Meet The Todd's

Cindi and Dale Todd run Phoenix Counseling Services, Inc. up in Everett, WA. They are the latest in the long line of pretenders that we are out to expose in the corrupt DV Industry within the State of Washington. Dale boasts on his website that he is a Certified Clinical Criminal Justice Specialist through the National Association of Forensic Therapists and The American College of Certified Counselors. He holds an advanced (Ph.D.) Doctorate Degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Criminal Justice, a (M.P.A.) Masters Degree in Public Administration in Criminal Justice and a (B.A.S.) Bachelors Degree in Psychology and (A.A.S.) Police Science. Curiously, he does not state where that last accreditation came from.

The problem is that ALL of his accreditations are from online  “Universities”. But what if the certificates on the wall could be had by anybody, even a cat? How would you feel then? I don’t know about you, but if I went to a doctor for a physical or mental problem, I would like to have the highest level of service from said doctor. If I found out that they had online credentials, I would definitely seek help elsewhere. And I strongly suggest you do as well.

In fact, the last time Dale Todd set foot on a university campus was back in 1976, according to testimony last week involving a woman who pulled the rape card, during a court ordered domestic violence class after assaulting her boyfriend. This “class” was with Dale Todd. Dale Todd, phony credentials and all “determined” after three sessions with this woman, that she was raped, using “role playing” in his “diagnosis.

Keep in mind that this was a simple child custody case. Rape charges were never filed There was never any police report. It was just Dale Todd’s enabling of bad behavior that set in motion one of the most bizarre court cases seen in years. In fact, pictures of the assault of this man were shown in this courtroom. This picture showed him with a bloody lip and black eye from the initial assault by the woman that started this bizarre case in motion with Dale Todd’s enabling of her false rape claims. The WSCADV (Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence)  also sent an “expert” witness. This witness  could not utter the words “domestic violence” when asked by the petitioners’ lawyer to describe the action that resulted in that picture. Instead, she stated that it was an action from “a woman behaving badly”.

As it turned out, the male petitioner had pictures of himself and his girlfriend at a party, shopping receipts and phone records from the very weekend in which the alleged “repeated raping” had “occurred”.

So, this PHD was now in a position of having to justify how one could throw a party at their house, rape his girlfriend, take her shopping, rape her, let her get on the phone and rape her again. And both she and Dale both acknowledged that there was no police report filed. Instead, he used “syndromes” to describe her behavior while she insisted what she said was true., without any remorse whatsoever. Now, reverse the genders in this case and imagine Dale stepping up for men in the same way. DV counselors have been fired for doing so, even when there was more than probable cause to back up their testimony. Instead, enabling of false rape claims that get thrown out of court somehow have more value in these courts, than a counselor telling the truth about a DV situation.

Sound far-fetched? I agree!

So bizarre was his testimony that it prompted the petitioner’s attorney to do a background check on Dale Todd, where the court learned of all of his online credentials. This is what you get when you get one of the pretenders in the DV industry in Washington State. Even my cat could have attained a certification from these sites.

Worse yet, this man has a close relationship with Doug Bartholomew, as Doug relies Dale Todd for testimony, support, and advice. You get the picture. Both of these men also serve as DV advisors within the state DV committees. Both helped to compose the DV state statutes for the DSHS (Dept. of Social and Human Services), even though Doug has claimed to have written them all by his lonesome on many occasions. This is the type of personal bias that drives the DV Industry within Washington State.

Needless to say, the rape allegations were thrown out, and the man was not convicted of anything. BOTH parents were ordered into anger management followed by respectful parenting classes. That follows my common sense assertions that it takes two.  The woman will have to restart her “treatment” after this folly, but walked away Scott free from making these false allegations, accusations and statements.

And so did Dale Todd for enabling that type of behavior. Despite the picture, and police reports, this “PHD” saw fit to enable the woman as the “victim” and the man as the aggressor. Bartholomew also chipped in his two cents by attempting to butcher this man on the stand as well. Thankfully, he had his sessions with Mr. Bartholomew recorded that revealed that Bartholomew’s “expert” line of questioning was nothing more than a setup. Don Dutton was the man’s expert witness. Unlike the pretenders, Mr. Dutton has over 27 pages worth of credentials, none of which involved online “universities”. He seriously questioned Mr. Batholomew’s line of questioning and how he wound up with the bizarre conclusions that he did, despite the fact that he was the victim in this case and had the proof in the form of pictures, phone records and shopping receipts to prove it.

The cost of this defense? It cost the accused man well over $100,000 to defend himself in court in a simple child custody case. This is what I mean when I say that this industry is all about the money. This is what happens when you get pretenders like Dale Todd and Doug Bartholomew as primary driving forces behind the Washington State Domestic Violence movement. They have answers to explain every one of their actions, backed up by their loosely defined statutes, which creates an allowance for an extremely biased treatment program with wide latitude to do as they please. They’ve made millions from this gravy train. Meanwhile, poor men like this have to spend a ton of money to defend themselves from the obvious.

This is what false accusations do to men. On top of that, some even lose cases like this despite the fact that many have a good solid defense. The utter impunity, ugly and vindictive nature of these courts and organizations like the Northwest Women’s Law Center, headed up by gender feminist Pat Novotny are what men are up against. They drain the man financially and mentally, while he has no support or advocacy at all. After they lose, they simply give up and lose faith in the system, while their life has been ruined and they have no more recourse other than to “take it like a man”.

Domestic Violence “science” leaves much to be desired, as DV “experts” have discovered the artful form of wording, which must be listened to closely. Almost all of the DV “experts” answers and explanations, much like that of Evan Stark, have caveats and fine print attached to it. For instance, the statement of “Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15-54″, has been repeated so often it is now their truth. That came from Evan Stark. The caveat? Mr. Stark claimed to me in an e-mail exchange that this figure is “from women who seek medical attention”, When pushed further, he stated that it also had the caveat of those “who sought medical attention who walked into the emergency room at the hospital”. I didn’t even believe that as he could only verify that with data from one county in Connecticut. Yet, that blatant statement graces many pages of DV shelters and organizations throughout the country.

Pretenders like Dale Todd and Doug Bartholomew fully ascribe to this type of “science”. Such are the “truths” and statistics of the DV Industry.

Meanwhile, this story took a stranger turn this week as three people in Cindi Todd’s (Dale Todd’s wife) DV class reported to me that Ms. Todd spent a good portion of her class describing that rape/child custody trial as if they had accomplished some good. In fact, she claimed Mr. Dutton had perjured himself on the stand. When I called her regarding this, she denied it. I asked her “Why would multiple sources report the very same statement to me”? She had no answer. When I asked about her husband’s PHD, she beat around the bush until I asked her where he went to school to obtain that “PHD” and the other paper credentials. It was then that she admitted to me that they were online paper documents obtained from online paper mills.

This brings forth the following question. What business does a treatment center “provider” have in discussing ongoing litigation as actual treatment during an actual treatment session? This is what is happening should you be treated at Phoenix Counseling Services and most DV treatment centers in Washington State. That’s how they treat and view “accountability”. They have none while you have to display yours in a dysfunctional manner for over a year, or until they “decide” to pass you. If you don’t, they will use threats and coercion in the form of threatening you with your child visitation rights. That’s right. In DIRECT conflict with their teachings, they use the same behaviors that they hold you accountable for. The “Enforcer”, Doug Bartholomew, is behind these “techniques”

As you can see, I call this treatment and don’t dare use the word therapy, as there is a difference. These treatment centers cannot legally call this therapy without the proper credentials. Therapy can only be obtained from a licensed psychologist. Treatment is provided by state certified agencies that require only 50 hours of training before they can “treat”. Along with this comes ongoing yearly training and indoctrination into these corrupt practices at local DV shelters that work in close conjunction with the likes of WSCADV, Mr. Bartholomew, and Mr. Todd, They often use threats and coercion to run these treatment centers and intimidate men with losing their children, families, money, and much, much more, should they not “comply”. This is in direct violation of their teachings, but strangely, there are no statutes to define this behavior.

It could be challenged. It will be challenged. But it will cost a small fortune and these men know that. Until then, they will continue to operate, unabated, until a higher authority steps in to clean this up.  Many actions are in the works, including the FBI, who has acknowledged that this has become a problem, as this is a circumvention of due process.

Mr. Bartholomew is now under review by the Department of Health. Barry Glatt is now out of the Industry and is now working as a quit smoking counselor at Free and Clear in Seattle. Mr. Glatt’s review at the DOH has moved forward to their legal department.  Roy Carson, head of the DSHS DVPT programs, was “laid off” with cause, this past May.