Marriage And Family Therapist Valerie Houghton

Valerie Houghton lists her expertise as a therapist and family mediator. That is a bunch of BS. Valerie does not have ANY mediation skills. She does not know how to work out problems and seek reasonable solutions. If there is a problem, only one of two things will occur. (1) she will use the problem to her advantage. When I told her that my son was getting molested, she just used the information to get assets placed into trust. What a problem solver would have done is filed a request for an emergency screening. If anything, SHE IS LEGALLY MANDATED. (2) If you don't like the solution that she presents to you, Valerie Houghton will bully, harass, and POISON you. I didn't like my son getting molested or that my other children were being put in harms way. I also didn't like being cut out of my children's lives, so I complained. At this point mediation skills would have come int handy, but you need to have empathy to be able to do that. I think that most people could understand why I would be upset about my so getting molested or being estranged for no good reason. Valerie had no empathy. She just got ANGRY. I was subsequently stalked, harassed, hacked, threatened, and poisoned. Valerie only cared about herself, once again. How dare I complain? How dare I criticize anything that she does? How dare I try to fight for my kids and try to protect them? When you deal with Valerie, you are not dealing with a normal person. You can't assume that she will be conventional or reasonable.

I told my attorney, Joshua Bentley, that my now ex-wife had made filings for a divorce. He then asked me what Department my case was in. Mr. Bentley then told me [in person] to text him for a referral to a family law attorney. I had to contact him several times over the next week and half to get that referral. When he finally got back to me, he referred me to Ms. Amini, who I then hired. Ms. Amini told me that she could not represent me if I did not hire a therapist to prepare me for my divorce. She then referred me to Valerie Houghton. I was emailed instructions to pay Ms. Houghton only in cash and not to tell anyone. Furthermore, Ms. Houghton stated several times to me that the judge [Honorable James E. Towery] would be angry should I fire either her or Ms. Amini. I asked Ms. Amini several times about needs for secrecy and cash payments. She never gave me an answer that made any sense. After paying about $30,000 between the two of them in a span of two months, I fired both of them. The next hearing Judge Towery vacated all of my hearings without my consent. These hearings included ones pertaining to custody and visitation. Judge Towery also consistently ruled against me and violated many Rules of Court to my detriment throughout the remaining proceedings. After the end of my divorce I carefully examined Ms. Houghton's website. She listed the Honorable Towery as a former employer and as a reference. Furthermore, Ms. Houghton had offered her services to my ex-wife after I fired her. It has been almost four years since I have last had contact with my children. There is nothing in the record that would indicate that it should be so. In fact, the police report which is the basis for no contact [that I subpoenaed] has been removed from the record against my objections. I informed Judge Towery of my intent to complain. The next day the record was uploaded into digital format. Many of my pleadings [1/3 of the record] are now missing. Ms. Houghton's website has also been removed from the internet [www.valeriehoughton.com]. Despite the Honorable Towery's obvious conflict of interest, he has refused to recuse himself. In fact, he has ordered that I not have contact with any of my four children for an additional 5 years. There is a pending complaint against him regarding this matter filed with the Commission on Judicial Performance. There also also pending complaints against Ms. Amini and Ms. Houghton with the State Bar of California. I have also filed a Civil Rights case against the Honorable Towery. Here is the link: www.scribd.com/document/38359****/Judge-James-E-Towery-Complaint-Superior-Court-of-California-County-of-Santa-Clara