If you are a professional working with families navigating their way through the court system, you are aware of the distress and even despair they often experience. We are here to help. Texas Association of Family Forensics (TAFF) is a group of mental health professionals involved in forensic services. We are all about promoting best practices for mental health practitioners and family law professionals in their work with families involved in family law courts. For mental health professionals - psychologists, social work practitioners, and licensed professional counselors - we are here to help in giving you the best practices in dealing with these complex family situations. Practices that help your families to grow and develop in the midst of intense stress. Ways to help counseling practitioners know how to stay clear of stressful ethical issues, and how to be comfortable in this work with families. For family law professionals - family law attorneys, ad litum attorneys, amicus attorneys, and judges - we want to help you in knowing clear ways of utilizing mental health folks powerfully to help your families settle their differences peacefully. Utilizing mental health professionals to truly meet the best interests of the children - without compromising your own role as family law professionals or the mental health professional’s role. In that vein, we also are working hard to unite through educational efforts with family law professionals and mental health professionals, in order that together - we may work and find new ways of serving these families to everybody’s benefit.
