Dr. Aimee Thomas

The Professionals · Part 13 · Court-ordered evaluator · August 2022 to December 2025

Dr. Aimee Thomas of Lighthouse Family Center did the psychological evaluation the court ordered in my custody case, Summit County Domestic Relations Court, DR-2022-03-0667. On June 17, 2023 she wrote that the evidence I had sent her had "expired." On June 21, 2023 she sent her report to the court, and that night she wrote that anything I sent that day "will not be included." She submitted her report without opening my evidence of his drug and alcohol use and the domestic violence. Her report is incomplete and void.

What happened

The court ordered psychological evaluations of both parents on August 9, 2022. Her office set six appointments with me between November 3, 2022 and May 11, 2023. She saw my sons with me on February 18, 2023. I shared a Dropbox folder of my evidence with her on February 9, 2023 and emailed her my files on drugs and alcohol and on domestic violence on March 23, 2023. She did not answer until June 17, 2023, when she wrote that the attachments "have expired." I resent my evidence that day and over the next four days. She sent her report to the court on June 21, 2023 and told me that what I sent that day "will not be included." When I asked her to correct her errors, she refused, and in 2025 her lawyer told me not to come to her offices. She was never questioned under oath about her report. On August 10, 2025 I filed a complaint about her with the State Board of Psychology of Ohio, and the Board acknowledged it on August 11, 2025.

At a glance. From January 2023 to September 2025 I sent Dr. Thomas, her office and her lawyer at least 96 emails. She wrote me 25, plus two out-of-office replies; her office sent me a receipt and her lawyer sent one letter. Her office also texted me six appointment reminders, which I confirmed; I found no other texts with her. Before her report went to the court I sent her 25 emails carrying evidence; she thanked me for four of them, and wrote that the March files "have expired" 86 days after I sent them. Of 26 requests I list below, 11 got no answer I can find. Two letters from my counselor got no reply from her. After December 7, 2023 she went 115 days without writing to me, and after July 28, 2024 she never wrote to me again; 376 days and 22 of my emails later, her lawyer told me not to come to her offices.

Dr. Aimee Thomas and me, June 2022 to December 2025Timeline of the court order, my sessions, the evidence I sent, her emails, the report, the subpoenas and my licensing board complaint. Dr. Aimee Thomas and me, June 2022 to December 2025 dates from the docket, her office's text reminders, her emails and mine, her report, and the Board's emails Jul 2022 Jan 2023 Jul 2023 Jan 2024 Jul 2024 Jan 2025 Jul 2025 my sessions with her (11/3/22 – 5/11/23) Court and case 6/14/22 my lawyer's motion 8/9/22 order 7/11/24 released from subpoena 11/13/24 my subpoenas quashed My evidence 2/9/23 Dropbox folder 3/23/23 three sets of files 6/17–6/21/23 resent 12/6/23 my corrections 3/27/24 folder again What she did 6/17/23 "they have expired" 6/21/23 report "sent over to the court" 12/7/23 "not able to rewrite" 3/31/24 "I cannot open this document" 8/8/25 her lawyer: stay away 8/10/25 my Board complaint

1. August 9, 2022: the court-ordered evaluation

On June 14, 2022 my lawyer filed a motion for a mental health evaluation and drug testing assessment (motion, 6/14/22, as named in his 6/29/22 response). The court ordered the evaluations on August 9, 2022; the docket lists an "ORDER" filed that day (docket, 8/9/22). My ex-husband's own pretrial statement confirms it: "Pursuant to the Court's Order of August 9, 2022, the parties were to be evaluated by Dr. Aimee Thomas." (Plaintiff's pretrial statement, 10/17/22, p. 4) Her report is addressed to Judge John Hoffman and dated June 23, 2023 (report, p. 1).

2. November 2022 to May 2023: my sessions

Her office texted me a reminder before each appointment, and I confirmed each one (Lighthouse text reminders):

While her evaluation was still going on, the court gave me more time with my sons. On November 14, 2022 Judge John R. Hoffman Jr., "not having the psychologicals completed," ordered that I "shall have unsupervised visitation with the children every week on Wednesday." (judgment entry, temporary orders, 11/14/22, p. 1)

3. My evidence, and what she did with it

She submitted her report without opening my evidence of his drug and alcohol use and the domestic violence. Her report is incomplete.

Nine months after the report, on March 27, 2024, I sent her the Dropbox folder again. On March 31, 2024 at 1:41 PM she answered: "I cannot open this document. Please be advised that that my report is complete and has been sent." (her email, 3/31/24)

4. What she got wrong in her emails

What she wroteWhat the records show
"Do not worry about Scott's deposition. He only supervised two visits and you now have unsupervised time." (her email, 6/21/23, 1:00 PM)Under oath on October 14, 2022, Mr. Stutler was asked, "Were there 14 visits?" He answered, "Yes." (Stutler dep. 29:21–22) She had asked me for his deposition on June 17, 2023, then sent her report without it.

5. What he told her, and what the records show

I read his evaluation at Family Court Services. I could not take a copy, so the left column below is my own notes from reading it, not quotes from it. I have listed only what he told her that the records prove false.

What he told her (my notes from reading his evaluation at Family Court Services)What the record shows
He was a stay-at-home parent.His own records do not agree with each other. His affidavit says: "During my marriage, I was a stay-at-home father while Defendant was the primary income-earner for our family." (his affidavit, 5/13/22, p. 5, ¶3) His W-2s show he earned wages from Regency Roofing in 2017, 2018 and 2019 (tax records, 2017–2019). For 2020 and 2021, my Younger Son was enrolled at Young Explorers Montessori in Twinsburg, three days a week. He attended from February 24, 2020 until COVID closed classrooms in late March 2020, and again from October 5, 2020 to May 26, 2021. I toured the school on February 12, 2020 and enrolled him, I signed the tuition payment form on November 2, 2020, and my mother and I split the tuition. Between February 10, 2020 and August 31, 2021 the school sent 273 emails, including 73 daily reports; all of them came to me, and none went to him (Young Explorers emails, 2/10/20–8/31/21; see the Young Explorers page).
He did not kick in my bedroom door.The police report of February 15, 2022: "the door frame was split indicating it had been forced open. This was photographed." (police report 22-00040, 2/15/22, p. 4) Under oath he said, "I just put my shoulder into it," and of the frame, "Yeah. There's a little crack." (hearing transcript, 5/20/22, 235:12–24)
He is not a heavy drinker.His own text of February 16, 2021, 10:47 PM: "I'm one of the most fun, heavily drinking motherfuckers around." (his text, 2/16/21)
He is sober and does not use drugs.Her report on me records that he "acknowledged using cocaine in 2021 as well as a history of opiate abuse and use of kratom" (report, p. 3) and that he acknowledged he was "addicted to opiates" (report, p. 6). She wrote that the documentation "did support that [my ex-husband] was abusing illicit drugs, an allegation that he did not dispute." (report, p. 15)

That is the double standard. Her report on me records his drug admissions, yet the decree put conditions on me alone.

The guardian ad litem told me he was waiting for her report so he could write his.

When I read his evaluation at Family Court Services, Dr. Thomas wrote that he is prone to dishonesty.

6. The diagnosis, and what it was built on

Dr. Thomas gave me a personality-disorder diagnosis. It was based on false information my ex-husband gave her, and she found no abuse without looking at my evidence.

What he told her does not match the records. I set that out in section 5, What he told her, and what the records show: being a stay-at-home parent, the bedroom door, his drinking, and his drug use.

Before her report went to the court, I sent her 25 emails carrying evidence. She thanked me for four. She never acknowledged the Dropbox folder of recordings and documents I shared with her on February 9, 2023. She answered my March 23, 2023 files on the domestic violence and on his drug and alcohol use 86 days later, to say: "You send me numerous documents as attachments, but they have expired." (her email, 6/17/23) When I resent them, she wrote: "The reports were sent to the Court earlier today. Any data your provided me today will not be included in the report." (her email, 6/21/23)

After that, she would not look at anything new:

No one ever questioned her under oath about it (section 8).

I have no history of drug or alcohol abuse, and I had no mental illness before this litigation. My PTSD and panic attacks came from the abuse and from losing my sons.

7. I asked her to fix it. She refused.

No corrected report or addendum was ever issued. She would not fix her own errors, and when I kept asking, she had a lawyer tell me to stay away.

8. Never tested in court

I could not even get a copy of my ex-husband's report. On August 31, 2023 I asked the court for it. At 8:45 AM the court answered: "We cannot release any psychological reports. The court expects parties or attorneys to get those directly from the provider." (court email, 8/31/23) When I asked her, she answered at 9:25 AM: "I will need an order from the court to release it to you." At 11:28 AM she wrote: "I cannot give it to you without a Court order." (her emails, 8/31/23)

She was subpoenaed for my hearing on July 11, 2024. On July 28, 2024 she wrote to me: "I was advised that I was released from the subpoena and not needed at the hearing because you and [my ex-husband] had reached an agreement." (her email, 7/28/24)

In the fall of 2024 I subpoenaed her again. My ex-husband's lawyers moved to quash, and on November 13, 2024 Judge Joseph Giulitto granted the motion to quash my subpoenas "served upon Common Ground, Lori Long, Aimee Thomas, Geoffrey Setiawan, Mary Malek and Stephanie Young." (order, 11/13/24) No one ever questioned her under oath about her report.

9. My complaint to the licensing board

On August 10, 2025 I sent the State Board of Psychology of Ohio a formal complaint about her. The Board's investigator acknowledged it on August 11, 2025 (Board email, 8/11/25).

10. Who she is

Her own website says she has a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology from The University of Akron and a Juris Doctorate from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and that her attorney license "is currently inactive and she does not practice law." It says she co-founded Lighthouse Family Center in November 2018 and estimates she has conducted "more than 3,000 evaluations" (lighthousefamilycenter.com, viewed 10/18/26).

11. How her report is still being used to keep my sons from me

My divorce decree of July 17, 2024 gave me supervised time only. It says my parenting time "may be modified in the future only after the passage of six (6) months of continued engagement with mental health professionals as recommended by Dr. Aimee Thomas." (decree, 7/17/24, Exhibit A, pp. 22–23)

On the day she sent her report to the court she wrote to me that "you now have unsupervised time." (her email, 6/21/23)

His attorney, Lisa Dean, keeps pointing the court back to it:

Her incomplete report is still the reason given.

12. Every email and text, counted

I went through every email between me and Dr. Thomas, her office and her lawyer in my Gmail, in order, and the texts on my phone. Times are Eastern. I do not quote or use her report here.

What I asked, and what she answered

Rows in red got no answer I can find. When she did answer, it was often within hours, and the answer was usually no.

Date (ET)What I asked or sentWhat came backHow long
2/9/23 9:30 AMA Dropbox folder of my recordings and documents.None before her report. On 3/31/24, when I sent it again: "I cannot open this document."Never, before the report
2/24/23 11:26 AM"Hi could you please give me a call when you get a chance?"None found.Never
3/23/23 5:46–8:23 PMThree sets of files: the 2019 domestic violence, the ongoing domestic violence, and his drug and alcohol use.6/17/23 10:53 AM: "You send me numerous documents as attachments, but they have expired."86 days
4/12/23 4:11 PMWhat my Younger Son's new school records meant, and whether my sons had moved.4/13/23 11:41 AM: "Please contact the GAL with your questions. He may have more updated information than I have."19 hours
5/12/23 4:48 PMInformation about my ex-husband's 2019 counseling with Ms. Young.None found.Never
6/17/23 3:00 PM – 6/21/23 12:38 PMMy evidence again, as she asked: about 115 images in nine emails.None to any of them. 6/21/23 1:00 PM: "The reports were sent over to the court earlier today."Never
6/21/23 12:01 PMThat I would send Mr. Stutler's deposition, which she had asked for, by the end of the day.1:00 PM: "Do not worry about Scott's deposition."1 hour
6/21/23 9:22–9:26 PMWhether my email had come through, and the two domestic violence files again.10:01 PM: "Any data your provided me today will not be included in the report."35 minutes
6/26/23 5:40 PM"Please send a copy of the reports and all matters to be sent to my attorneys."An out-of-office reply, then 7/3/23 12:46 PM: "I am happy to send a copy of the report to your attorney with a Court order."7 days
7/21/23 3:39 PMWhat could be done about the errors, and "Is there a reason you did not email me to ask for them?"7/24/23 8:00 AM: "Please feel free to write a letter that corrects any errors." She did not answer my question.2.7 days; question unanswered
8/31/23 9:19 AMMy ex-husband's report, which the court told me to get from her.9:25 AM: "I will need an order from the court to release it to you."6 minutes
11/18/23 12:45 PMWhat I could do about the subpoenas he was sending.11/20/23 12:39 PM: "I am not allowed to offer recommendations for an attorney."2 days
12/6/23 10:49 AM"Corrections - part 1," my numbered list of the errors in her report.12/7/23 11:55 AM: "I am not able to rewrite/redo your evaluation based on these issue."25 hours; refused
3/27/24 7:30 AM and 12:58 PM"Corrections" and "Please look at this documentation," with my Dropbox folder.3/31/24 1:41 PM: "I cannot open this document. Please be advised that that my report is complete and has been sent."4 days
4/9/24 9:22 PM"Addendum - please submit": a letter from my counselor. "Please read and respond."None found.Never
5/9/24 6:56 PMConnect with the high-conflict divorce coach I had hired.5/10/24: "Connecting with a high conflict divorce coach is a wonderful idea." 5/24/24, to my coach: "I will need both Carryanne and her estranged husband to sign releases before we can talk."15 hours
5/24/24 2:07 PM"I'm happy to sign a release - let me know what I need to do."2:31 PM: "I will not consult with her until dad also signs a release."24 minutes; refused
5/27/24 7:37 PM"Did you get a chance to speak with Veronica?"5/28/24 11:14 AM: she would speak to my coach "after you have BOTH signed releases of information and Court orders this service."16 hours; refused
7/27/24 11:26 AM and 8:21 PM"How's that update coming along?" and to revise her recommendation.7/28/24 8:34 PM: "I am not able to consider new data without a Court order or request from both your attorney and [my ex-husband]'s attorney."1 day; refused
10/20/24 2:16 PM"Please provide subpoenaed records ... You may provide via email if that is more convenient for you."None found.Never
11/12/24 8:49 AMWhat she would charge me to do a new assessment.None found.Never
2/19/25 12:39 PMCopies of the records from my own evaluation.None found.Never
2/20/25 5:26 PM"Subpoena - thank you," with a link to the filed subpoena.None found.Never
6/10/25 12:22 PM"please correct your mistakes for the sake of my sons."None from her. Her lawyer wrote 59 days later (below).Never, from her
8/7/25 2:59 PM and 8/8/25 8:07 AMA link to my documents, then a letter from my counselor.8/8/25 10:32 AM, her lawyer: "an appointment will not be scheduled for you and I respectfully ask that you do not come to any Lighthouse Family Center, Ltd. office locations."2.5 hours, by her lawyer
9/6/25 4:17 PMTo her lawyer: "I respectfully and firmly request that you take immediate steps to correct the record."None found.Never

Emails and records, in order

Date (ET)From → toWhat it says
6/14/22My lawyer → courtMotion for mental health evaluation and drug testing assessment.
8/9/22CourtDocket entry "ORDER."
10/17/22His lawyers → court"Pursuant to the Court's Order of August 9, 2022, the parties were to be evaluated by Dr. Aimee Thomas."
11/3/22 – 5/11/23Her office → meSix appointment reminders, each confirmed.
2/9/23 9:30 AMMe → herDropbox folder of my recordings and documents.
11/14/22CourtTemporary orders, "not having the psychologicals completed": unsupervised visitation every Wednesday.
2/24/23 11:26 AMMe → her"Hi could you please give me a call when you get a chance?" No reply.
3/14/23 11:40 AMHer → me"Thank you for these picture"
3/23/23 5:46–8:23 PMMe → her"2019 domestic," "Ongoing domestics," "Drugs, alcohol, addictions."
4/12/23 4:11 PMMe → herMy concerns about my Younger Son's new school records.
4/13/23 11:41 AMHer → me"Please contact the GAL with your questions."
5/12/23 4:38 and 4:48 PMMe → Ms. Young; me → herI text Ms. Young to send records "if she's still never called you," then email Dr. Thomas about his 2019 counseling with Ms. Young. No reply.
6/2/23My lawyer → meHer "goal is to complete the report by June 20, 2023."
6/17/23 10:53 AMHer → me"You send me numerous documents as attachments, but they have expired."
6/17/23 12:04 PMHer → me"Can you provide me Mr. Suttler's deposition? We discussed this at out first meeting."
6/17/23 3:00 PM – 6/21/23 12:38 PMMe → herAbout 115 images resent in nine emails. No reply.
6/21/23 1:00 PMHer → me"The reports were sent over to the court earlier today. Do not worry about Scott's deposition. He only supervised two visits..."
6/21/23 9:25–9:26 PMMe → herOngoing Domestics.pdf and 2019 domestic violence.pdf, resent.
6/21/23 10:01 PMHer → me"Any data your provided me today will not be included in the report."
6/23/23Her → Judge HoffmanReport dated this day; faxed 6/27/23.
6/26/23 5:40 PMMe → her"Please send a copy of the reports and all matters to be sent to my attorneys."
7/3/23 12:46 PMHer → me"I am happy to send a copy of the report to your attorney with a Court order from the court."
7/21/23 3:39 PMMe → her"there are quite a few errors in the document you filed to the court"
7/24/23 8:00 AMHer → me"Please feel free to write a letter that corrects any errors… I will certainly take it into consideration."
8/31/23 8:45–11:28 AMCourt → me; her → meCourt: "We cannot release any psychological reports." Her: "I cannot give it to you without a Court order."
11/18/23 – 11/20/23Me → her; her → meI ask what I can do about his subpoenas. Her: "I am not allowed to offer recommendations for an attorney."
12/6/23 10:49 AMMe → her"Corrections - part 1," my numbered list of her errors.
12/7/23 11:55 AMHer → me"I understand your concerns. I am not able to rewrite/redo your evaluation…"
3/27/24 7:30 AM and 12:58 PMMe → her"Corrections" and "Please look at this documentation," with my Dropbox folder.
3/31/24 1:41 PMHer → me"I cannot open this document. Please be advised that that my report is complete and has been sent."
4/9/24 9:22 PMMe → her"Addendum - please submit": my counselor's letter. "Please read and respond." No reply.
5/24/24 2:07–2:31 PMMe → her; her → me"I'm happy to sign a release." Her: "I will not consult with her until dad also signs a release."
7/27/24 11:26 AM and 8:21 PMMe → her"How's that update coming along?" and a request to revise her recommendation.
7/28/24 8:34 PMHer → meReleased from the 7/11/24 subpoena "because you and [my ex-husband] had reached an agreement."
10/20/24 2:16 PMMe → her"Please provide subpoenaed records." No reply.
11/12/24 8:49 AMMe → herWhat she would charge for a new assessment. No reply.
11/13/24CourtOrder granting the motion to quash my subpoenas, including to her.
2/19/25 – 2/20/25Me → herA request for the records from my own evaluation, then the filed subpoena. No reply.
6/10/25 12:22 PMMe → her"please correct your mistakes for the sake of my sons."
8/8/25 10:32 AMMichael A. Chuparkoff, for Lighthouse and Dr. Thomas → me"I respectfully ask that you do not come to any Lighthouse Family Center, Ltd. office locations."
8/7/25 2:59 PM and 8/8/25 8:07 AMMe → her officeA link to my documents, then a letter from my counselor.
8/10/25Me → State Board of Psychology of OhioFormal complaint. Acknowledged 8/11/25.
9/6/25 4:17 PMMe → her lawyer"I respectfully and firmly request that you take immediate steps to correct the record." No reply.

Her report should never have been relied on.

Children's names, birthdates and addresses are left out of every quote. Names inside quotes are replaced in brackets. Quotes keep the writers' own spelling. Times are Eastern.

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