Patricia Brady, LMHC

Patricia Brady is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and
Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked as a consultant to the Children and the Law Program at Massachusetts General Hospital since 2007. In that capacity, she has conducted Forensic Evaluations in Child Welfare Cases involving issues related to parental fitness, visitation, where children have been alleged to be victims of severe abuse and or neglect or subject to a high conflict custody dispute. In addition to her work at Children and the Law, she has been in private practice conducting evaluations in Juvenile and Probate Courts in the Commonwealth.

Ms. Brady has been qualified as an expert witness in trials related to issues involving:

• Trauma
• Risk Assessment
• Attachment Disorder
• Family Systems Issues
• Child Welfare
• Placement and Permanency Planning
• Sexual Abuse
• Adoption
• Child Custody Evaluations

Ms. Brady has a special interest in cases involving Adoption and Adoption Disruption, as well as cases where there have been concerns related to fabrication, exaggeration and inducement of symptoms in children. Ms. Brady has been licensed by the Commonwealth for 17 years and is Board Certified in Psychotherapy by the APA. Ms. Brady is a field supervisor for Graduate students at Boston College as well.