Dr. Mary Gardner, PSY.D

Please contact me regarding any negative reviews. I am doing a collective report on the corruption in the Cook County Domestic Relations Department of our 'civil' court system regarding dissolution cases unnecessarily escalating cases through court actors involved in racketeering. Contact info: 847 ca 630ll 3496

Mary was hired by CHANTAL HOST, yet another corrupt and greedy 'Court Official', to oversee my child's custody case. As it turns out these two have been 'working' together for years to insure court cases are prolonged to yield the highest profit. Their work was often incomplete, vague, and delivered only after repeated attempts to obtain results. Avoid BOTH of these individuals all costs if you value the well-being of your family and children.

I share this for anyone going through a similar journey of Parental Alienation and experiencing similar feelings. You are not alone, don't be afraid to ask for help. Dr. Gardner brought transparency to the challenges and had an unmatched focus on the patients. It is not often, you come across a leader who is the full package of selflessness, authenticity, and unwavering values to do what is right and in the best interest of the children. You will not be disappointed in trusting the judgement of Dr. Gardner. I am forever grateful for her recommendation towards a positive impact on the lives of children and families.

Based her evaluation on incomplete information - refused to evaluate all data/documents and files for no apparent reason. Based part of her evaluation on biased word of mouth, instead of easily verifying through evidence that was available and supplied. Wanted to be paid more money to do a better evaluation.

I highly recommend Dr. Gardner. Divorcing a narcissist is extremely difficult. Their lies, deceit, manipulation, gaslighting and abuse were draining me in every way. Of course, the judges, lawyers, child reps are not trained in narcissistic behaviors, so the whole process seemed like a nightmare especially because he had them all believing his illusions. Her evaluation ended that nightmare for my kids and myself. Dr. Gardner's testimony was professional and accurate.

Our children were subject to 4 evaluators. None of them were able to pinpoint and diagnose the problem as accurately as Dr Gardner. DCFS has to get involved on the case and at all times Dr Gardner's report upheld as the most accurate in light of the unfolding of circumstances.

A negative star if I could. She is not highly regarded by her colleagues if you research her. My ex husband lied to her and she could of easily verified the information through conversations she had access to via the our family wizard. She said she saw signs of alienation By me however, my daughter stated she loves her dad, just didn’t like her dad saying bad things about me. My daughter stated she was uncomfortable at her dads because of him and his girlfriend stating bad things about me. That is NOT alienation. She only took texts from my ex husband and disregarded mine. I attempted to give her evidence and she refused to take it stating her report was almost completed, yet she hadn’t yet spoken to my child’s therapist or my collateral witnesses. She was not interested in the truth and left her report vague so she would have to testify to make money. She is friends with the Child Rep, who is friends with my ex husbands Attorney who recommended her. Corruption going on here.

Dr. Mary Gardner has an excellent reputation in the field of child custody. She does thorough investigations and has a keen eye for deception and personality problems.

Dr Gardner did a fair and unbiased evaluation. Everyone wants an evaluation that focuses on the children. Her reports are valued by the courts and she is considered an expert in the field of child custody. Well trained and prefessional.

Dr. Gardner was very unprofessional during my custody evaluation, she seems to lack basic training and ethics. She ignored all my information yet used all my ex spouse's information. It was conducted in a very biased manner. She cited poorly written websites with no credentials or credibility rather than authoritative material. She has a bad reputation and has hurt many people. After thousands of dollars spent, the only thing i got out of her report is very expensive toilet paper.

I brought in my 7 yr old foster daughter, who has a chronic history of severe emotional, behavioral & learning disabilities due to a history of extensive abuse, for a psychological evaluation with Dr. Gardner. Dr. Gardner was condescending, rigid & lacked compassion throughout the evaluation, and failed to provide positive reinforcement or encouragement. Her office was welcoming & cozy and we were able to get an appointment quickly, but her approach is not effective with kids from severe trauma.

Dr. Mary Gardner is well-trained and experienced in what she does. She is highly regarded by her colleagues.