Jaye-Jo Portanova, M.D.
JAYE-JO PORTANOVA, M.D.
3868 Carson St. Suite 300
Torrance CA 90503
424-275-4043 phone
CLINICAL SERVICES PROVIDED
Individual, Family, and Co-parenting Coaching
Consultant to Attorneys and Their Clients
Collaborative Law Team Member
Child Specialist Consultation
Mediation
ADULT PSYCHIATRY BOARD CERTIFIED DIPLOMATE: March 1990
ADOLESCENT AND CHILD PSYCHIATRY BOARD CERTIFIED DIPLOMATE: Sept 1990
EDUCATION
July 1987 Child Psychiatry Fellowship, UCLA
July 1985 Adult Psychiatry Residency Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA
June 1983 Pediatric Internship, UCLA
June 1982 M.D. School of Medicine, UCLA
June 1978 B.S. Psychobiology, UCLA
HONORS AND AWARDS
Phi Beta Kappa – UCLA
Magna Cum Laude – UCLA
Alpha Lamda Delta - UCLA First-Year Student National Academic Honor Societies
Women’s Honors Society – UCLA
Beineckie Memorial Scholarship – National Award 1978 for Graduate Studies
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Private Practice Clinical Forensic Psychiatry – Consultants with attorneys on custody
evaluations, mediation, family therapy, and co-parenting counseling 1994 –Present
Collaborative Practice of California - 2014 - Present
Collaborative Practice San Diego - Present
Center for Conflict Resolution – Loyola Law School in association with LACFLA
collaborative law team member, child specialist coach 2014 - 2022
Peace Talks Mediation – mediation team member, mental health specialist 2015
Downtown Los Angeles Psychiatric Custody Evaluation Panel May 1994 – 2003
Selected by Los Angeles Superior Court Judges to evaluate custody cases and
providing a report and possible expert witness testimony Southwest Psychiatric Custody Evaluation Panel
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Domestic Violence Training – Code 5.230 12 hours 1997
4 hours annual updates 1998 – Present
AFCC-CA Complex Issues in Custody Evaluations 20 hours October 2023
AFCC-CA California Annual Conference 1997 - Present
IACP Annual Networking & Education Conference October 2023
ADHA: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment 2001
Practical Advances in Integrating Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology 2001
Collaborative Practice Cal Celebration Annual Conferences 2013 - Present
Custody Evaluation Training – Code 5.225 40 hours 2002 – 2003
8 hours annual updates 2004 – Present
Psycho–Legal Child Custody Training Rule 1257.4 20 hours 2002
Child Evaluation of Sexual Abuse Training - Code 3110 40 hours 2002 – 2003
8 hours annual updates 2004 – 2020
Thomson American Health Consultants, Managing Pain and End-of-Life Issues
December 2005
LACBA Annual Child Custody Colloquium – September 2006, 2007, 2013 - 2019
American Institute of Medical Education, Creativity and Madness, Dec 2005 -2009
North American Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Gynecology, Annual Clinical
Meeting, May 2008
Psycho-Legal Associates, Child Custody Update & High Conflict Couples January 2013
Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Law School
Professional Skills Program, Family Law Mediation June 2013
Mosten Mediation, 40-hour Divorce Mediation Training September 2013
LACFLA Annual Collaborative Law 3-Day Training January 2014
LACBA Getting Ready for the New Wave of Clients: ADR/CDR Special Working with Same-Sex Partners, Needs Families, and Prenuptial Agreements March 2014
AFCC-CA Custody Evaluator & Mediation Annual Training February 1998 – Present
Confluence Centers for Mediation Training Advanced Workplace Mediation Training
February 2015
AFCC-OR Inaugural Conference The Rising Tides of Shared Parenting
April 2015
LACFLA Train the Trainer December 2015
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Del Amo Hospital, Torrance CA Child & Adolescent Medical Director 1989 to 1993
Medical Director March 1993 to 1995
Women’s Unit Medical Director 1992 to 1993
Trauma Recovery Unit March 1993 to 1995
Little Company of Mary Hospital Active Clinical Staff Member 1987 to 1992
Charter Pacific Hospital Child & Adolescent Medical Director 1987 to 1989
College Hospital Staff Psychiatrist 1984 to 1989
Charter Oak Hospital Staff Psychiatrist 1984 to 1989
Charter Grove Hospital Staff Psychiatrist 1984 to 1989
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Mental Health Clinic Psychiatrist 1983 -1984
PRESENTATIONS
2024 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers So Cal Division
Litigation Institute
Five Rules of Persuasion in Custody Matters
2021 Collaboration Practice California Conference XV
2018 Collaboration Practice California Conference XIII Family Residence Issue and
Why They Drive Us Crazy
2017 Collaborative Practice California Conference Xll Why Long-Term
Spousal Support Drives Everybody Crazy
2017 USC School of Medicine Guest Lecturer
2016 UCLA School of Law Guest Lecturer
2016 Collaborative Practice California Conference XI -- Bias: The Shadow
Behind the Smile
2015 LACFLA 1 Day Training – What is Collaborative Law? What is the Role
of the Child Specialist?
2015 Los Angeles Study Group Debate and Conversation Regarding
Shared Parenting, with Robert Simon, PhD
2015 USC Law School Child Custody Evaluation Review
2015 USC Trojan Health Volunteers
2014 Chapman University, Sociology Guest Lecturer: PTSD, OCD
2014 LACBA 36th Annual Child Custody Colloquium: When a Child Rejects a
Parent: Exploring, Rejection, Resolution, and Reunification.
2014-15 Mosten Mediation Training, Training Assistant
2002 Domestic Violence and Parenting Assessment and Decision Making
in the Family Law Context Training for Evaluators and Mediators – LA Superior Court in Collaboration with Allied Legal Services
2000 AFCC Child Custody Colloquium
1999 Conference: Litigating Complex Family Law Issues, Institute of Trial Advocacy Litigating the Child Custody Evaluation Process
1998 Conference: A New Beginning for Partnerships for Children and Families in Los Country, Lecture: Through the Eyes of a Child: The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children Making Custody Work: Community Presentation
Child Custody Colloquium Judge’s College: Presentation: Domestic Violence, Drug Testing, and Severe Psychiatric Pathology
1997 American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers Making Custody Work
1994 -1999 Family Law Group, Presentations
1994 -1997 Television and Radio Broadcast
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Current Member
A Better Divorce
Collaborative Practice San Diego
Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County
Association of Family and Collation Courts
Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association, Prior Board Member
Collaborative Practice of California
Prior Member
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Marina Collaborative Divorce Group
Beverly Hills Bar Association
South Bay Bar Association
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Our House Grief Support Center – Board Member
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
PROFESSIONAL LICENSE: California # G52541