Jon Aaronson, PhD, LPC
Divorce Conflict & Partner Abuse Solutions, LLC
16 North Carroll Street, Suite 702
Madison, WI 53703
Phone
Fax
Email
Website
608.443.0700
608.443.0701
jon@divorce-conflict-solutions.com
www.divorce-conflict-solutions.com
EDUCATION
1986
PhD, Counselor Education, Department of Counseling & Guidance, University of WisconsinMadison
Dissertation: A factor analytic exploration of connectedness and separateness in the
marital psychotherapy literature.
1966
MA, Political Science, Michigan State University
1964
BA, Political Science, Harpur College, SUNY at Binghamton
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
1994
Licensed Professional Counselor (No. 1366-125), State of Wisconsin
Diplomate of Clinical Forensic Counseling
American College of Certified Forensic Counselors
1994
Fellow, Wisconsin Sex Offender Treatment Network (inactive)
AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
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Academy on Abuse and Violence
American Mental Health Counselors Association
American Psychological Association
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Family Violence Treatment and Education Association
Prevention as a Cure
Wisconsin Association of Mediators
PRACTICE & EXPERTISE
June 2010 Psychotherapist, Divorce Conflict & Partner Abuse Solutions, LLC, Madison WI
 Adult Psychotherapy
 Anger Management
 Strengths-based, Research-informed Assessment & Treatment of Intimate Partner
Violence
 Co-parent Counseling
 Divorce-related Family Therapy
 Mediation and Evaluation of Custody/Access Disputes
o Child Relocation/Move-Aways
o Parent-child Alienation
o Placement of Infants and Toddlers
 Parent Coordination
July 2012
2006-2010
Psychotherapist, Capitol Associates, SC, Madison WI
2004–2005
Interim Mediator and Custody/Placement Dispute Evaluator,
Family Court Counseling Services, Jefferson County, WI
2002-2006
Psychotherapist, Advanced Psychological Innovations, SC, Madison WI
1980-2002
Counselor, Family Court Counseling Services, Dane County, WI
Mediation and evaluation of children’s best interests in custody/access disputes; expert
testimony in Family Court proceedings; parent education programming; development of
an informal network of mental health, medical, legal, school, human service, and law
enforcement professionals formulating options and coordinating services and resources
on behalf of children involved in high conflict custody disputes.
1991
Lecturer, Department of Counseling Psychology & Counselor Education, UW-Madison
1986, 1989
Visiting Faculty, Child & Family Studies Program, UW-Madison
Family Change: The Divorce Transition.
1987, 1989
Instructor, Department of Health and Human Issues, UW-Madison
Working Effectively with Custody and Visitation Disputes.
1978-1979
Teaching Assistant, Department of Counseling & Guidance, UW-Madison
1974-1978
Counselor, University Counseling Services, UW-Madison
1974
National Teaching Fellow, Education Department, Milton College, Milton WI
1969-1972
Instructor, Urban Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
2011
Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, 48TH Annual Conference; Research, Policy
and Practice in Family Courts: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Intimate Partner
Violence in Determinations of Children’s Best Interests—Prioritizing Social Science Data
to Gender Paradigm Beliefs, with John Hamel, LCSW, Orlando, FL, June 3, 2011.
State Bar of Wisconsin, PINNACLE Seminar; Domestic Violence Litigation: Practical and
Legal Consequences. From Behind Closed Doors into the Courtroom: Research on
Intimate Partner Violence Applied to Everyday Practice of Family Law, Madison, WI, April
8, 2011.
Dane County Family Law Attorneys Group. Infant/Toddler Overnight Periods of
Placement with Parents Living Elsewhere (PLEs): Controversy or Consensus? Madison,
WI, February 10, 2011.
2010
State Bar of Wisconsin Guardian ad Litem Training. Child Alienation in Divorce: Basics
and a Bit Beyond, Madison, WI, May 2010.
2008
Wisconsin Psychological Association Conference – Resilience, Recovery, and
Relationships. Domestic Violence and Child Custody: Issues for Clinicians, Madison, WI,
April 18, 2008.
National Family Violence Legislative Resource Center Conference – Evidence-Based
Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence and Child Custody:
Family Court Professionals’ Knowledge and Beliefs, Sacramento CA, February 16, 2008.
July 2012
2007
Dane County Family Law Attorneys Group. Custody/Placement Litigation and GenderNeutrality in the Wisconsin Family Code – Testing Standard Formulations with Data in
Allegations of Domestic Violence, Madison, WI, March 8, 2007.
State Bar of Wisconsin Guardian ad Litem Training. Placement Planning for Young
Children, with Attorney Lisa Friedrich, Madison WI, April 2007.
Wisconsin Association of Mediators Emerging Issues Conference. Mediation and
Domestic Abuse, with Attorney/Mediator Jeff Ingebritsen, Attorney/Victim Advocate Jamie
Kratz-Gullickson, Family Court Evaluator/Mediator Sharon Koski, and Therapist/Mediator
Susan Bronson, Madison WI, November 14, 2007.
2006
Wisconsin State Bar Advanced Guardian ad Litem Training. Assessing Child
Estrangement and Alienation in Cases Presenting Allegations of Domestic Violence, with
Director of Milwaukee Task Force on Family Violence Carmen Pitre and Attorney Karyn
Gimbel Youso, Madison, WI, April 26, 2006.
International Association of Collaborative Professionals, 7th Annual Education and
Networking Forum. Domestic Abuse Cases and Collaborative Practice: A Theoretical
Model of Why and How They Can Be Successfully Undertaken and/or Completed, with
Attorneys Nancy Cameron and Karyn Gimbel Youso, San Diego CA, October 2006.
2005
Dane County Parent Council. Infant, Toddler, Preschooler Experience of Parental
Separation: How Childcare Providers Can Help, Madison WI, February 2005.
Wisconsin Early Childhood Education Association, and Wisconsin AfterSchool
Association. High Conflict Separated Families’ Challenges to Daycare Providers:
Avoiding the Pitfalls, Dodgeville WI, April 23, 2005.
South Central Wisconsin Clinical Section of the National Association of Social Workers.
Young Children’s Adjustment to Parental Separation and Their Transition from an Intact
to a Two-household Family, Madison, WI, January 21, 2005.
Wisconsin State Bar Advanced Guardian ad Litem Training. Identifying Psychological
Disorders, with Nina Bartell, PhD, Madison WI, April 27, 2005.
2004
State Bar of Wisconsin, Annual Convention. Co-parent Counseling and Parent
Coordination: Post-Judgment Interventions for High Conflict Separated and Divorced
Parents, with Attorney John Schuster, Madison WI, May 2004.
1989
Dane County Committee to Implement Act 355: Guardian ad Litem Training. Family
Systems in Custody Disputes, Madison WI.
Family Portrait: Conference on Change in the Family, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
and Winnebago Mental health Institute. Family Change: The Divorce Transition; and
Systems-Oriented Evaluation of Custody and Visitation Disputes, Appleton WI.
Wisconsin Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect. Richard Gardner’s Parental Alienation
Syndrome in Custody and Visitation Disputes.
1986
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 24th Annual Conference. Judicial vs.
Parental Determination of Joint Custody: Two Partial Analyses, Ft. Lauderdale FL.
July 2012
PUBLICATIONS
Aaronson, J. (2011). Book review: Johnston, Roseby & Kuehnle, In the Name of the Child: A
Developmental Approach to Understanding and Helping Children of Conflicted and Violent Divorce
(2nd Edition), Partner Abuse, 2, 1, 121-128.
Aaronson, J. (2007.) Overnight placement for infants and toddlers: Attachment-oriented guidance for
professionals counseling high conflict separated parents. (Paper under revision for publication.)
Aaronson, J. Assessing child estrangement and alienation in cases presenting allegations of
domestic violence. (Paper prepared for State Bar of Wisconsin Guardian ad Litem Training, April
2006.)
Aaronson, J. (2005). Collaborative divorce in cases of domestic violence? Take it seriously.
Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin Newsletter (May).
Dutton, D.G., Hamel, J. & Aaronson, J. (2010). The gender paradigm in family court processes: Rebalancing the scales of justice from biased social science. Journal of Child Custody, 7(1), 1-31.
Hamel, J., Desmarais, S.L., Nicholls, T.L., Malley-Morrison, K. & Aaronson, J. (2009). Domestic
violence and child custody: Are family court professionals' decisions based on erroneous beliefs?
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 1(2), 37-52.
July 2012