Brief Focused Assessments (BFA's) help families and courts address specific parenting or child-related questions without the need for a full custody evaluation. 

Brief focused assessments are are designed to assist the court in decision making by providing answers to a limited number of specific and well-defined questions. As such BFAs require a court order to identify those questions.  BFAs do not make custody ecommendations.

As a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), I offer clinically informed, neutral assessments grounded in Minnesota’s best interests of the child factors. My approach is compassionate, child-focused, and objective — prioritizing children’s safety, emotional well-being, stability, and healthy parent-child relationships.