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Helen T. Brantley, Ph.D.

Professor and Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Service

Brantley

 
Office Phone:  (919) 966-0012
 
 
 
Education:
 
B.A., Duke University
 
Ph.D., Duke University
 
Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Child Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina

 

Summary Statement:

Dr. Brantley is Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Service and professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  She also maintains a general psychotherapy private practice.  She is a member of the Psychology and Law Committee of the North Carolina Psychological Association and belongs to the American Psychological Association and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.  She chairs the American Psychological Association Task Force to Develop Guidelines for the Practice of Parenting Coordination.  She is a board member of the Center for Cooperative Parenting in Chapel Hill.  Dr. Brantley is a frequently invited speaker at international, national, and state meetings and her publications are in the area of divorce.  She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Duke University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

 

Representative Publications:

  1. Brantley, H.T.: The Role of Development in Determining Children’s Needs in Divorce. In: Child Custody and Shared Parenting in North Carolina, Bender, V., Brantley, H.T., and Davis, D.A, NBI, Inc., Eau Claire, WI, pp. 19-36, 2001.
  2. Davis, D. A., Brantley, H.T., Reynolds, L. W.: Development of Parenting Plans. In: Child Custody and Shared Parenting in North Carolina, Bender, V., Brantley, H.T. and Davis, D. A., NBI, Inc., Eau Claire, WI, pp. 37-54, 2001.
  3. Brantley, H.T.: Dealing with Difficult Divorce Cases from a Child Psychologist’s Perspective. In Child Custody and Shared Parenting in North Carolina, Bender, V., Brantley, H.T., and Davis, D. A., NBI, Inc., Eau Claire, WI, pp 123-140, 2001.
  4. Varley, W., Brantley, H. Allen, S. Phillips, B., and Tobin, M. Therapeutic-Forensic Role Conflict and Custody Disputes Revisited: Significant Considerations for the Child Psychologist. The North Carolina Psychologist, 53, 5, 2002.
  5. Brantley, H.T. Parenting Coordinator: A New Role for Psychologists. The North Carolina Psychologist, 2007, 59, 3, 1&13.