Highly biased and unprofessional, clearly not child centered when it comes to the best interest of the child. Details were reported in error and daughter who asked to be heard and supported through a vulnerable process was ignored. Abuse issues were not acknowledged nor considered despite being documented by both parent and child.

Submitted Aug. 26, 2022

Ridiculous. Diagnosed a child with two personality disorders that doesnt come close to meeting criteria. He made many mistakes in the report and when he couldn’t remember he FABRICATED the story. I made a huge mistake trusting he would have a child’s best interest. He ruined any chance of her having a voice in regards to her care. He should fully retire

Submitted Nov. 3, 2021

Christians should NOT be a court evaluator, if Eve allowed to practice. Without going through my experience, the judges ruling spoke volumes, the mother, me, is to have sole custody. Judge could not understand how Christianity said joint and thankfully, our judge cared.

The staff and Christians will have you believe they are solely on your behalf, but they play, if you will, each parent.

Please, ask for a different evaluator!!

Submitted May 17, 2020

The staff where great to work with, even went out of their to help me find places that I needed to go. The front desk lady (Jen) was very understanding and worked with me on payments that where good and where not going to be a burden on me...Thank you so much , God Bless..Jen.

Submitted Dec. 10, 2017

If you need counseling services to help with a family court case involving custody of your children, you absolutely want to RUN from Dr. Daniel J. Christiano and East Valley Counseling Associates!!! These people are 100% unethical, self-serving and dishonest and do not care what's best for your children.

In 2011 (harmful ramifications of Christiano's unethical care persist into 2016) my ex-wife filed for divorce with a lying bulldog attorney. Despite my professional background, I was unemployed and could not afford an attorney of my own. Lopsided representation led to orders that I submit to forensic counseling. I went to Daniel Christiano because when interviewed he said he would help me. Through exhaustive testing and counseling with him, Christiano's professional opinion was there was no reason to restrict my time with my children, in which he was correct. However, when presenting this in court, my ex's attorney manipulated testimony from Christiano that he did not intend, including that I should have MORE counseling before normal time with my children could begin. I was furious and Christiano apologized, explaining how he couldn't control himself under pressure, and offered to fulfill the new requirements with fee-free counseling with a graduate student-level intern, Tyler Maxon. Even though the judge questioned the wisdom of this, Christiano pridefully insisted he could manage communication with his intern and see this through. Meanwhile my children and I continued to suffer from inadequate, unhealthy, unjustifiably diminished parenting time.

Following through with imposed requirements, sessions with Maxon led to an official, court-filed recommendation to increase my parenting time. But Christiano apparently HAD NOT adequately conversed with Maxon or reviewed his notes. When my ex's attorney called to manipulate Christiano further, rather than adhere to professional boundaries and include me and my new attorney in these conversations, Christiano instead engaged in illegal ex-parte communication, was weak in defending his recommendation and allowed coercion to RETRACT his recommendation to increase my parenting time. Now I was livid!

Long story short, the family court declared the whole experience with Christiano void and required more counseling at a cost of over $8000 to me and another 2+ years of inadequate time with my precious children. Thank God I finally got a good job to pay everyone to dig out of this mess! Without court rules that provide immunity from malpractice and code-of-conduct violations, I absolutely have grounds for a winning case against Christiano. Avoid Dr. Daniel Christiano at all costs!

Submitted April 28, 2016

Since the beginning of our case, Dr. Christiano did not want to be involved; he even said so on several occasions. He has false documented and plays one parent against the other. I believe that he enjoys working as a court ordered TI so that complaints cannot be filed against him. It is also quite uncomfortable when you are speaking with him and he is constantly starting at your chest. His recommendations are not clinically sound. The staff answered questions that the Dr should have- which is unethical and breech of confidentiality. He communicated with other party, ex parte.

Submitted July 16, 2015

I have been a patient of Dr. Christiano's for approximately 9 years and in that time there has been consistent and measurable progress for me. Dr. Christiano is professional, well-educated and very empathetic in his approach to helping one reach their personal goals towards wellness. I personally believe that I am very lucky to have this caretaker direct my individual path to wellness.

Submitted May 29, 2015

I have used Dr. Christiano in my professional practice as an expert and as a therapist. He is excellent. Having dealt for many years in the Maricopa County Court system, where there is usually always a winner and a looser in the eyes of my clients', it is this doctor, and only this doctor, who actually seems to garner, more often than not, the cooperation and appreciation of both sides. Even after a party might "loose" or be "chastened" by the powers of the court or the doctor, it is usually in the end a full circle wherein -in the healing journey- both parties and their children are very gland this excellent doctor participated in curing their dysfunction. He is not just a Band-Aid, he cares, is mostly very patient, and can see the good as much as the areas a person needs constructive criticism or very direct appraisal of a problem personality trait .

Submitted May 5, 2015

My opinion based on interactions with Christiano is that his only real interest is money and control. In initial interactions he made no indication of interest in the patient or their welfare. Instead Christiano's only concern was demanding large sums of money up front and demanding acceptance of his prefab rules that essentially left him free of any responsibility or accountability. I would never trust Christiano with any of my children and had him removed from my case.

Submitted May 4, 2015

I have never met a therapist with such knowledg. He helped both me and my children.

Submitted May 2, 2015