This program is FREE for BHBA Members and $35 for Non Members.

Mental Health Professionals: In addition to registering using the link above, please complete this questionnaire to be included in the Resource Booklet provided to program attendees.

This program is co-sponsored by

Susan Thrall of Family Court Services will kick off this multi-faceted program with an update about the services provided by Family Court Services

Next, our panelists Judge Harvey Silberman, Gitu Bhatia, Psy.D and attorney Jeffery Jacobson, will address the many services mental health professionals can provide to augment legal services and enhance the support family law attorneys provide to clients and their clients’ families in litigated and non-litigated matters. The panelists will share their observations about heightened tension between counsel, increases in the number of parties presenting with serious mental health issues, concerns about trauma and secondary trauma and suggestions for how to respond to these challenges.

Following the panel, we meet the mental health professionals. They will introduce themselves and describe their practices and special areas of expertise.

After the formal presentation is completed, program attendees and mental health professionals will have a chance to get to know each other in randomly assigned break-out rooms.

All program attendees will receive an electronic Resource Booklet consisting of detailed questionnaires completed by participating mental health professionals.

MCLE CREDIT This activity has been approved for participatory Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount shown above and the Beverly Hills Bar Association certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.