Federico Grosso, DDS, PhD, MFT, BCFE, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice in Santa Barbara, California. He is a board-certified pediatric dentist who retired from Dentistry due to a career-ending accident. He is an author, academician, consultant, expert witness, and lecturer throughout the United States in the area of legal and ethical guidelines for marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, alcoholism and drug abuse counselors, and certified addictions treatment specialists. He serves as a successful and effective expert witness in malpractice and administrative actions in this field and provides consultation to attorneys on the strengths and weaknesses of their malpractice cases. His consistent success as an expert witness continues to be recognized and appreciated by attorneys.

His publications are widely used in psychotherapy academic programs and by attorneys who specialize in mental health malpractice. He has addressed the standard of care for Mental Health Records and Mental Health Treatment Planning.

Dr. Grosso is currently an official lecturer for the California Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and also lectures for other professional organizations. He is currently expanding is consultation practice on malpractice cases and continues to lectures throughout the California.