Christy Leaver, CSW

Literally, zero stars in aiding with Co-parenting and family counseling.   My children and I have never been so disrespected in my entire life by a professional, until I met Christy Leaver.  I have a child with severe special needs, might I add Christy Leaver supposedly has a “certificate in developmental disabilities”-  he’s nonverbal, and completely dependent from everything to washing his hands to feeding and toileting, and the top priority on Christy’s list of issues to discuss was my ex-husband going on vacation…. My ex was neglecting and verbally abusing our son, yet Christy thought vacationing was the top priority to discuss above coparenting.  Not to mention she completely supported my Ex-husbands baseless claims that our son needed a residential treatment plan.  It’s not easy to raise our precious child, but still no reason to pass him off on to strangers to do it instead.  I ended up having to take full timeshare and custody to make the nightmare of working with her end, but our son is doing EXPONENTIALLY better since he has been solely living with me.  However, I was expecting her to advocate on behalf of my son.  Christy Leaver said she always has the children’s best interest as her top priority, yet she literally said, “what’s in the best interest of [my son] is not in the best interest of everyone,” referring to my ex husband going on vacation.  Christy Leaver interviewed our two neurotypical children for an hour, but stated that she didn’t even need to meet our differently abled son.  Her disrespect was disgusting.  My personal recommendation is not to go to Christy Leaver if you are having family and coparenting issues, and absolutely do not seek Christy Leaver’s “help” if you have a child with differences.  Such a waste of my time and money.

*** I completely forgot to mention that Christy Leaver is not only judgmental towards individuals receiving child support, but disrespectful too.  She condescendingly informed me that MY permanently dependent special needs son will be 18 years old soon.  And of course, Christy Leaver had to go on with her judgmental and arrogant tangent to inform me that child support will end at that age also (because as another reviewer previously stated, Christy Leaver truly believes she is not only the judge, but the jury too).  When I tried to explain that our son is permanently disabled and will remain a dependent beyond 18 years old, Christy Leaver had the audacity to ask me sarcastically,  rhetorically, and condescendingly if I ever plan to be independent and take care of myself…  How in the WORLD could a court appointed “parent coordinator,” not understand what child support is?  Child support does NOT cover the expenses of the other parent.  It solely serves to support the shared child.  There are many more examples of Christy Leaver’s unprofessional behavior, and it’s been nearly 2 years since I had to meet her, yet to this day, our brief interactions still make me sickened to recount.  I have no idea where she received her credentials, but they NEED to be revoked. ZERO STARS