Stephen Carter, PhD

STEPHEN CARTER, PhD, has worked with children, adolescents and adults as a Registered Psychologist since 1992, focusing on therapeutic interventions and assessments of families involved in high-conflict separation and divorce.

Interventions include Family Restructuring Therapy, Parent-Child Reunification Therapy, counseling children of divorce, providing parent education, child custody assessments and conducting voice of the child reports.

Aside from the area of separation and divorce, he assists individuals and their families in dealing with serious problems including posttraumatic stress disorder, abuse, anxiety and depression, behavioral disorders, self-injurious behavior, relationship problems and work stress.

Dr. Carter has delivered many workshops, presentations and media interviews on topics such as family restructuring therapy, high conflict divorce, assessment, grief and loss, conflict resolution, behavioral disorders, school violence, stress management, ethics, effective workplaces, running a private practice and expert witness testimony.

Dr. Carter’s work history includes employment as a teacher and a school counselor prior to entering private practice.

Along with working in private practice, Dr. Carter is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta.

He is a registered psychologist in Alberta, Canada; and has a Certificate of Professional Qualifications / Inter-jurisdictional Practice Certificate from the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards. He is a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and assisted in the start-up of the Alberta AFCC Chapter.