How Can Witness Support Services Help My Client?

Witness Support Services helps witnesses better manage their emotions, which can empower them to testify more accurately, credibly, and consistently.

Giving evidence, especially in a formal proceeding, can be intimidating.  That intimidation causes some individuals to “go blank,” to “want to please instead of recounting facts,” and/or to otherwise give unreliable evidence.  These behaviors often result from inadequate emotional regulation of a stressful experience. 

Emotional regulation, however, is a skill that can be taught. The witness support services that I provide are educational in nature. Witnesses are taught about managing their emotions while testifying so the act of testifying is more comfortable, and they can testify more accurately.  In particular, I provide witnesses with information and skills training to help them enhance their emotional regulation and coping skills when testifying. 

Further Reading:

Fowler, Dr. Clare. “Is Conflict Affecting Your RAM and REM? How Stress Disrupts Executive Function and Sleep in Disputants.” American Arbitration Association, 9 Mar. 2026. Lexology.com, 2026. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.