If you’ve ever noticed that you or your child seem to struggle in different areas of life more than what you find typical, or that it seems to require significantly more time and effort to accomplish things than your/their peers, an assessment could be the first step on the path forward in learning how to best navigate those challenges.

I use a holistic and person-centered approach to help identify developmental and psychiatric differences, strengths, growth areas, and cognitive style in order to provide meaningful and useable feedback for adults, children, adolescents, and their families.

Assessments can also provide documentation of medical diagnoses vital in advocating for more equitable school, work, or test-taking environments. This could mean gaining access to needed services and accommodations, moving toward creating a better fit at work or school for one’s learning/working cognitive needs.

Assessments often address questions related to ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, learning and general cognitive differences, memory issues, mood disorders, and psychosis.

Most commonly, the face-to-face aspects of the assessment process consists of: preliminary consult/clinical interview (1.5-2hrs), 1-2 testing sessions (4-12 hrs total), final review/feedback session (1 hr). Between sessions, I will prepare, score, and interpret tests and measures; and write a comprehensive report including relevant history, test results, diagnosis (if any), and recommendations.

Like any medical diagnostic process, assessments are a significant investment in your or your child’s future health. Fees range from $5,000 to $7,000 including all time and materials from start to finish.