KRISTIN WOULFE, M.A.
Custody and Parenting Time Dispute Resolution Services
EducationM.A.: Counseling Psychology
University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN
Date of Degree: June 2002
B.A.: Psychology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Date of Degree: March 1996
RelatedQualified A.D.R. Family Court Neutral under Rule 114 of
QualificationsMinnesota General Rules of Practice for District Court
ProfessionalTitle: Custody and Parenting Time Evaluator/Mediator
ExperienceTime: September 2005-July 2012
Place:Hennepin County Family Court Services,
Minneapolis, MN
Duties:Performed custody and parenting time evaluations, Social Early Neutral Evaluations, and mediations.
Title:Hennepin County Family Court Guardian Ad Litem
Time: April 2000 – August 2005
Place:State of Minnesota,Minneapolis, MN
Duties: Advocated for children’s best interests regarding custody andparenting timeissues in court.
Title:Psychiatric Associate
Time:January 2003 – May 2005
Place:Fairview-University Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Duties:Work with families and adolescentsin crisis on a locked mentalhealth unit.
PresentationsConflict Resolution Center—Family Bridge Mediation Training
Minneapolis, MN, January 2014 & 2013
Hamline Mediation Center—Solomon’s Surrogates: An Introduction to Court Ordered Custody and Parenting Time Evaluations, (Co-presenter with Jennifer Joseph, JD & Michael London, JD) Minneapolis, MN, October 2013
Relevant A DSM By Any Other Name: Overview of DSM-5; Minnesota
TrainingAssociation for Children’s Mental Health, Joel V. Oberstar, MD, December 2013
- A Developmentally Based Discussion of the New DSM- 5,
Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health, Marit Appeldoorn, MSW, LICSW, August 2013
- AAML MN Divorce Day Camp—The Middle Class Divorce: Equal Justice Under the Law, May 2013
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) MN Annual Conference—Autism…The Coming Tsunami of Family Court, David Holmes, EdD, April 2013
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) MN Half Day Program—Hearing the Child: Forensic Interviewing of Children and Child Inclusive Mediation, Mindy Mitnick, LP, Kirsten Lysne, PhD, Peggy Cottrell, LMFT, February 2013
- “Strange Situation”—Infant Attachment Training, University of
Minnesota, Alan Sroufe, PhD, June 2012
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) National Annual Conference—Attachment, Brain Science and Children of Divorce: The ABCD’s of Child Development for Family Law, June 2012
- Child Inclusive Mediation training with Jennifer McIntosh, PhD, May 2012
- Parenting Consulting Training, Karen Irvin, PhD and Andrea Niemi, Esq, May 2012
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) MN Annual Conference—Child and Family Development in the Context of Contested Custody Litigation: Understanding, Assessing and Responding to the Needs of the Triangulated Child, Benjamin Garber, PhD, April 2012
- Minnesota Association of Custody Resolution Specialists (MACRS)—Advanced Topics in Dispute Resolution: AttachmentIssues and Parenting Plans, Sandra Hewitt, PhD and Karen Irvin, PhD, November 2011
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) MN Annual Conference—IntensiveInterventions for High
Conflict Parents, Matthew Sullivan, PhD, July 2010
- TECHR Annual Children at Risk Conference, May 2011
- The domestic abuse perpetrator understanding and treating
abusive behaviors, Nancy VerSteegh, JD, MSW,March 2011
- Managing the mental health crises of clients, TECHRAnnual
Children at Risk Conference, May 2010
- Experiencing Change-Managing Transitions: TECHR Annual
Children at Risk Conference, May 2009
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) MNAnnual Conference—High Conflict Divorce: Is it Abuse, Alienation, and/orEstrangement?,Leslie Drozd, PhD, April 2009
- Advanced Topics in Dispute Resolution: Keeping Kids Out of
The Middle: Assessing and Enabling Children’s Attachment Relationships In the Midst of Co-Parental Conflict, Separation, and Divorce – Benjamin Garber, PhD, October 2008
- Minnesota Interdisciplinary Committee on Divorce (MICOD)
Custody and High Conflict Families: Strengths, Challenges and Options, Isolina Ricci, April 2008
- Breaking Murphy’s Law—How to work effectively with
systems, TECHR Annual Children at Risk Conference, June 2008
- Working with involuntary clients: Advances in theory, Center
for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare MN Board of Social Work, September 2008
- Brain Injury Basics—An introduction, Brain Injury Association
of MN, February 2008
- Minnesota Association of Custody Resolution Specialists (MACRS)—AdvancedTopics in Dispute Resolution: The “Good
Enough” Parent, October 2007
- Minnesota Interdisciplinary Committee on Divorce (MICOD)
Working with Personality Disorders in Family Court Cases – William Eddy, April 2007
- Healing the attachment traumatized child effective strategies
for severe behaviors, TECHR Annual Children at Risk Conference, May 2007
- What is attachment really? Center For Excellence in Children’s
Mental Health, October 2006
- Minnesota Interdisciplinary Committee on Divorce (MICOD)
High Conflict Divorce, Should the Baby Stay Overnight? Joan Kelly, PhD, April 2006
- Minnesota Association of Custody Resolution Specialists (MACRS) Advanced Topics in Dispute Resolution: Multiple ChildSexual Abuse Allegations—New Legislation, Sandra Hewitt, PhD, October 2006
- Paradigm shifts: Helping Our Most Challenging Children,
TECHR Annual Children At Risk Conference, May 2006
- Minnesota Interdisciplinary Committee on Divorce (MICOD)
Beyond Victimhood: A Model for Working with Intimate Partner Violence, March 2005
- Early Neutral Evaluation Training—Hennepin County Family Court Services, January 2005
- Understanding the Culture of Poverty, TECHR Annual Children
at Risk Conference, 2002
- First Friday Forum- Attachment Disruptions and Aggressive
Children, MN Psychological Association and Metropolitan State University, December 2001
- Mediation Training—Hennepin County Family Court Services, 2001
- Solomon’s Surrogates—Custody and Parenting Time Evaluation Training, Hennepin County Family Court Services, March 2001
- Developmentally Based Parenting Schedules, Mindy Mitnick,
EdM, MA, LP, February 2001
- Rethinking Parental Alienation and Redesigning Child Access
Services for ChildrenWho Resist or Refuse Visitation, Janet Johnston, PhD, 2001
- Minnesota Association of Guardians ad Litem—Annual
Conference 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Family Court Guardian Ad Litem Training, 2000
- Juvenile Court Guardian Ad Litem Training, 1997
Family Court Services Internal Trainings:
- Domestic violence
- Domestic violence and custody issues
- Domestic violence research
- Cultural diversity in the clients we serve
- Parental Alienation Syndrome
- How to interview children effectively
- Marshak structured parent child observations
- AnthonyBene Parent Child Relationship Interview Tool
- Chemical dependency evaluations
- Writing effective custody evaluations
- Effective use of the ENE process
- Effective use of settlement conferences
- Effective use of facilitated settlement conferences
PracticumWashburn Child Guidance Center
ExperienceElementary Day Treatment Program
Provided therapeutic interventions to elementary school aged children diagnosed with severe emotional and behavioral disorders in a structured and supportive environment.
Volunteer Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)— Experience Professional Development Committee
- Child Inclusive Mediation (CIM) Best Practices Standards Committee—Group developed best practice standards for CIM
- Association of Family & Conciliation Courts (AFCC)committee—Creating newly formed Minnesota Chapter
- Minnesota Interdisciplinary Committee on Divorce (MICOD)—Group committed to providing high quality national speakers on Family Court issues annually
- Ramsey County Juvenile Court Guardian Ad Litem, 1997-2000.
Professional Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
MembershipsNational and Minnesota chapter
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