Dr. Alice Berkowitz has been a clinical and forensic psychologist since1986. She received her doctorate from the University of Southern California and taught as an adjunct professor at USC for over 13 years. She has been a Child Custody Evaluator, Mediator, Special Master, Parenting Plan Expert, and Expert Witness for over 30 years. Her specializations include Parental Alienation, high-conflict custody disputes, child abuse (including child sexual abuse), domestic violence, addiction, PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injuries, acute physical and emotional trauma, stalking and harassment, and working with a variety of individuals and families in all of these areas. 

Dr. Berkowitz is also a neuropsychologist and is an expert in cognitive disorders, the effect of emotional trauma on brain function, traumatic brain injuries. Dr. Berkowitz is also an expert in personality disorders and has trained, diagnosed, and worked with severe personality disorders since 1985. Dr. Berkowitz has been working with Parental Alienation since 1986, performing custody evaluations where parental alienation has been a finding, making recommendations to the court on the types of orders necessary to try to reunite alienated parents and their children. She is also an expert in determining the difference between parental alienation, estrangement, and alignment. 

Dr. Berkowitz has trained other professionals on identifying Parental Alienation and the treatment for various degrees of PA, has written articles on Parental Alienation and speaks on Parental Alienation regularly. She is on the Board of Directors of the Parental Alienation Study Group, is a member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse.