Expert-witness and case consultation services are provided only through attorneys, courts, and agencies. Individuals involved in a legal matter should ask their attorney to make contact. Inquiries from self-represented parties cannot be accepted. Training, speaking, and organizational inquiries are welcome from professionals and organizations.
This service does not provide therapy or crisis support. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. For confidential support, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline).
For Attorneys
Coercive control can be difficult to understand when individual events are considered separately.
The significance of a particular behavior may become clearer when examined within a larger pattern of repetition, intimidation, dependency, restriction, retaliation, surveillance, isolation, or consequences for resistance.
Subject-matter consultation can help attorneys identify and explain these dynamics while distinguishing clinical interpretation from ultimate legal conclusions.
Potential consultation topics include coercive-control dynamics, trauma responses, post-separation abuse, financial abuse, stalking, social isolation, credibility attacks, occupational consequences, and the cumulative functional effects of prolonged coercion.
Professional Inquiries
For information regarding availability, conflicts checks, records review, consultation, or expert-witness services, please contact:
Michelle Piper, LMFT
Coercive Control Subject-Matter Expert & Expert Witness Consultant
Email: consult@coercivecontrolexpertwitness.com
CV available upon request.
Service area: Based in California. Consultation is available remotely nationwide, and Michelle Piper is available to travel for deposition and trial testimony throughout the United States.
Inquiries are welcome regarding:
- Expert witness services
- Attorney consultation
- Professional training
- Speaking
- Organizational consultation
Please contact Michelle Piper directly or use the contact form below. Initial inquiries should briefly identify the nature of the matter, jurisdiction, anticipated service requested, and relevant deadlines.
Inquiries are typically answered within one business day.
Please do not send confidential records or case materials until a conflicts check and engagement process have been completed.
Information submitted through this form is handled as described in the Privacy Notice.
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Professional Disclaimer
Information on this website is provided for professional and educational purposes only and does not constitute psychotherapy, mental-health or psychological advice, legal advice, a forensic opinion, or the establishment of a therapist-client or expert-client relationship.
Expert opinions are developed only after appropriate engagement, review of relevant information, and consideration of the scope and limitations of the requested consultation.
Whether an individual may testify as an expert in a particular proceeding is determined under the applicable rules and by the court.
