Stephen E Doyne, PhD

Went through 14 FULL days custody trial from HELL. Court ordered custody and psych evals.
After THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of $$$ and way too many hours with doyne, his report and recommendations were found to be absolutely INcredible and thrown out of court. LET ME REPEAT & EMPHASIZE IT WAS THROWN OUT OF COURT. The judge had a high brow the entire time it was under discussion, it was an embarrassment… doyne clearly purposely left out and misrepresented many VERY IMPORTANT details, giving me 0% consideration. He came to TOTALLY unfounded conclusions based on lie after lie after lie from the other party (who held a prominent powerful position at the time)… doyne made absurd assertions about me and presented an obvious bias for the other party. His report was to the extreme (I mean EXTREME) in favor of the other party. It was the perfect example of how the system favors people within the system, in my case, the other party was a SWAT deputy.
At first, doyne seemed nice. He seemed (pretended) to listen. He even began to confide in me details of a family situation HE was experiencing. (In my line of work, I am very familiar with the situation he was going through). And then about halfway through 10 sessions, his energy and attitude suddenly turned quite dark and negative. He began coming at me with an accusatory tone. I started to dread the sessions. When we received doynes report, I was CRUSHED. I thought I was going to lose my kids. I still, to this day, wonder what influenced his twilight zone bizarro world report and recommendations. I have some ideas.
After all is said and done, after years of trials and hearings and stress due to bullying and abuses by the other party involved, that other party no longer holds that prominent position. I did not lose my children, and everything I went through is on record. Today all is well and I have my hardcore beautiful, talented, and compassionate attorney to thank for helping me prevail, and for navigating through and cleaning the mess doyne created.

It seems Unilocal did not like my last review of Stephen Doyne. So I’ll try again. My experience was extremely negative. Not only was the time spent wasted, there were many billing mistakes found when the invoices were inspected closely. When made aware of the mistakes the good «Doctor» became an adversary. If you are there for the «good of the children» you are not in the right place. Pick a different professional and be a lot better off in the end. There, I hope that meets Unilocal’s guidelines.

Doyne was incredibly helpful to my children and I in a very stressful time. He was able to understand quickly the complexity of the situation and the personalities of all involved. He was able to gain the trust of my children who had been deeply hurt. I felt he was very fair and made the best possible recommendation of our situation. I felt very confident in him and his evaluation and recommendation. Even after all this time I will still call him to seek out his professional advice and he still remembers us and our struggles so well. He was able to help me see different ways of looking at the problems and how to best deal with all the conflict and be the best mother I can to my children. I highly recommend Dr. Doyne and feel fortunate that my children and I had him to navigate a very challenging and emotional situation.

I am deeply saddened to see the negative reviews regarding Dr. Doyne. In situations like this, you are bound to get negative feedback by one party. He is caring, empathetic, and honest. You can tell from the moment you meet him that he is truly there for his patients. I can’t think of any other office that runs as seamlessly as Dr. Doyne’s. The wait time is minimal, even non-​existent. Kids are excited to see him and are just as happy when they walk out. His assistant, Cait, really makes you feel at ease and has always been available with any questions I have had.

Dr. Doyne is compassionate and understanding. He does not preach and takes the time to listen and give his honest and ethical evaluation in a very difficult situation.
I truly wish ALL psychologists had an ounce of his wisdom. He speaks in laymen’s terms and never reduces to employing psychobabble.
Thank you, Dr. Doyne for your valuable and caring insight!
I highly recommend Dr. Doyne for he shines above the rest.

I will write more later, but suffice it to say, Dr. Doyne helped me immensely, and I can say without his help, I would have lost what’s most important to me — my daughter. He is truly the best. I had a very high-​confict divorce and ensuing custody battle, which Dr. Doyne helped me navigate perfectly. His advice about how to proceed and how to handle myself, was ALWAYS spot-​on. His ability to understand how people with personality disorders act during divorce and custody battles helped me to avoid traps my ex-​wife tried to lay for me. He is truly a super-​star mediator and mediator consultant. If you need help prepping for a successful custody mediation and/​or help with dealing with a difficult ex, one would be wise to use his services. I did and it has made ALL the difference. Thanks Steve! –Jason

I don’t know what these other so-​called reviewers are talking about. They obviously have something to hide.
I have worked with Dr. Doyne since 2012. After being in a very abusive marriage for almost 9 years, and having a son, I needed to protect him. The Court system knew I needed to protect him. Dr. Doyne did everything in his powers to help us. Unfortunately the other party couldn’t/wouldn’t do what the Court AND Dr. Doyne had asked and recommended. Dr. Doyne never gave up though. He continued to work with us in order to find a safe solution for my son to see his father. After trying numerous options, including supervised that was eventually court-​ordered, It’s sad to say that 2 and a half years later, the only way to protect my son was with supervised visitation at a secured facility.
Dr. Doyne tried and tried and tried for 2 plus years to get my ex to «get help,» and gave him «tools» to help himself and options so that he could have «normal» visits with our son and have him overnight. He kept giving him chance after chance to get himself sorted out. However, he just couldn’t do it. Dr. Doyne’s expertise and experience helped me in so many ways.
Dr. Doyne has been in touch with me numerous times since our sessions ended, to check in and see how my son is doing. Why? Because he truly cares. And to those who think he’s all about the money, Dr. Doyne didn’t HAVE to call us. He didn’t charge us. He truly cares. I would recommend Dr. Doyne to ANYONE who was in need of his services. He is a true gem.

Dr. Doyne has been absolutely amazing for the two years my son has seen him. It is not an exaggeration to say that without Dr. Doyne, my son would not have been able to get through a very diffucult time in his life. Dr. Doyne has been an advocate for my son, has built a strong trust with my son (at a time when he wasn’t sure if he could trust anyone) and has been nothing short of phenomenal as a professional and as a caring, helpful man. If I could give more than five stars, I would! Thank you Dr. Doyne!

I wish I could give negative Stars! It was court ordered that We began seeing Dr. Doyne in 2010. I was optomistic thinking He would be a help for me and my two young boys. Dr. Doyne has cost me in every possible way. He has made every single part of the custody issues more difficult, Tens of thousands have been spent. I can say from my experience Dr. Doyne in no way wants to fix problems, He merely wants to keep bringing you in for those 90 minute sessions. he has created problems that never even existed in the past. I would use ANY other mediator than Dr. Stephen Doyne, If this post helps even one family avoid this man’s unethical tactics it was worth writing it.

This man is a charlatan. His only concern is how much money he can extract from his unsuspecting clients (read victims). His office is filled with self-​aggrandizing pictures of him running a triathlon and other such narcissistic décor which are inappropriate in a professional office. he is a trickster. Run from him.

My family saw dr Doyne for over a 2 year period. He helped my kids feel understood and comfortable at a very difficult time in their lives. Additionally, he helped my ex and I to realize ways in which we were harming our kids during the divorce process. His expertise was invaluable and kept my attorney from trying to manage custody issues that he wasn’t qualified to handle.
I did not experience any fee gouging with Dr Doyne, I sure did with the other characters in the famously flawed family court system