Sharon Ryan Montgomery, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist with more than 30 years of experience in private practice. Dr. Montgomery maintains both a clinical and forensic practice; providing individual, couples and family therapies, in addition to a myriad of forensic evaluations and interventions. The latter includes Custody/Parenting Evaluations, Risk Assessments, Problem Focused/Brief Assessments, Personal Injury Evaluations, Parenting Coordination, Co-Parenting Therapy, Parent Coaching, Mediation, and Family Interventions in which a child resists contact with a parent. She also provides intensive therapy workshops/weekends for families in which a child refuses contact with a parent through the Building Family Resilience Program.
Dr. Montgomery has taught and lectured extensively, having presented papers at both the National and International Child Abuse Conferences. She has been a frequent presenter for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education of New Jersey, the New Jersey Association for Justice, the Family Court Judges Association of New Jersey, the New Jersey Bar Association, New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court, the New Jersey Judges Annual Retreat and the New Jersey Judicial College. Dr. Montgomery is Past President of the New Jersey Psychological Association, the N.J. Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Morris County Psychological Association, and the Human Services Association of Morris County.
Dr. Montgomery obtained her doctorate in psychology from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. She is a certified provider for New Ways for Families, and holds certifications as a Mediator, Group Psychologist and in Collaborative Law. Dr. Montgomery is also a Certified School Psychologist.