I’m Michelle Kenyon, M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and founder of Strength in the Shadow. I provide specialized consulting services to attorneys working with matters involving high-conflict relationship and parenting dynamics, parallel parenting, narcissistic abuse, coercive relational patterns, and complex interpersonal behavior.

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My consulting work draws upon my graduate-level education in clinical mental health counseling and specialized knowledge of high-conflict relational dynamics. I help attorneys examine complex behavioral and interpersonal patterns through a clinically informed lens and translate psychological and relational concepts into clear, practical information that can support case analysis, preparation, and strategy.

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Consulting services may include review and analysis of case materials and

documented communications; identification and explanation of behavioral and relational patterns; education regarding high-conflict and parallel-parenting dynamics; analysis of coercive, manipulative, or psychologically harmful relational patterns; and assistance in understanding how these dynamics may appear across communications, interactions, and documented case histories.

 

I am also available for expert consulting and, when appropriate and within the scope of my education, training, and experience, expert-witness services. My role is educational, analytical, and consultative. I do not conduct custody evaluations, psychological evaluations, or make recommendations regarding conservatorship, possession, access, or the ultimate legal disposition of a case.

 

My goal is to provide attorneys with a clear, clinically informed framework for understanding complex interpersonal behavior—particularly patterns that may be difficult to recognize when individual incidents are viewed in isolation. By identifying and contextualizing these dynamics, I help attorneys better understand and articulate the behavioral patterns relevant to their cases.