Father should have assistance of psychologist in understanding child’s needs

Appeal by the respondent wife to have access arrangements for the eldest daughter of the parties “E.”, altered so that she does not have to stay over night during weekend access with the father applicant and also to have access altered from the father applicant having overnight access for every weekend to every alternative weekend - parties have three children, E who is 12 and T and O who are twins aged 10 - applicant issued judicial separation proceedings in October 2014 - a report was ordered under section 47 of the Family Law Act 1995 - access and custody arrangements were made in the Circuit Court in July 2015 - this was appealed the same month by the father and mother - father was upset that E was not attending for access - clinical psychologist met with E - E expressed preference to not spending weekends overnight with her father due to having to keep the curtains closed and doors locked - E wanted to maintain contact however with father - psychologist emphasised to father that quality of access was more important than quantity - father was falling into the trap of measuring the value of access in purely numerical terms - father not granted access one weekend in four - father recommended by psychologist to to have the assistance of a psychologist to assist in gaining some insight into the manner in which he should approach his role in fully obtaining the best interest of the children in his care.