The Testing Psychologist Podcast

Dr. Michael Posner, cognitive neuroscientist and longtime attention researcher, reflects on five decades of work and major honors. He explores the history and evolution of attention research. He outlines three attention networks and their links to disorders, imaging, meditation, animal studies, and future mind-reading ethics.

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. There’s a lot of discussion in the Testing Psychologist Community about technology in our practices. I’ve shared some of the tools that I use over the years but have never compiled everything into one comprehensive list – until today! This episode is dedicated to all of the technology that I use from day to day. I’m curious how this list matches up with your own technology…if you’ve got a piece of software that you love, let me know! Cool Things Mentioned TherapyNotesIntakeQGoogle CalendarAcuityGoogle DriveWrite all reports in WordGoogle Voice & TextGmailChatSlack and MessengerGoogle MeetZoomAsanaDock HealthMacbook Air M1iPhone 13 ProMagnet appTextExpanderZapierCanvaQuickbooks Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Welcome to the second episode in a two-part series with Dr. Caroline Buzanko on the parent experience of the assessment process! In part two today, we continue talking about empowering parents and discuss several concrete changes you can make to your testing approach. Here are a few other topics to look out for across the two episodes: Paradigms of assessmentHow to gather parent expectations about the assessment processMistakes clinicians make during the assessment processHow to support parents after the evaluationWhy Caroline does testing BEFORE the intakeThe importance of a second feedback meetingWhy our relationship with parents is instrumental in kids’ successDefining values for your practice and bringing those to life with the evaluation process Cool Things Mentioned TTP episode with Dr. Rita EichensteinScott Miller’s outcome measures after each sessionDr. Death podcastMistakes Were Made but Not by Me bookThe Neverending Story movieThe Hero’s JourneyCaroline’s training on this material: https://koru-learning-institute.thinkific.com/courses/differential-diagnosis. Use the code TTP25 to get 25% off! Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Dr. Caroline Buzanko Caroline is made up of many things. Psychologist. Mother. Actress. Public Speaker. Changer of Lives. ADHD Superhero (which is why she can’t describe herself in one word). She has over 20 years of experience working with children, teens, and their families to help them build better lives by maximizing confidence and forging their resilience. She also works with professionals and educators looking for training and approaches to work effectively with their clients and students. Get in touch: Website: https://drcarolinebuzanko.com/email: caroline@korupsychology.caLinkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-caroline-buzanko/ About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. My friend and original business coach, Joe Sanok, is back on the podcast talking about his new book, Thursday is the New Friday. As usual, we dive deep into some unexpected topics, but we also cover some awesome material from the book so that you have a few actionable items to take away and think about or put into practice in your own life. Here are a few topics that we get into: Three internal inclinations of top performersThe idea of “hard” and “soft” boundaries for workBalancing ambition with contentednessArbitrary definitions of time and work Cool Things Mentioned Deep Work bookStealing Fire bookTrello Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Joe Sanok Joe Sanok is the host of The Practice of the Practice podcast, a TEDx speaker, and an author. He sold his practice in 2019 and has been awarded the podcast of the year, consultant of the year, and best blog multiple years. His Next Level Practice community is the most comprehensive membership community for psychologists and counselors in private practice. Buy the book “Thursday is the New Friday” here: www.joesanok.com/book Buy ten or more books to have access to Joe’s Mastermind! About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. “How will you know when this assessment was successful for you?” Welcome to a two-part series with Dr. Caroline Buzanko on the parent experience of the assessment process! In part one today, we talk about the importance of the parent experience and how parents have historically been overlooked during their child’s assessment. Caroline shares her thoughts on using the “hero’s journey” as a metaphor for parents going through the assessment process as well. We also touch on the disconnect between the work we think we’re doing and the way parents actually perceive it. Here are a few other topics to look out for across the two episodes: Paradigms of assessmentHow to gather parent expectations about the assessment processMistakes clinicians make during the assessment processHow to support parents after the evaluationWhy Caroline does testing BEFORE the intakeThe importance of a second feedback meetingWhy our relationship with parents is instrumental in kids’ successDefining values for your practice and bringing those to life with the evaluation process Cool Things Mentioned TTP episode with Dr. Rita EichensteinScott Miller’s outcome measures after each sessionDr. Death podcastMistakes Were Made but Not by Me bookThe Neverending Story movieThe Hero’s Journey Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Dr. Caroline Buzanko Caroline is made up of many things. Psychologist. Mother. Actress. Public Speaker. Changer of Lives. ADHD Superhero (which is why she can’t describe herself in one word). She has over 20 years of experience working with children, teens, and their families to help them build better lives by maximizing confidence and forging their resilience. She also works with professionals and educators looking for training and approaches to work effectively with their clients and students. Get in touch: Website: https://drcarolinebuzanko.com/email: caroline@korupsychology.caLinkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-caroline-buzanko/ About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I have Aaron Carpenter from Legendary Lion, a digital creative agency specializing in mental health practices, here to talk all about search engine optimization. While we’ve touched on SEO in the past, Aaron and I dig a little deeper for those of you who may want more specific information. Don’t worry – we also cover some basics if you need a refresher on SEO! From there, Aaron answers a lot of my random questions about search engine optimization. You’ll definitely walk away with some action items and concrete ways to improve your Google ranking. Here are some of the areas that we get into: “Red flags” that could really get you in trouble without a professionalWays to work on SEO yourselfResponding to negative online reviewsQuestions to ask any SEO specialist if you’re considering working with them Cool Things Mentioned Neil Patel’s blogSEO download ( go to https://mentalhealth.legendarylion.com/ and send a message to get the guide!)Business Networking InternationalGoogle My BusinessKiss MetricsAhrefs.comMoz.comSemrush.comMentalhealth.legendarylion.com Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Aaron Carpenter Aaron Carpenter is the founder of Legendary Lion Creative Agency, and the Private Practice Growth System. His agency can help bootstrap your private practice or grow your practice into a thriving group practice. For more information about how can Aaron help you and your business visit mentalhealth.legendarylion.com About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Continuing with our theme of accessibility and inclusion within neuropsychology, I have Dr. Cady Block and Anny Reyes here to talk about the KnowNeuropsychology didactic series and initiatives. Cady, Anny, and the rest of the KnowNeuropsychology committee have been working very hard and deliberately over the last year or so to create more access to high-quality education and mentoring, something that is sorely needed within the field. These are just a few things that we discuss during our interview: The origin story of KnowNeuropsychologyContent, structure, and ways to access the webinar seriesWays they focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion on a local and global levelEfficacy of video/webinars for delivery of instructionUse of outcome surveys in the KnowNeuropsychology world Cool Things Mentioned KnowNeuropsychology KnowNeuroanatomy Dr. Cady Block’s BookRelevance 2050 Initiative Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Dr. Cady Block  Dr. Cady Block is a neuropsychologist and assistant professor within the Department of Neurology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. She has a particular passion for working with neuropsychology students and trainees at all levels. She is the editor of The Neuropsychologists Roadmap: A Training and Career Guide (APA Press), and sits on the committee of the KnowNeuropsychology education initiative. She is also highly involved in professional governance, having served in multiple national and international neuropsychology organizations. In recognition of her efforts, she has been named a recipient of awards from the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology, National Academy of Neuropsychology, and American Psychological Association. Get in touch: Website: https://www.med.emory.edu/directory/profile/?u=CBLOCK5Email: cady.block@emory.eduTwitter: docblock_neuroBook: https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/the-neuropsychologists-roadmap About Anny Reyes, MS Anny Reyes is a NINDS/NRSA F31 Diversity Fellow and a doctoral candidate in the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. She is also an intern at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Her research and clinical interests include cognitive phenotypes in persons with epilepsy, and provision of neuropsychological services to bilingual Spanish-English and Spanish speaking patients. She is highly active in neuropsychology governance, including sitting on the committee of the KnowNeuropsychology education initiative. Get in touch: Website: https://knowneuropsych.org/anny-reyes-m-s/Email: anr086@health.ucsd.eduTwitter: @annyreyesneuro About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. “At a certain juncture, I cracked a code.” Dan Konigsberg has been running a successful software business for over 20 years. Along the way, he’s learned a ton of valuable lessons about company culture, values, and getting the right people into the right positions within the business. We bring some of those ideas to the mental health world today in hopes that you might be able to apply these lessons in your own practice. Here are some topics that we get into: The definition of “values”Why it’s so important to define your business’s valuesHow values influence hiring and promotingChallenging personnel situations like having the wrong person in the right position, or vice versa Cool Things Mentioned Traction bookEntrepreneurial Operating SystemJim CollinsLattice softwareLeadership and Self Deception bookDan’s LinkedIn profileFive Dysfunctions of the Team Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Dan Konigsberg Dan Konigsberg is the Founder and CEO of CampMinder, the premier software-as-a-service provider in the summer camp industry. Dan founded CampMinder at age 21, while still in college, and has grown the company to over 60 full-time staff, serving over 950 of the finest operators in the summer camp industry. Among Dan’s proudest accomplishments is that CampMinder has been recognized as one of America’s Best Places to work each of the past four years by Outside Magazine, topping out at #11 in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic. Get in touch: dan@campminder.comLinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-konigsberg-5150a55/ About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I’m back with four of my favorite psychologists for another happy hour episode! If you didn’t catch the first couple of happy hours, you can find them in the show notes. Happy hour episodes are free-flowing conversations where the five of us talk about our businesses, clinical work, and personal lives. Here are just some of the topics that came up this time: Tips for a successful internship applicationStephanie’s prodigious memoryTikTok’s influence on our clienteleVideo streaming for supervision Cool Things Mentioned Wyze camera Mortified podcastTherapeutic Assessment modeldock.health/the-testing-psychologistCopy Paste ReportPerlegoWorkflowyReading and the Brain bookRevealing Minds book Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I get a lot of questions during consulting about how to offer benefits to employees. There are a lot of misconceptions around when we have to offer benefits, who we can offer them to, and how to structure them. This episode is for all of you who are considering offering benefits and would like a little more info to get started! Cool Things Mentioned https://www.healthcare.gov/see-plans/#/small-businesshttps://www.peoplekeep.com/blog/qsehra-vs.-ichra-how-do-they-compare  Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call