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"I found that Dr. Eirikson’s parental capacity assessment concluding that B.G. was fit to parent and that J.P. was essentially not, was deeply flawed for many reasons. Among them I found (Reasons, paras. 381- 414) that his view of the case was coloured in part by the information he received from the Director. He misunderstood the Director’s purported basis for the Apprehension, thinking that the children were apprehended because J.P. circulated the videos of the two older children’s disclosures by email. Faced with J.P.’s determined focus on sexual abuse of the children, Dr. Eirikson developed an adverse view of J.P.’s motives and mental health." 

J.P. v. British Columbia (Children and Family Development), 2015 BCSC 1216, the Honourable Mr. Justice Walker

 

The Ministry of Children and Family BC (MCFD)

                   THE PROBLEMS

 

1.  The negligence, misfeasance and breach of fiduciary duty by the  Director of Ministry of Children and Family Development and her agents in: 

  • failing to respect a parent or guardians duty to report

  • failing to offer support and guidance to parents, guardians and children who are dealing with disclosures of sexual abuse

  • failing to conduct psychometric testing on both parents or guardians when sexual abuse is reported

  • failing to properly assess and investigate reports of sexual abuse

  • wrongfully apprehending children from their parents or guardians

  • misleading judicial authorities in court proceedings

  • allowing unsupervised access to children despite a supervised access order.

  • colluding with pathogenic parents who engage in parental alienation

  • failing to provide counseling services to children involved in high-conflict divorce cases

  • failing to provide support to parents who are being alienated by a pathogenic parent 

  • failing to educate social workers to recognize and diagnose the narcissistic and/or borderline personality pathology of the parent alienating a child or children

  • systemic discrimination between custodial and non-custodial parents or guardians.

  • failing to conduct an investigation independently of judicial findings.

The Ministry of Children and Family BC (MCFD)

PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

 

  1. A Class Action against the MCFD in British Columbia in order to hold the Ministry, the Director and implicated social workers accountable for negligence, misfeasance and breach of fiduciary duty.

  2. Compensation in the form of costs and counseling to be awarded to children and families who have suffered as a consequence of the Ministry's incompetence to date.

  3. Complete overhaul of the MCFD, Ministry Policies and Standards by an independent body, chaired by Parents, legal professionals and mental health experts in good standing, and the Representative for Children and Youth in B.C.

  4. Mandatory training of senior staff and supervisory staff so that child protection assessments are no longer outsourced to negligent, incompetent and opinionated mental health professionals.

  5. A mandatory qualification process whereby existing social workers and other agents are trained by informed and competent experts in mental health on how to recognize and diagnose pathogenic parenting as well as narcissistic/borderline personality disorder and other pathological disorders.

  6. Mandatory training and qualification process governed by an independent board of experts in child sexual abuse whereby senior staff, supervisory staff and social workers in the field are trained to recognize and diagnose prima facia disclosures made by children.

  7. All staff of the MCFD will treat both custodial and non-custodial parents equally, without discrimination, until the adversarial system of law is abolished.

B.C. College of Psychologists (BCCP)

Child Custody Evaluators

PROBLEMS

 

  1. The practice of child custody evaluations by certain incompetent and ignorant mental health professionals is akin to a financially lucrative racket that cannot self-regulate because of an inherent financial conflict of interest, motivating the continuance of a practice that has absolutely NO scientifically established validity.

  2. The failure of the B.C. College of Psychologists to enforce their Code of Conduct and a professional Standard of Care regarding mental health professionals involved in the legal system.

  3. Certain so-called "court expert" witnesses are failing in their duty to protect the child by refusing to make an accurate 'DSM-5 diagnosis of V995.51 Child Psychological Abuse, Confirmed,' which would then lead to taking the appropriate child protection response of separating the child from the psychologically abusive parent in order to resolve the child's pathology.

  4. Cases like J.P. v. British Columbia (Children and Family Development), where psychologists such as Dr. Paul Eirikson are alleged to have failed 

Attorney General of British Columbia PROBLEMS

 

  1. The epic deficiency of the adversarial family law construct which propagates conflict and guarantees a steady "income" for family law attorneys and so-called "court expert witnesses" in British Columbia, while impoverishing families and communities.

  2. Litigation Harassment wherein a pathogenic parent or party is able to exploit the family law and criminal justice systems through unscrupulous lawyers who are not held accountable by the Legal Services Society of B.C. or the courts.

  3. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder caused to parents, children and families who experience extended litigation harassment and high-conflict divorce perpetuated by the adversarial construct in family court.

  4. As a result of their failure to operate according to their Code of Conduct or recognize pathology in one or both parents due to incompetent mental health professionals, judges  and lawyers unwittingly extend the duration of the pathology into years of ineffective treatment and continuing legal conflict over custody and visitation. 

B.C. College of Psychologists (BCCP)

Child Custody Evaluators

PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

 

  1. The BCCP will conduct an audit to establish which mental health professionals are competent to recognize and diagnose pathogenic parenting and pathological personality disorders that perpetuate litigation.  

  2. The BCCP will establish and maintain a strictly enforced standard whereby any and all mental health professionals involved in custody assessments will strictly adhere to the results of psychometric testing.

  3. The BCCP will study the feasability, together with the Medical Council of Canada, of adopting a "civilian" Psychopathy Checklist, similar to that designed by Dr. Robert Hare, which will enable mental health professionals to detect severe pathology in psychometric testing during custody evaluations.

  4. An independent, non-partisan organization will hold psychologists and mental health practitioners accountable for acquiring the necessary education required for the accurate diagnoses and treatment of pathological personality disorders that cause psychological abuse to children and targeted parents.

Attorney General of British Columbia PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

 

  1. Abolish the adversarial family law construct in favour of a collaborative system that is monitored by an independent body of trained mental health professionals and mediators from the legal profession.

  2. Psychometric tests that are designed to determine pathology in one or both parents should prevent a pathogenic parent targeting and alienating the other parent through the family justice system.

  3. Provincially funded program led by competent and informed mental health professionals offering support and counseling to process trauma following litigation harassment, child sexual abuse and post-traumatic stress.

  4. Consult with Dr. Robert Hare, Dr. Craig Childress and Dr. Lowenstein on treatment for pathogenic parents and those diagnosed with narcissistic borderline/personality disorder.

  5. Collaborate with the Department of Justice to revise the Criminal Code of Canada to include Parental Alienation as child abuse.

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