Clinical & Forensic Mental Health Services
Pursuing Practical Solutions
SD Family Services, Inc. (SDFS) was founded by Premela Deck, JD, PhD, LICSW, to provide a multidisciplinary approach to clinical and forensic services that support the overall wellness and life satisfaction of the people involved in the legal process.
We offer services for individuals, couples, co-parenting adults, and families. We have a unique specialty in supporting clients adjusting to separation, divorce, and adversity often found within the family court system. We are qualified to offer family therapy when there are parent-child contact problems, often called “reunification therapy” by the Courts.
Clinical Services offered include individual therapy, couples therapy, discernment counseling, and family therapy. We also offer group therapy for individuals of varying ages from elementary through adult who are affected by divorce or separation.
Forensic (court-involved) Services offered include child custody evaluations (Guardian ad Litem or “GAL”), report services, mediation, parent coordination, parent/co-parent coaching, therapy for parent-child contact problems, individual counseling for children/adults involved in high conflict divorce and/or the family court system, and case consultations for lawyers and litigants.
Please note: Our clinicians are not on any insurance panels and are private pay only.
Compassionate Clinicians
We understand that clients walk through our doors with a host of difficult, life-altering issues and that each client and their circumstances are unique. We take time to work with our clients to understand their circumstances and develop client-led treatment goals.
Taking Care of Children
The legal community routinely calls upon us to serve as Guardian ad Litems, Parenting Coordinators, and Family or Child Therapists. We are mindful of the impact of shifting family dynamics on children, and our diverse education and experience position us to handle shifting family dynamics with compassion and tact.
Services offered
Report Writing Services
Category E and F Guardian ad Litem reports
Guardian for Therapeutic Privilege Reports
Supervised Visitation Reports
Parenting Support
Parent Coordination
Co-Parenting Therapy
Co-Parenting Coaching
Individual Parenting Coaching
Therapeutic Parenting Time
Therapeutic Services
Individual
Couples
Family
Groups for children, teens, and adults
