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.
Expert Witness & Litigation Consultation in Coercive Control, IPV & Domestic Violence Matters
Michelle Piper provides consultation regarding coercive control, intimate partner abuse, trauma, post-separation abuse, and the psychological and functional effects of sustained patterns of domination and control.
Services may include:
- Attorney consultation
- Case conceptualization
- Review of records and documented behavioral patterns
- Identification and explanation of coercive-control dynamics
- Analysis of trauma-related behavior that may otherwise be misunderstood
- Education regarding post-separation abuse
- Review of financial, occupational, relational, and social effects of coercive control
- Expert reports or declarations when appropriate
- Deposition or trial testimony when retained and qualified
- Translation of complex behavioral patterns into clear language for legal professionals
Expert opinions are developed only after appropriate engagement and review of the relevant information.
Consultation and expert-witness services are non-clinical and are separate from psychotherapy services.
Coercive Control Consultation
Consultation is available for attorneys, clinicians, advocates, organizations, and other professionals working with individuals affected by coercive control.
Areas of consultation may include:
- Recognition of coercive-control patterns
- Psychological and functional impact of prolonged control
- Post-separation abuse
- Financial and occupational abuse
- Social isolation and interference with support systems
- Stalking and technology-facilitated abuse
- Threats, intimidation, surveillance, and restriction of autonomy
- Credibility and reputation attacks
- Trauma responses that may be misunderstood in legal or institutional settings
- Recovery of agency and self-trust
- Documentation of patterns across time rather than isolated incidents
Training & Professional Education
Michelle Piper is available for workshops, consultation, presentations, and professional education related to coercive control, trauma, abuse dynamics, and recovery.
Audiences may include:
- Attorneys and legal professionals
- Mental-health clinicians
- Domestic-violence professionals and advocates
- Healthcare professionals
- Professional organizations
- Educators and community organizations
Training may be tailored to recognition, documentation, psychological impact, professional response, post-separation abuse, stalking, or recovery from coercive control.
