Onondaga · Oswego · Madison County Family Courts
Was Karrie Damm-Stewart assigned to your court case?
Karrie Damm-Stewart is active in Onondaga County Family Court. She is the Chief Executive Officer at FamilyMatters of CNY, and she is a LMFT and therefore required to adhere to professional standards. If you or someone you know has had Karrie Damm-Stewart involved in a family court matter and you’re concerned about her behavior or testimony, we want to know.
What we do
No one has created a coordinated effort to compile the stories of survivors of Karrie Damm’s therapy. That changes with this website.
Who we are
Our team of parents and litigators is looking for others who feel they have been inappropriately accused of parental alienation.
Your Karrie Damm-Stewart complaint
If your story is “old,” that’s perfect. We want your story.
We are working with an Upstate NY Class-Action attorney and a Malpractice attorney. Are you a child who is now an adult? Contact us. Are you an attorney? Let’s hear it. There are no fees for your participation.
This is not a legal advice site. We can’t provide you with feedback or testimony at this time, as that is not our mission.
You are not alone.
There are others like you. We know this from conversations with court-ordered forensic evaluators, Onondaga, Oswego and Madison County CPS case workers, and family court lawyers.
Public record · November 4, 2025
NYSED enforcement action against her license
The New York State Board of Regents granted a consent order on the Marriage and Family Therapy license of Karrie D. Damm (license 000246): 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine. The summary states the licensee did not contest the charge of record keeping and failing to maintain effective rapport/communicate with parents.
“The protection of women and children from violence, a victim-centered approach, and the best interests of the child, must take precedence over all other criteria when establishing arrangements for custody and visitation rights.”Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women · Read on UN News
A history of intimate partner violence against women was often neglected in family courts.
Custody decisions made without sufficiently considering the views of the child.
“Parental alienation” is embedded in legal systems, including amongst evaluators.
Urgent reform needed to shield women and children from violence during custody battles
“The tendency of family courts to dismiss the history of domestic violence and abuse in custody cases, especially where mothers and/or children have brought forward credible allegations of domestic abuse, including coercive control, physical or sexual abuse is unacceptable,” said Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, in a report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
“When custody decisions are made in favour of the parent who claims to be alienated without sufficiently considering the views of the child, the resilience of the concerned child may be undermined. The child may also continue to be exposed to lasting harm,” Ms. Alsalem said. She also called out the failure of child custody processes to use child sensitive approaches that focus on the best interest of children.
Despite these grave consequences “parental alienation” and related pseudo concepts are embedded and endorsed in legal systems across different jurisdictions, including amongst evaluators tasked with reporting to family courts on the best interest of the child.
Working with her now?
Protect yourself.
- Get a copy of all the paperwork. Confirm she is the child or children’s therapist.
- Take your time answering questions. If you don’t know, say you don’t know.
- Stay calm. She’s not a judge.
- If you are a victim of domestic violence, you can file for an order of protection in your county.
It’s time to speak.
We are gathering stories at this stage. You can use a different name. Your participation does not prevent you from pursuing your own legal action.
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