Steve Baron, M.A., MFT, is the retired Director of Family Court Services in Santa Clara County, former Adjunct Faculty for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges on the subject of juvenile dependency mediation and for Santa Clara University where he taught in the graduate Department of Counseling Psychology and Education on subjects including child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse, substance abuse, and trauma. He is also retired from 25 years of private practice as a therapist.