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Dr. Van Beyer is in private practice, working primarily in the areas of child and family therapy and as an expert in child custody evaluation for the civil courts in Jefferson and Orleans parishes. At the Child Custody Clinic, she teaches forensic and child fellows as well as social workers and psychologists how to conduct custody evaluations. |
Education and Training:
Stetson University: B.A. Psychology
Tulane University: Ph.D. Sociology
Tulane University: M.S.W. Clinical Social Work
Louisiana State University: Post-Doctoral Training in Child
Psychiatry
Years at Tulane:
1/1/2000. to the present.
Interests:
Dr. van Beyer developed the only
program in Forensic Social Work in the United States at the
Tulane University School of Social Work. She is a past president
of the National Association of Forensic Social Work.
On a more personal note, Katen was born in New york City and was raised in Latin America. Her high school years were spent in Puerto Rico. Being raised bi-culturally has lead to interests in psycholinguistics, culture and mental health and in issues of marginality.
Publications/Presentations:
1999 Louisiana Bar Association, panel on Custody Evaluation
in Cases of Alleged Domestic Abuse.
2000 National Association of Forensic Social Work, "Social Work and the Law, Curriculum Development in Forensic Social Work."
2002 Tulane University Forensic Psychiatry Symposium "Controversial Issues in Child Custody Evaluation."
2003 Louisiana State Bar Association, Family Law Seminar, "Working with Difficult Custody Cases."
E-mail: kvanbey@tulane.edu