner
- 2019 – Presenter - Parental Alienation Study Group International Conference – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 2019 – Presenter Webinar Herdacity – “Taking Kids Out of The Middle During Divorce”
- 2017 – Presenter at Hayes County Bench Bar, Austin, Texas with Judge Brenda Smith –
“Parental Alienation Puzzle: Identification, Assessment, Treatment” - 2014-2016 – “Helping your Child through Divorce: Strategies for Promoting Resiliency”- Austin
Community Libraries - 2013-2016 – “Surviving Your Divorce: Strategies for Moving Forward”- Riverbend Church
- 2007-2016 - “Love & Logic with Teens: Crazy by Design”- Austin Community Libraries and Schools
- 2021- Family Access On-Line Conference
- 2020- Collaborative Divorce Annual Advance Training Conference- Austin, Texas
- 2020- AFCC Special Webinar training series on Parent-Child Conflict Problems
- 2020 –Children for Tomorrow- “Opening the Door to Parental Alienation”
- 2019 – Parental Alienation Study Group International Conference – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Presenter)
- 2019 – Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training – (received certificate)
- 2018 – Collaborative Law Annual Conference – Austin, Texas
- 2018 Advanced Collaborative Family Law Conference- Austin, Texas
- 2018- Training with Texas Association of Addition Professionals - Recovery Forward- New Initiatives for Better Outcomes
- 2017 – Training on Parental Alienation – Amy Baker PhD. – (Listed on website as an Approved Provider)
- 2017 – Treating Parental Alienation – 30-hour training – Delaware Psychological Association - Linda Gottlieb and Dr. Steven Miller
- 2017 – 10th Annual Collaborative Law - Texas Bar course # 901359578
- 2016 – Moving Families Forward Reunification/Alienation Training – Alyson Jones &
Associates
- 2016 – Advanced Collaborative Law - Texas Bar Course #901329588 (includes 2 hours ethics)
- 2016 – Parent Facilitation and Coordination training (32 hours) Ann Marie Termini (earned certificate)
- 2016 – Austin Dispute Resolution Center Course – Texas Bar #901324601 (Includes 6.75 hours ethics)
- 2015 – Austin Bar Association Family Law Section Course #901317686
- 2015 – Collaborative Law Training- Austin, Texas (Includes 2 hours Ethics)
- 2015 – Bill Eddy - New Ways for Families Training- Austin, Texas - Earned renewal certificate
- 2015 – Collaborative Law Advanced Interdisciplinary Training – Houston, Texas
- 2014 – Parenting Coordination/Facilitation Training – 19 hours – Houston, Texas - Bradley Craig & Aaron Robb - (earned certificate)
- 2014 – Basic Mediation (40-hour course) – (earned certificate)
- 2014 – Advanced Family Mediation – 30-hour course – (earned certificate)
- 2014 – Collaborative Law Institute – (earned certificate) for as Mental Health Professional in Collaborative Law Cases
- 2014 – AFCC International Conference - AFCC 11th Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations
- 2014 – Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Training – Austin, Texas
- 2013 & 2014 – Training - Bill Eddy– (24 hours) - Working with High Conflict Families – Trained
provider New Ways
- 2012 – Power of Mindsets – Learning & the Brain Summer Institute – Harvard University
- 2011 – Learning & the Brain Expo – Cambridge, MA
- 2007 – Gurian Institute – Training Division – 5-day training Received Certification in Parenting Program.
- 2007 – Boys & Girls Learn Differently- Colorado Springs, CO – 5 Day Gurian Summer Institute- Michael Gurian & Assoc-
- 2007 – Beyond Pink & Blue: Emerging Science of Sex Differences 3 Day Seminar – Celebration, FL, - Leonard Sax, MD, Ph.D.
- 2006 – Boys & Girls Learn Differently – Colorado Springs, CO – 5 Day Gurian Summer Institute – Michael Gurian & Assoc
- 2004 – Love and Logic Instructor Training – Denver, CO – 5 Day Training w/Fay and Cline – Trained Provider for Love & Logic
- Parental Alienation Study Group
- Family Access
- Association of Families and Conciliatory Courts
- New Ways for Families – Trained therapist
• Certified Love & Logic Parent Facilitator
• www.LisaRothfus.com
• [email protected]
• 4131 Spicewood Springs Rd – D-3 Austin, TX 78759
(512) 643-2851
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