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This has been a busy summer as far as conferences go. I attended the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology’s annual conference in early June and just returned from the Group Practice Owners Summit a few days ago. Both were in Chicago, though they were held in different areas of the city. I thought about going to APA in August for a true Chicago conference trifecta but ultimately decided to go to the beach with my family instead. This episode is all about reflecting on these conferences that were, in many ways, on opposite ends of the learning spectrum for me.

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I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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It turns out that Dr. Robin McEvoy and I have a lot in common. We’re both in Colorado, we have some mutual psychologist friends, and we’ve both pursued craniosacral therapy for our children! Wait, what? Yes, craniosacral therapy. Join Robin and I as we talk all about her approach to integrative assessment for kids. We cover her evaluation process, what a “holistic” assessment is, some common influences on behavior that we might overlook, and a number of alternative treatment approaches (including craniosacral therapy). As another guest who has “written the book” on this topic, Robin brings a highly informed, nuanced perspective to assessment with kids.

• Robin’s book (affiliate link): Child Decoded…
• Robin’s website
• Child Decoded
• Nemechek protocol website, book (affiliate link), & Facebook group

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Dr. Robin McEvoy is a developmental neuropsychologist practicing in the Denver, Colorado.  She evaluates and diagnoses a wide range of learning disabilities and learning needs in children, adolescents and adults.  In addition to her private practice, Dr. McEvoy is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.   Although evaluation is the heart of her work, Dr. McEvoy also loves the educational process – speaking to parents, schools or other health professionals about learning, development and parenting in this new age where certain learning and developmental challenges are increasing in prevalence.  Over the last 20 years, she has evolved to taking a more integrated approach to evaluation and diagnosis.  I try to  take a more holistic look at the child’s life.  Have we checked sleep, nutrition, exercise, sensory processing, allergies, eczema?  What are the multiple factors that may be impacting this child’s life and psychological profile?  Although I find the DSM quite useful, I do not focus on converging on a DSM diagnosis.  My goal is to paint a picture of this child’s functioning, the factors influencing that functioning, and the recommendations that may shift things where we can.  DSM diagnoses, though often necessary, are a secondary component to me. 
To that end, I have worked with an alternative treatment provider (Kim Gangwish) and an editor (Marijke Jones, who raised a Twice-Exceptional learner) to develop Child Decoded:Unlocking Complex Issues in Your Child’s Learning, Behavior, or Attention.  This book aims to help both parents and providers consider the multiple factors that can influence a child’s development and trajectory of outcome.
My daughter and I have also published Buddy:A Story for Dyslexia, a children’s book to explain learning challenges and how different teaching approaches can help a child overcome these challenges. 

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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Join us for a two-part series on Therapeutic Assessment with Dr. Raja David, who trained extensively with the creator of the Therapeutic Assessment model, Dr. Stephen Finn. Over the next two episodes, we’ll spend time on the background and theory of TA, what measures are typically included, how to bill for TA appointments, what a TA “report” looks like, and – in part 2 – an in-depth case study utilizing the TA approach. Enjoy!

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Dr. David received his Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD) at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology in 2002. He was licensed as a psychologist in Minnesota in 2004, and his clinical work has focused on both psychotherapy and psychological evaluations. He is board certified in Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (ABPP) and specializes in working with adolescents and young adults.  He is the founder and owner of the Minnesota Center for Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment, which was established in 2019, but he has been conducting Therapeutic Assessments at his private practice since 2012. He has participated in intensive trainings on Therapeutic Assessment with the model’s creator Dr. Stephen Finn in Austin, Texas.  In 2015, he earned certification in the adult model of Therapeutic Assessment by the Therapeutic Assessment Institute.  
Dr. David is the former Program Dean of the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology, and as a faculty member he taught doctoral courses related to providing psychological services to children and families, including an elective course on Therapeutic Assessment (TA).  Dr. David has also presented at professional conferences on Therapeutic Assessment and was one of the plenary speakers at the Inaugural Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Conference and presented on the model with Stephen Finn at the 2019 Society for Personality Assessment Annual Conference.

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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Join us for a two-part series on Therapeutic Assessment with Dr. Raja David, who trained extensively with the creator of the Therapeutic Assessment model, Dr. Stephen Finn. Over the next two episodes, we’ll spend time on the background and theory of TA, what measures are typically included, how to bill for TA appointments, what a TA “report” looks like, and – in part 2 – an in-depth case study utilizing the TA approach. Enjoy!

• Steve Finn’s book (affiliate link), In Our Client’s Shoes
• Wartegg drawing test
• Thurston Craddock test of shame
• Rorschach and R-PAS
• Thematic Apperception Test
• Roberts Apperception Test
• Adult Attachment Projective
• Raja’s website
• Therapeutic Assessment Institute
• Society for Personality Assessment
• International Collaborative Therapeutic Assessment Conference

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Dr. David received his Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD) at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology in 2002. He was licensed as a psychologist in Minnesota in 2004, and his clinical work has focused on both psychotherapy and psychological evaluations. He is board certified in Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (ABPP) and specializes in working with adolescents and young adults.  He is the founder and owner of the Minnesota Center for Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment, which was established in 2019, but he has been conducting Therapeutic Assessments at his private practice since 2012. He has participated in intensive trainings on Therapeutic Assessment with the model’s creator Dr. Stephen Finn in Austin, Texas.  In 2015, he earned certification in the adult model of Therapeutic Assessment by the Therapeutic Assessment Institute.  
Dr. David is the former Program Dean of the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology, and as a faculty member he taught doctoral courses related to providing psychological services to children and families, including an elective course on Therapeutic Assessment (TA).  Dr. David has also presented at professional conferences on Therapeutic Assessment and was one of the plenary speakers at the Inaugural Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Conference and presented on the model with Stephen Finn at the 2019 Society for Personality Assessment Annual Conference.

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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Dr. Stephanie Nelson, a board-certified neuropsychologist, is here today to talk with me about putting neuropsychology into private practice. I’ve known Stephanie for several months now, and I’m consistently amazed at her attention to detail and professional integrity. Even knowing that she’d bring the A-game to our interview, I was still surprised at how much I learned and how well she articulated many issues that come up in private practice. Here are a few things we touch on:

• How does a neuropsychologist differ from a “regular” psychologist in private practice?
• What’s the path to becoming board-certified?
• Why are base rates important in our diagnostic process?
• What do Stephanie’s reports and recommendations look like?

• Article on base rates and empirically driven assessment
• AACN conference in June
• Minnesota Pediatric Neuropsych listserv
• Stephanie’s clinical website: Skylightneuropsychology.com
• [email protected]
• thepeerconsult.com

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Dr. Stephanie Nelson is a pediatric neuropsychologist who specializes in complex differential diagnosis. She is board certified in both clinical neuropsychology (ABPP-CN) and pediatric neuropsychology (ABPdN). Dr. Nelson earned her undergraduate degree at Williams College and her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Vermont. She completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. After a few years in group practice in the Boston area, Dr. Nelson returned home to the Pacific Northwest in 2014 and opened her own practice. In 2018, she founded Skylight Neuropsychology in Seattle, WA. She currently provides comprehensive neuropsychological assessments and outreach to the community through presentations, workshops, and volunteer work. She also provides consultation to psychologists and neuropsychologists who specialize in pediatric assessment.

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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I remember when I was a grad student in Dr. Bryan Dik’s Vocational Assessment class back in 2005. At that time, he was a newly hired professor, and I still had little to no idea of what I wanted to do with my career. I’m so fortunate to circle back with Bryan today for a wide-ranging conversation about vocational assessment, his research on calling, and taking his assessment knowledge to the corporate level. Here are a few things we cover:

• His five-session model for vocational assessment & feedback
• What is “calling” in your work?
• How do we integrate neuropsych testing with vocational assessment?
• His journey of coming up with an idea, finding investors, and scaling vocational assessment to a national business

• California Psychological Inventory
• Strong Interest Inventory
• O*NET
• Ablity Profiler
• Jobzology
• Bryan’s books
  • Make Your Job a Calling…(affiliate link)
  • Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace (affiliate link)
  • Psychology of Religion and Workplace Spirituality (affiliate link)

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Bryan Dik, PhD, is Professor and Associate Chair of Psychology at Colorado State University.  He also is Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of jobZology, a software company that uses psychological assessment to help students and job-seekers identify and explore opportunities predicted to fit them well.  Bryan is author of Redeeming Work (forthcoming), and is co-author or co-editor of three other books, including Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace and Make Your Job a Calling: How the Psychology of Vocation Can Change Your Life at Work.  His research explores perceptions of work as a calling; meaning and purpose in career decision-making and planning; career development interventions; and the intersection of faith and work.  He has published extensively on these topics, and was recognized with the 2017 John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career or Personality Research and the 2018 Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Award, both from divisions of the American Psychological Association.  Bryan lives with his wife Amy and their four sons (ages 8 to 15) in Fort Collins, Colorado.

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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Dr. Ross Greene has been studying challenging behavior in kids for longer than most of us have been in practice. Starting in graduate school, he realized that many kids not respond well to the usual “reward and punishment” style of behavior management. So he created a new approach based in research. The Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model has proven so helpful to many of my clients and my own kids, so I was thrilled to have Dr. Greene sit down and talk with me today. Some things we cover include:

• What is CPS?
• How is it different than traditional Parent Management Training?
• Who can benefit from CPS?
• What’s the research behind CPS?
• How can neuropsych assessment integrate with CPS?
• Bonus: an update on Dr. Greene’s recently-released documentary

• Dr. Ross Greene’s website
• Lives in the Balance
• The Kids We Lose
• Dr. Greene’s books
  • Lost At School (affiliate link)
  • Treating Explosive Kids (affiliate link)
  • The Explosive Child (affiliate link)
  • Raising Human Beings (affiliate link)

Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., is the originator of the innovative, evidence-based

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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Dr. Maggie Sibley has been researching ADHD assessment and intervention for nearly her entire academic career. She stops by today to share a wealth of knowledge on many facets of ADHD. Just a few things we talk about include:

• Key differences with ADHD in >12 year olds
• Separating trauma from ADHD
• Effects of using marijuana that mimic ADHD and how to handle doing an assessment with those who have been smoking regularly
• What works in treating ADHD

• Maggie’s book: Parent-Teen Therapy for Executive Function Deficits and ADHD… (affiliate link)
• Maggie’s website: Margaret H. Sibley, Ph.D.

Dr. Sibley is an Associate Professor of Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. She served on the faculty of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine from 2012 to 2019. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2012. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. Dr. Sibley’s work focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adolescents and young adults. She has authored or co-authored over 60 scientific papers on ADHD including a comprehensive guide to treating ADHD in adolescents. Her work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, Institute of Education Sciences, and a variety of private foundations.

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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Kellie Henkel gets dyslexia from all sides. As a speech-language pathologist and parent to four dyslexic children, she’s been around the block with evaluations and interventions for reading issues. Kellie was kind enough to chat with me today about many facets of her experience. We get things like:

• What makes a quality evaluation?
• What is unhelpful in an evaluation?
• What is her preferred intervention for her kids’ dyslexia?
• Where to learn about more obscure dyslexia interventions

• Making Math Real
• Structured Word Inquiry
• Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills
• Dr. Michael Hart
• Dyslexia Training Institute
• Dyslexia Quest podcast
• Kellie’s website: thatspeechlady.com

Kellie Henkel is a Dyslexic Speech Language Pathologist who has been practicing since 1999.  She earned a Master’s Degree from Vanderbilt University and Bachelor’s Degree from Loyola University in Maryland.  Kellie specializes in Verbal Apraxia, Autism, Augementative Alternative Communication and Dyslexia. She is a mom of 4 dyslexic children ages 7, 7, 9 and 11 who is passionate about advocating for the educational needs of children with special needs. She contracts with school districts and provides private assessment and intervention in the areas of speech, language, augmentative alternative communication, reading and math.  Kellie and her family live in Los Olivos, California located in Santa Barbara County.  Her dream is to open a school in Santa  Barbara County for children with learning differences. www.thatspeechlady.com

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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I did one fitness for duty evaluation several years ago, and it took me SO LONG to research measures, report style, and other requirements. Dr. Michelle Casarella is here today and condenses all of that information into our show so that you don’t have to spend as much time as I did looking for materials and standards. She’s been doing law enforcement evaluations for years and shares all of her knowledge with us. Some things we talk about include:

Michelle Casarella, Psy.D. is a N.Y. State licensed psychologist who practices in Westchester County. She obtained a doctorate in clinical psychology in 2015 from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in Sacramento, CA. Dr. Casarella has been conducting evaluations for the New York City Police Department for over 3 years and began a forensic private practice in August of 2018, with a focus on immigration evaluations. She will be providing a workshop on law enforcement evaluations at the upcoming Society for Personality Assessment Conference in New Orleans on March 24th. Additionally, Dr. Casarella is co-authoring a book chapter on trauma and law enforcement evaluations with a colleague from the NYPD. She loves sleeping, watching Netflix and laughing with her husband and 14-month old son.

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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