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Lawyer and Therapist as an Interdisciplinary Team: Trial Preparation
Author(s) -
Bernstein Barton E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1979.tb01286.x
Subject(s) - witness , cross examination , expert witness , psychology , set (abstract data type) , psychotherapist , law , political science , computer science , programming language
When a therapist becomes a courtroom witness, he/she often is in unfamiliar territory. Before appearing as a witness, a therapist must prepare by completely understanding the case and client, together with courtroom practices and procedures. This article reviews trial preparation and illustrates examination and cross‐examination, opinion testimony and hypothetical questions. The rules of effective response to cross‐examination are set forth to aid the therapist in providing meaningful and credible testimony under adverse and occasionally unpleasant conditions.