Venessa Bowers
Salisbury, MD 21804
Venessa Bowers, LCSW-C, CCTP, is a licensed clinical social worker, forensic evaluator, co-parenting educator, and trauma specialist with extensive experience working at the intersection of mental health, child welfare, family systems, and the courts. As the Founder and Managing Partner of The Holistic Hive, she provides forensic evaluations, parenting capacity assessments, family functioning evaluations, reunification therapy, co-parenting interventions, supervised visitation services, and expert consultation in complex family law and child welfare matters. Ms. Bowers has advanced training in co-parenting dynamics, high-conflict family systems, attachment, trauma, and child development, allowing her to assist courts and families in understanding the factors that impact children's well-being during separation, divorce, and custody disputes.
Ms. Bowers is recognized for her ability to translate complex clinical findings into clear, objective, and court-relevant opinions grounded in established professional standards, research, and evidence-based practice. Her expertise includes trauma, attachment, child development, high-conflict co-parenting relationships, substance use disorders, eating disorders, and the impact of adverse childhood experiences on functioning and relationships. She has provided expert services for attorneys, courts, child welfare agencies, and families throughout Maryland and surrounding jurisdictions, with a particular focus on helping decision-makers understand the clinical and developmental needs of children within family court systems.
- Adoptions
- Alcohol Abuse
- Child Abuse
- Child Custody
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Family Law
- Social Work/Social Services
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: MSW, Indiana University
MA Purdue University
LCSW-C Maryland
LCSW (AR, DE, FL, IN, PA, ME, NH, TX, VA, WV)
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
Certified Reunification Therapist
Certified Expert Witness
Certified Custody Evaluator
Certified Forensic Social Worker - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: NASW
Forensic Social Work Alliance
Association of Family and Conciliatory Courts - Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Indiana University Schools of Social Work, Liberal Arts, and Informatics
Colorado State University
Purdue University
Ivy Tech Cimmunity College
Front Range Conmunuty College
Salisbury University - Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: 50
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Child development
Trauma
Attachment Disorders
Family Dynamics
Substance Use
General Mental Health
Child Welfare - Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 50%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 50%
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: 120
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 50
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 15
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Custody Evaluation
Family Functional Evaluation
Psychological Evaluation
Mental Injury Evaluation
Parenting Capacity Evaluation
Reunification Therapy
High-Conflict Co-Parenting Classes
Supervised and Therapeutic Supervised Visitation
Attorney Consultation
Court Reporting - Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: $200
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: $250
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: $350
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: $350
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Travel expenses, collateral review/interviews, ongoing case management
Available Upon Request