Bjornson Consulting, LLC provides consulting, training, and expert witness services to support professionals navigating complex cases. Our work includes forensic interviewing and training delivered in a trauma-informed, human-centered manner that upholds dignity for all. Steady and adaptive in approach, we bring clarity, credible insight, and practical strategy to every engagement—helping advocates, attorneys, law enforcement, and organizations respond with confidence, purpose, and integrity.
Experience
Bjornson Consulting is grounded in over 13 years of leadership in domestic violence response and coordinated community systems. Tara Bjornson, M.A., is a recognized expert in domestic violence dynamics, coercive control, victim behavior, and trauma response, with experience spanning executive leadership, direct service, and system-level collaboration.
As Assistant Director of a domestic violence crisis center, she has led high-risk case review, facilitated multidisciplinary teams, and partnered with law enforcement, prosecutors, healthcare professionals, and advocacy organizations to strengthen coordinated response and offender accountability. Her work includes extensive training across disciplines, with a focus on practical application in complex and high-risk cases.
Tara provides expert witness testimony in both criminal and civil matters and has been qualified across multiple judicial districts. Her expertise is further informed by hands-on experience in forensic and human-centered interviewing, lethality risk assessment, and the identification of systemic gaps impacting victim safety.
She has also held leadership roles within Sexual Assault Response Teams (SART), Domestic Violence High-Risk Teams (DVHRT), and statewide human trafficking initiatives—bringing a comprehensive understanding of how systems intersect and where they break down.
Services
Bjornson Consulting offers targeted services designed to strengthen case response, improve system coordination, and support informed decision-making in complex situations.
Consulting & Case Review
Strategic consultation on high-risk, complex, and lethality-driven cases, including coercive control, strangulation, and interpersonal violence. Services include case analysis, system response evaluation, and guidance to support effective intervention and accountability.
Training & Professional Development
Specialized training for law enforcement, attorneys, healthcare professionals, and multidisciplinary teams. Topics include domestic violence dynamics, victim behavior, trauma response, Human-Centric Interviewing, and coordinated community response.
Expert Witness Services
Objective, experience-based testimony in criminal and civil cases involving domestic violence, coercive control, trauma, and victim behavior. Testimony is grounded in current research, professional experience, and clear communication for court settings.
Systems & Program Development
Development and facilitation of Domestic Violence High-Risk Teams (DVHRT), multidisciplinary collaboration (SART), and policy and protocol review. Focused on strengthening coordinated response, reducing system gaps, and improving victim safety outcomes.
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