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 has been practicing psychology since 2017. He began his career in the non-profit sector, providing clinical support to families and children with neurodevelopmental concerns and a wide range of family-related challenges. In 2018, he joined his family’s private practice, Norum Psychological Services, where he continues to provide both clinical and forensic family psychological services.
Taylor is a trained therapist, mediator and Parenting Coordinator who also provides binding arbitration. He has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and parenting coordination. His clinical work includes family therapy, co-parent counselling and coaching, and family reunification therapy. Taylor also prepares both evaluative and non-evaluative Voice of the Child Reports, as well as Practice Note 7 Evaluative and Therapeutic Interventions.
He is listed on the Alberta Justice Roster of Mediators and the Brief Conflict Intervention Roster. Taylor is an active member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Alberta Family Mediation Society, and Family Mediation Canada. He has been appointed as a Parenting Expert by the Court of King’s Bench and has been qualified as an expert witness, and has provided testimony in the Court of Justice.
Registered with the College of Alberta Psychologists
Psychologists' Association of Alberta
EMDR Canada
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)