Parenting coordination is a child-focused process to help high-conflict coparents resolve disputes, understand children’s needs, and implement parenting plans. This may also involve court-approved decisions when necessary.
Expert psychological evaluations for informed decisions in legal contexts.
Facilitated therapy to rebuild and strengthen parent-child relationships after separation.
Assessments ensuring children’s perspectives are considered in legal matters.
Practical strategies to enhance parenting and improve co-parenting dynamics.
Comprehensive evaluations to identify and mitigate potential risks.
Neutral conflict resolution services to achieve fair, voluntary agreements.
Ensuring children’s voices are heard during mediation.
Therapy to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen family relationships.
Forensic
Taylor Norum is a Registered Psychologist who has practised since 2017. Since 2022, his practice has centred on forensic psychological assessment and therapeutic intervention in family and legal matters, with particular expertise in Forensic Mental Health Assessments, Violence Risk Assessments, and Parenting and Parenting Capacity Assessments. He holds a Master of Science in Forensic Psychology and has completed extensive continuing education in forensic practice, including advanced training in violence risk assessment and forensic evaluation.
He provides Practice Note 7 evaluative and therapeutic interventions and is listed on the Alberta Justice Roster of Mediators and the Alberta Justice Brief Conflict Intervention Roster. His therapeutic work includes parent and co-parent coaching and a range of family therapy interventions for separating and divorcing families, including reunification work. He has been appointed as a Parenting Expert by the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta and as an arbitrator in private arbitration matters, has been qualified as an expert witness, and has provided testimony in the Alberta Court of Justice.
His assessment work is grounded in a strong clinical foundation. Taylor began his career in the non-profit sector, supporting children and families with neurodevelopmental concerns and a range of family challenges. He is a trained therapist, mediator, parenting coordinator, and arbitrator, and has completed advanced training in trauma therapy, including EMDR — giving him a broad understanding of high-conflict family systems and the children and parents within them. He is an active member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Alberta Family Mediation Society, and Family Mediation Canada.
Beyond his direct practice, Taylor provides consultation and supervision to psychologists and provisional psychologists, and presents to professional audiences on managing high-conflict family situations.
Registered with the College of Alberta Psychologists
Psychologists' Association of Alberta
EMDR Canada
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)