Kosseff & Kosseff: Kosseff Peter J PHD

Dr. Peter Kosseff along with other mercenary psychologist paid for by court contract or via exploitative court orders that require parents to pay exorbitant private fees (such as Dr. Parson, Dr. Hayden, Dr. Lubiner, Dr. Oppenheimer and others at the various hospitals around the state) use a very dangerous practice of deprogramming. Often called threat therapy by the kids. VIsit the Leadership Council website at for more information on this topic. Specialists in childhood trauma and therapy from the Leadership Council have grave concerns about the ethics of deprogramming treatment described in a recent article published in the Globe and Mail (see: Judge Blocks Sending Teen for Deprogramming Treatment, Feb 7, 2009). We support the decision of the judge who refused to court-order deprogramming treatment (sometime called Reuni?cation Therapy) overturning a 2008 arbitrator’s order that the 14-year- old boy be coercively treated. The controversial treatment is designed to “deprogram” children who are “alienated” from one of their parents during divorce. Various forms of this type of “treatment” have sprung up over the last decade. The therapy usually involves con?ning the child in a location away from home, and isolating the child from!the parent to whom the child is most attached. The attachment to the favored parent is challenged, while encouraging the child with intensive sessions to re-accept the rejected parent. Some children have reported receiving treatment involving threats and coercion. The child may be told that he or she may not return home until they have accepted a more favorable view of the denigrated parent.!One child the LC has interviewed described recurrent nightmares of the de-programming episodes that were used on him. In addition, there have been several lawsuits related to this type of approach. This so-called “therapy”!is reminiscent of the kind of brainwashing techniques used in prison camps where deprivation and isolation are used to coerce false confessions and to force ideological!changes in captives.!! While these techniques can produce changes in belief and in behavior,!we are concerned that these techniques!are harmful to the mental health of children. We are also concerned that!deprogramming treatments may violate basic ethical principles that guide practice. According to the American Psychological Association’s ethical standards, the goals of psychologists are the welfare and protection of individuals. We question whether deprogramming treatment protects the welfare of the!children involved. We have listed some of our concerns at the end of this release. (see: Concerns) Deprogramming treatment raises philosophical and legal questions which remain unresolved in our approach to children. Are children simply the property of adults whose legal interests can control what children think and believe? In what sense does the child’s intellectual and emotional freedom have precedence over these legal interests? While these complex issues are not yet resolved, the controversial nature of this deprogramming treatment!would argue for caution in safeguarding the mental health of children while we wrestle with these complex questions. more

THE CHILDRENS SCREAMS, THIS COURT ORDERED CHILD ABUSER ADVOCATES FOR SEX OFFENDERS AND FOR MONEY HE WILL DO ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET CUSTODY REVERSED AND HAVE YOUR CHILDREN BE PLACED WITH THEIR SEX OFFENDER. HE WILL LET THE ABUSER ABUSE THE KIDS IN HIS OFFICE TO THE POINT OF INSANITY. HE TRAINED ALONG WITH THE GUARDIANS AND ATTORNEYS OF RI THE DEPROGRAMMING PROCESS OF PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME THROUGH THE RI BAR ASSOCIATION ALONG WITH JUDGES OF THE FAMILY COURT. SO EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE GOING TO ANY OF THE COURT ORDERED ABUSERS. LOOK AT THE DEPROGRAMMING PROCESS GOOGLE PAS. IT IS CLEAR AND HE HAS BEEN VICTIMIZING WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOR YEARS HE NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN TO THE TASK FORCE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. OH YES AND HE EVEN GETS PAID TO DO THIS WATCH YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE. IT AMAZES ME THAT THE OTHER PROVIDERS IN HIS OFFICE TOLERATE THE SCREAM ROOM AND LET THIS GO ON THEY ARE JUST AS GUILTY. more

He intentional of infliction of emotional distress on children result in inpatient hospitalization at Bradley hospital. He lets the fathers abuse the children emotionally and creates severe stress. Your children will possibly be on medication if you do not get out of his sessions. My daughter is now Diagnosied with Major Depression, PTSD, and audio and visual hallucinations as he does not know how to treat abused children. RUN RUN RUN from his sick therapy. His therapy is all about the father and how much money he can make off of your case. He will try to give the father full custody even though the father abused the children AUDIO HIS SESSIONS it works well you will see and hear the sick therapy. more

Does not specialize in PTSD ignores,min abuse even if your med rec show you have been sodimized,physically. mental abuse, police reports,omit evidence Wanted me to coparent with my abuser which is doc by many Dr that I suffer from PTSD. If he writes reports or testifies,you must document, tape all conversations, sessions,lets fathers upset the kids keeps them in a stressful setting where they come out crying,horrific nightmares,angry,taking days to recover from his visits or even sedated. more

Parenting Project has received numerous complaints about Dr. Kosseff that refer to his behavior as ""scary,"" ""abusive,"" even ""dangerous."" He is NOT recommended where there are allegations of domestic violence and sexual abuse, or for custody and visitation cases. In one case, we witnessed his courtroom testimony when he acknowledged that he had not even met the three children about whom he had been advising the judge over the past year. more