The Testing Psychologist Podcast

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. 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! Cool Things Mentioned Steve Finn’s book (affiliate link), In Our Client’s ShoesWartegg drawing testThurston Craddock test of shameRorschach and R-PASThematic Apperception TestRoberts Apperception TestAdult Attachment ProjectiveRaja’s websiteTherapeutic Assessment InstituteSociety for Personality AssessmentInternational Collaborative Therapeutic Assessment Conference The Testing Psychologist podcast is now approved for CEU’s! I’m excited to announce that 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. Raja David 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. 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 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. 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. 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? Cool Things Mentioned Article on base rates and empirically driven assessmentAACN conference in JuneMinnesota Pediatric Neuropsych listservStephanie’s clinical website: Skylightneuropsychology.comsnelson@skylightneuropsychology.comthepeerconsult.com Get CE Credits for Listening to the Podcast! The Testing Psychologist podcast is now approved for CEU’s! I’m excited to announce that 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. Stephanie Nelson 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. 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 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. 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 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 & feedbackWhat 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 Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode California Psychological InventoryStrong Interest InventoryO*NETAblity ProfilerJobzologyBryan’s booksMake Your Job a Calling…(affiliate link)Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace (affiliate link) Psychology of Religion and Workplace Spirituality (affiliate link) The Testing Psychologist podcast is now approved for CEU’s!I’m excited to announce that 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. Bryan Dik 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. 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 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. 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. 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 Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Dr. Ross Greene’s websiteLives in the BalanceThe Kids We LoseDr. Greene’s booksLost At School (affiliate link)Treating Explosive Kids (affiliate link)The Explosive Child (affiliate link) Raising Human Beings (affiliate link) About Dr. Ross Greene Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., is the originator of the innovative, evidence-based approach called Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS), as described in his influential books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings. He is also the developer and executive producer of the award-winning documentary film The Kids We Lose, released in 2018. Dr. Greene was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School for over 20 years, and is now Founding Director of the non-profit Lives in the Balance. He is also adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech and adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Science at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Greene has worked with several thousand behaviorally challenging kids and their caregivers, and he and his colleagues have overseen implementation and evaluation of the CPS model in hundreds of schools, inpatient psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities, with dramatic effect: significant reductions in recidivism, discipline referrals, detentions, suspensions, and use of restraint procedures and solitary confinement. Dr. Greene lectures throughout the world and lives in Portland, Maine. 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 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. 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. 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 oldsSeparating trauma from ADHDEffects of using marijuana that mimic ADHD and how to handle doing an assessment with those who have been smoking regularlyWhat works in treating ADHD Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Maggie’s book: Parent-Teen Therapy for Executive Function Deficits and ADHD… (affiliate link)Maggie’s website: Margaret H. Sibley, Ph.D. About Dr. Maggie Sibley 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. 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 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. 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. 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 Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Making Math RealStructured Word InquiryTest of Integrated Language and Literacy SkillsDr. Michael HartDyslexia Training InstituteDyslexia Quest podcast Kellie’s website: thatspeechlady.com About Kellie Henkel 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 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 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. 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 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: What’s the difference between pre-employment evals and fitness for duty evals? How do you get referrals for these evaluations? What’s a typical battery for a pre-employment evaluation? Which traits should potential police officer candidates NOT possess? Is Michelle a “dog person” or a “cat person”? Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Michelle’s website: Expert Forensic Psych Consulting Society for Personality Assessment MMPI-2-RF California Psychological Inventory IACP Dr. Chris Front at the FAA Dr. Baron Crespo: info@modernpsychologist.com (send CV and license if interested) Dr. Ben Porath ABOUT DR. MICHELLE CASARELLA 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. 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 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call

Do you know what HIPAA even stands for? Or that it’s not “HIPPA”? No? You’re not alone! Join me and Roy Huggins, director of Person-Centered Tech, as we talk all about privacy, digital ethics, record-keeping, cell phones, personal computers, and how to stay out of trouble. Roy and I covered a lot of ground here – it’s definitely worth sticking around until the end. A few things we talked about include… What is HIPAA exactly?What are the components of digital ethics?How does privacy differ from security?How do these concepts overlap with or deviate from our ethical standards?What are the major mistakes many of us make in the realm of digital ethics? Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Rutgers medical school page on HIPAA standardsHipaacow.orgPerson Centered Tech Group Practice Owners Summit this summer in Chicago About Roy Huggins JRoy Huggins, LPC NCC, is a counselor in private practice who also directs Person-Centered Tech. Roy worked as a professional Web developer for 7 years before changing paths, and makes it his mission to grow clinicians’ understanding of the Internet and other electronic communications mediums for the future of our practices and our professions. Roy is an adjunct instructor at the Portland State University Counseling program where he teaches Ethics, and is a member of the Zur Institute advisory board. He has acted as a subject matter expert on HIPAA, security and clinical use of technology for Counseling licensure boards and both state and national mental health professional organizations. He has co-authored or authored 2 book chapters, and he routinely consults with mental health colleagues on ethical and practical issues surrounding tech in clinical practice. He served for 5 years on the board of the Oregon Mental Health Counselors Association and then the Oregon Counseling Association as the Technology Committee Chair. He really likes this stuff. 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 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. 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. Oh my gosh, y’all. 2018 was quite a year for the podcast and the Testing Psychologist Community! Thanks to each and every one of you for downloading, listening, providing feedback, and spreading the word about the podcast and the Facebook group. We have grown an incredible community in the name of improving our assessment services and helping our clients as best we can! Thank you, ten thousand times Today I’m talking all about the best episodes of 2018. But first, a few numbers: Total podcast downloads (all time): 49, 576 Total podcast downloads (2018 only): 35, 134 Number of countries with at least one download: 61 Highest downloads on a single day: 404 (October 22, 2018) Facebook community members: 1, 998 I know this is a small niche in the podcasting world, but these numbers just blow my mind! Now for the top five most-downloaded episodes (in reverse order): TTP #55: Robin Peterson – All about dyslexia assessment TTP #44: Ben Lovett – Rethinking ADHD assessment TTP #50: Ellen Braaten – All about processing speed TTP #73: Celine Saulnier – Research-informed autism assessment TTP #71: Steve Feifer – Not all learning disorders are created equal Cool Things Mentioned The Testing Psychologist Beginner Practice Mastermind, a group coaching experience for anyone just starting out with a testing practice! Apply here! 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 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. 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. Ever wondered if diet really plays a role in ADHD? What about screen time? Is medication still the best treatment? Dr. Joel Nigg sits down with me today to talk about all of these things and many more. His most recent book presents the state of the literature on all things ADHD, from genes, to brain structure, to sleep, to parenting. Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Joel’s book (affiliate link) Joel’s website ADHD rating scale Conners 3 CBCL Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ADDitude webinar on sleep Texas algorithm for medication progression Russell Barkley’s website William Pelham’s research Alan Kazdin’s website for more positive parenting About Dr. Joel Nigg Joel Nigg, Ph.D., is a professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Director of the Division of Psychology at Oregon Health & Science University. He is a leading researcher in the field of ADHD and the author of over 200 scientific papers. He is the author of a recent book for parents that addresses lifestyle and environment approaches to ADHD, Getting Ahead of ADHD: What Next Generation Science Says about Treatments That Work—And How You can Make them Work for Your Child (New York, Guilford Press, 2017). 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 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. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call