CURRICULUM VITAE
EDWIN A. ROSENBERG, Ph.D.
OFFICE:
25 Franklin Place
Summit, NJ 07901
(908) 277-3060
Fax (908) 277-2381
EDUCATION: B.A. 1962; M.A. 1965; Ph.D. 1971; Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.
LICENSES:
New Jersey Licensed Practicing Psychologist
New Jersey Certified School Psychologist
New York Certified School Psychologist
CURRENTLY:
Clinical Practice: I have been engaged in full time private practice as a New Jersey Licensed
Psychologist since 1973. In my practice I see a wide range of problems and treat individuals (all
ages), couples and families. I have post-doctoral training in family therapy, behavior therapy
(child and adult), marital therapy, and divorce therapy. Areas of interest include family therapy,
couples and marital therapy, cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety, phobia, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and pain management. I am especially interested in working with
children and families of divorce and with children and families where sexual abuse has
occurred. I have completed post-doctoral training with the New Jersey Child Sexual Abuse
Training Institute's Child Sexual Abuse Consultation Program. This is a yearlong program of
supervision by experts in evaluating and treating child sexual abuse, and adults who were
abused as children.
Forensic Practice: Founder and senior partner of the firm of Dr. Edwin A. Rosenberg &
Associates. I have served as a court-appointed and jointly retained expert in over one hundred
and fifty cases and served as a retained expert in over one hundred and fifty cases. In that
capacity, I have performed evaluations and offered an expert opinion in child custody
evaluations, and cases dealing with parenting time disputes, child removal disputes, visitation
disputes, parental alienation, and grandparent visitation disputes. I have been appointed by the
court to be a family therapist, to oversee "therapeutic visitation" between a child and a parent,
and as a therapeutic mediator to mediate custody and visitation disputes. I have been approved
by the Administrative Office of the Court to be a Parent Coordinator and I have been appointed
to be a Parent Coordinator in cases where there is a breakdown of parental communication and
cooperation that jeopardizes the children’s safety and welfare. I have been retained as an expert
in civil cases involving Marital Tort, personal injury, sexual harassment, and competency. I
have also conducted expert evaluations in criminal cases. I have been appointed by the Court
and accepted as an expert and testified in Bergen, Essex, Union, Morris, Somerset, Hunterdon,
Middlesex, Mercer, Monmouth, Sussex and Passaic counties.
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Mediation Practice: I am trained in family and divorce mediation. I have mediated all aspects
of divorce, including custody, equitable distribution, and support. I have been retained privately
as a mediator and have been appointed as a therapeutic mediator by the courts to mediate
custody and visitation disputes.
PAST EXPERIENCE:
Consulting psychologist, Orthopaedic Occupational Center, Madison, New Jersey. Evaluation
and treatment of orthopaedic patients involved in an intensive rehabilitation program.
Assessment of the psychological factors impacting on their progress and treatment via
cognitive-behavioral techniques of intractable chronic pain, 1989 trough 1991.
Consulting School Psychologist, Plainfield Board of Education, Office of Pupil Personnel
Services, Plainfield, NJ. September 1973 through June 1975.
School Psychologist, Millburn Township Public Schools, Millburn, NJ. Member of the Child
Study Team; Acting Senior Psychologist and Coordinator of the Child Study Teams for the
school system. March 1971 through June 1973.
Staff Psychologist, Kings County Psychiatric Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. September 1967 through
March 1971.
Supervising Psychologist, Hofstra University Psychological Evaluation and Research Center,
Hempstead, NY. February 1970 through June 1970.
Lecturer in Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead NY. September 1969 through June
1970.
Staff Psychologist, Project PRYME, Child Guidance Center, Arverne, NY. September 1969
through June 1970.
CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS:
Intern in Clinical Psychology, Psychology Department, Kings County Psychiatric Hospital,
Brooklyn, NY. September 1966 through August 1967.
Intern in Clinical Psychology, New York Medical College, Department of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, Center for Chronic Diseases, Bird S. Coler Hospital, Roosevelt Island, NY.
September 1965 through August 1966.
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POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING:
Family Therapy Extern, Dr. Salvador Minuchin, Family Studies, Inc., P.O. Box 1035, Cooper
Station, New York, NY 10276.
Adult Behavior Therapy Training Program, Institute for Behavior Therapy, 135 East 36th
Street, New York, NY
Child and Family Behavior Therapy Training Program, Institute for Behavior Therapy, 135 East
36th Street, New York, NY.
Divorce Mediation and Domestic Violence Training, Center for Family & Divorce Mediation,
146 Willow Tree Road, Monsey, NY 10952.
Advanced Divorce Mediation Training, Sam Margulies, JD, Ph.D., Institute for Dispute
Resolution, 46 Church Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
NJ Child Sexual Abuse Training Institute, Child Sexual Abuse Consultation Project, c/o IAP, 75
West Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
Post-Doctoral Courses, Conferences & Workshops Attended
1985: Teaching Clients How to Change: Continuing Education Seminars in Alcohol & Drug
Studies, Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies.
1988: Annual Conference of the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts
1991: MMPI-2 Training Workshop, MMPI-2 Workshops 7 Seminars, University of
Minnesota, Department of Psychology.
1992: Seminars in Forensic Psychology, New Jersey Academy of Psychology.
1992: Resolving Divorce Dilemmas Through Therapy & Mediation, Cape Cod Summer
Seminar: Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts Mental Health Center.
1994: Domestic Torts, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
1994: Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
1995: Seminar: The New Child Custody Evaluation Guidelines, New Jersey Bar
Association ICLE.
1995: Interventions with High Conflict Divorce, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
1996: Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations Association of Family & Conciliation
Courts.
1997: Children, Divorce, and Custody: Lawyers & Psychologist Working Together,
American Bar Association and the American Psychological Association.
1998: Millon Clinical Inventories Conference, National Computer Systems.
1999: How to Interview Children and Understand Their Memory: New Jersey Bar
Association ICLE.
1999: Family Law for Social Workers, Counselors and Other Helping Professionals in New
Jersey, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
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1999: Assessing Malingering & Defensiveness: American Academy of Forensic
Psychology.
2001: Custody & Removal Update: The Impact of Bauers v. Lewis, New Jersey Bar
Association ICLE.
2002: Personal Injury Evaluations: Ethics, Case Law & Practice, American Academy of
Forensic Psychology.
2002: Forensic Case Analysis Using the MPPI 2 and Rorschach, American Academy of
Forensic Psychology.
2002: Many Faces of the Battered Women Syndrome in Court, American Academy of
Forensic Psychology.
2002: Symposium on High Conflict Families and the Courts, Association of Family &
Conciliation Courts Northeastern Regional Conference.
2003: Interviewing Children as Witnesses in Civil, Criminal, Family and Other Matters,
New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2003: The MMPI-2 and Custody Evaluations, Caldwell Report.
2003: Personal Injury Evaluations: Ethics, Practice and case Law, American Academy of
Forensic Psychology.
2004: Custody and Visitation: Update, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2005: Domestic Violence Symposium: New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2006: Parent Coordinators, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2006: Assessment of Response Style in Forensic Evaluation Contexts, American Academy
of Forensic Psychology.
2006: Children, Divorce and Custody: New Research and New Rules for Psychologists,
American Academy of Forensic Psychology.
2006: Advanced Interpretation of the MMPI-2, Rorschach Workshops.
2007: Advanced Issues in Child Custody Evaluations: Domestic Violence and Alienation:
Association of Family & Conciliation Courts and The National Council of Juvenile
and family Court Judges
2007: Comprehensive Child Custody Evaluations, American Academy of Forensic
Psychology.
2008: Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2, Kent State University & the University of
Minnesota Press.
2008: Reconceptualizing Child Custody: Past, Present and Future, American Bar
Association-Family Law Section & American Psychological Association Joint
Conference.
2008: Family Law Conference, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2009: Forensic Applications of the Rorschach, American Academy of Forensic Psychology.
2010: Domestic Violence: Paradigm Shifts in Practice and Research and Implications for
DV Practice: Interventions, Treatment and Alternatives to Trial, New Jersey
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts & Fairleigh Dickinson University.
2011: Advanced Issues in Child Custody Evaluations, American Academy of Forensic
Psychology.
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Post-Doctoral Conferences & Workshops
Presenter/Speaker
1998: Children, Divorce and Custody, Lawyers & Mental Health Professionals Working
Together, ICLE: Workshop Leader (2 workshops), New Jersey Bar Association
ICLE.
1999: Family Law Retreat: Speaker, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2000: Children, Divorce and Custody: Lawyers and Mental Health Professionals Working
Together: Focus on Alternate Dispute Resolution: Speaker, New Jersey Bar
Association ICLE.
2000: Substantive Issues for the New Millennium: Have we outgrown sole custody?
Speaker, Association of Trial Lawyers of America-New Jersey Educational
Foundation: Matrimonial Law:
2004: Family Law Summer Institute: speaker, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2009: Family Law Summer Institute: speaker, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2010: Family Law Summer Institute: speaker, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2013: Family Law Summer Institute: speaker, New Jersey Bar Association ICLE.
2014: Presentation to Essex-Union County Association of Psychologists (EUCAP), “ParentChild Reunification or Family Therapy – Which Is It? Edwin A. Rosenberg Ph.D. &
David S. Gomberg Ph.D. January 31, 2014
2014: Presentation to Passaic County Inns of Court, “Parental Alienation and Parent-Child
Reunification. Given March 12, 2014
Publication
Kassinove, H., Rosenberg, E. & Trudeau, P. (1970). Cross validation of the environmental
participation index in a group of economically deprived high school students. Journal of
Clinical Psychology, 26, 373-376.
Professional Associations:
American Board of Forensic Examiners (Diplomate)
American Psychological Association (Life Member)
New Jersey Psychological Association
Society of Psychologists in Private Practice
National Register of Health Service Providers
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy