Meet Divorce Coach Robert Evans, Ph.D.  

Bob Evans, or “Dr. Bob,” has recently brought a lifetime of experience in education and training to Pinellas County. With a well-rounded background in applied psychology and the behavioral sciences, he now specializes in divorce coaching in his private practice located in Safety Harbor.

Dr. Bob grew up in New York City (Queens) and after serving in the U.S. Army in the mid-60s, he went to school at Long Island University in Brooklyn, St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY, and then to The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. After earning degrees in psychology, school psychology and educational psychology, he worked as a school psychologist in New York and Virginia. Soon he became sought after by defense contractors not only for his expertise in training and training research, but also for facilitating support groups for children and families. Along the way he also obtained strong skills in successfully writing grants, and he ultimately taught grant writing. Eventually he worked for the U.S. Department of the Army, then the U.S. Navy, and then the U.S. Secretary of Defense, which is when he was moved to Florida.

In the mid-80s Dr. Bob started working as a private, licensed school psychologist in Longwood, Florida, where he conducted psychological assessments and led self-esteem and support groups. It was then that he really took notice of the negative effects divorce has on children. “Sometimes people in an adverse divorce situation alienate their children away from the other parent,” Dr. Bob says. “When there are no valid reasons for a child disliking a parent, then this may be a diagnosable condition called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS).”

Dr. Bob, who is himself a divorced father, has dedicated his practice in Pinellas County to helping both professionals and individuals with some of the adverse effects of divorce. For instance, he trains attorneys in how to recognize PAS and how to instruct their clients about what to do when they are victims of this form of child abuse. He also helps attorneys to understand divorcing people’s behavior and feelings, including when their client is either the one doing the alienating or the one being alienated.

The divorce situation can be even worse for women, Dr. Bob points out, if the woman has been financially dependent. “She may have no credit cards or bank assets in her own name. The first thing I may help her with is getting these basic things established.” In working as a coach,, he will also help a divorcing person prepare for court, work with her or his attorney more effectively, learn about parental alienation, and with the many other issues and challenges that arise during divorce proceedings. His website has detailed information about his unique services.

Dr. Bob and his wife, who is a life-balance coach, moved from Longwood to be nearer one of their daughters. When they are not out looking for a house, they take salsa dancing lessons and Dr. Bob is a senior member of the Civil Air Patrol because, ultimately, he wants to learn to fly.     

A Center for Human Potential
Robert Evans, PhD
670 2nd Street N., Suite D
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
(727) 669-5707
www.acenterforhumanpotential.com
drbob@acenterforhumanpotential.com