Intial 50-minute Session is a reduced fee of $100

Fee for 75 minute Assessment Sessions are $250/session*

*3 session minimum (can be spaced out to suit your needs & finances).

If we take the entire 3 sessions for assessment, you can schedule a follow-up if you like at my regular session lengths & regular session fees.

Note: it takes 3 sessions to assess Autism & ADHD, so you. may want to plan for a follow-up session.

• Autism

• Broader Autism Phenotype

• ADHD (VAST or variable attention stimulus trait)

• AuDHD

• Alexithymia

• Post Traumatic Stress

• Complex-Post Traumatic Stress

• OCD

• Borderline Personality Trauma Presentation

My level of education & training includes diagnosing (submitting to insurance, etc.).

This process is in-formal & conversational & I would not call this a diagnostic process since we will not be using formal diagnostic tools or submit to insurance & may sometimes need to work outside of the bounds of the diagnostic manual (for example, we need to make sense of meeting partial Autism criteria & part of ADHD without dismissing your experience).

I am not a psychologist or a psychiatrist, so if you need that level of evaluation, I can help with a referral.

Also, please note that formal diagnosis often includes intelligence tests & questioning family members. I do not require any of those things.

Diagnosis is a medical term, which tends to feel very solid & final.

I don’t believe that’s appropriate for neurodevelopmental identity.

It wasn’t long ago that the smartest mental health diagnosticians thought that a person couldn’t be Autistic & have ADHD.

They were wrong…really wrong…now we have strong indicators that about 50% of Autistic folks are also ADHDers!

The current diagnostic manual has barely been updated since 2013.

I cannot align myself with the diagnosistic manual (DSM) being King. My goal is to be helpful to people who need support…not to be rigid. I don’t work for insurance companies…so, I can have more freedom to consider the most current research & knowledge.

I consider formal diagnostic tests, but I do not use them outright, because the languaging is often outdated, stereotyped & many people do not see themselves in questions based on studies that only included young white boys.

Yes, I will write up and assessment for you, listing everything we assessed for + my quick feedback on if anything else is “ruled out” or indicated for further assessment.

I do not write up a formal history or detail everything you have told me.

If you would like me to add a formal history to your write-up, you can let me know & I can add it for an additional “administrative” fee.

After our 3 assessment sessions, you are welcome to schedule a session or multiple sessions of any length to discuss assessment results or anything else that is helpful to you.

I offer psychotherapy, intensives, consultation, & listening therapies.

I can write you a letter for accommodations, if desired for a small fee.

If this is something you know you want, check in-advance that whomever you are providing the letter does not require a Physician letter (I am an LPC, a Master's Level Psychotherapist).

No, I do not submit to insurance. It will be up to you if you want to share assessment results with your medical providers.

I do provide a small amount of resources based on what the assessment finds.

However, if this is something that is really important for you, we should talk about it in your intake, especially if you do not have a current therapist or other support professional.

In most cases, yes…as scheduling allows & if it seems like I would be a good fit for your needs.