The Testing Psychologist Podcast

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. This is the first podcast with a guest who asked me almost as many questions as I asked her. Tiffany and I had a real, candid conversation about money mindset and how we do- or do not value ourselves in private practice. Small spoiler: we talk about our childhoods and how I grew up in a trailer in West Virginia. For those who have struggled with setting a fee, collecting a fee, “giving back” while taking care of yourself and earning a legitimate living – you definitely want to listen to this one! Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Tiffany’s financial calculator Laskey’s research on upwardly mobile folks Dweck and Growth Mindset Tiffany’s email list (sign up on the website) Heytiffany.com Tiffany’s course, Lean In Make Bank About Tiffany McLain, LMFT Tiffany McLain, MFT is a therapist & consultant whose mantra is, “Full fees are the new black.” Via her business, www.heytiffany.com, she helps therapists in private practice overcome their shame about marketing and making bank so they can help the clients they are truly passionate about serving. She’s been featured in Psychology Today Magazine, Psych Central, Huffington Post, KGO Radio, SF Weekly and Forbes. 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. Are you wondering whether you can start or transition to a private pay model? Today’s guest, Dr. Rebecca Resnik, talks all about how to build and maintain a thriving, private pay testing practice. She has operated a large group practice in Bethesda, Maryland for years and does not accept insurance. We talk all about the ins and outs of a private pay model. Is it doable? How do you set yourself apart from other practices? What does marketing look like? Check it out! Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Rebecca Resnik and Associates Rebecca’s awesome handout: Thriving without Insurance Handout About Dr. Rebecca Resnik Dr. Rebecca Resnik, Licensed Psychologist, is founder of Rebecca Resnik and Associates LLC, a private group psychology practice with offices in Bethesda and Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Resnik specializes in neuropsychological assessment. Prior to earning her doctorate, Dr. Resnik earned a Bachelors and Masters in Special Education, with a concentration in Learning Disabilities. Dr. Resnik’s book. A Family’s First Guide to ADHD, was published in 2016. She has served as a board member of the Maryland Psychological Association and was recognized for excellence in service in 2017. Dr. Resnik consults with researchers in computational linguistics, and was one of the first organizers of the Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology workshop in 2014 at the National Association for Computational Linguistics Annual conference. She continues to be an organizer, reviewer, and discussant for the workshop (now in its 5th year). Dr. Resnik regularly presents at national, state and local events, offering lectures, training and continuing education for other psychologists. 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. Celine Saulnier has been involved with cutting-edge autism research for over 20 years, with some of the biggest names in the field. She has now transitioned to private practice and consults with groups all over the country about autism and assessment. I should also mention that she’s a co-author for the Vineland! Here are just a few things we talk about today… Early identification of autism during infancy The role of genetics in autism diagnosis Gender differences in autism Celine’s ideal battery for autism assessment Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Autism Sisters’ Project Autism Science Foundation Autism Speaks Autism Society of America International Society for Autism Research Yale Child Study Center About Dr. Celine Saulnier (C) Beth Oram Photography 2018 Celine Saulnier, Ph.D., obtained her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Connecticut, after which she completed a postdoctoral fellowship and then joined the faculty at the Yale Child Study. At Yale, Dr. Saulnier conducted over one thousand diagnostic evaluations for both clinical and research purposes and studied adaptive behavior profiles in individuals with ASD. In 2011, she relocated to the Marcus Autism Center & Emory University School of Medicine to help develop and direct a large-scale clinical research program. In June 2018, she left Marcus to open her own diagnostic clinic and consulting company, Neurodevelopmental Assessment & Consulting Services, and she remains an Adjunct Associate Professor at Emory. Dr. Saulnier has written two books, Essentials of Autism Spectrum Disorders Evaluation and Assessment and Essentials of Adaptive Behavior Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and is co-author of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition. 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. So many of you have asked about growing your practice by hiring other folks. I know the testing side, but my good friend Maureen Werrbach knows to hire clinicians and run a practice like nobody else. She started solo several years ago and now has a 20+ clinician practice in Chicago that is just killing it on all fronts. In our conversation, we tackle… The one metric to track that will let you know when to hire Three things you have to consider before hiring your first clinician The difference between 1099’s and W2’s A common marketing mistake when you go from solo to group Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Radical Candor (affiliate link) Grit (affiliate link) Profit First (affiliate link) Ideal Clinician Worksheet The Group Practice Exchange The Group Practice Exchange membership community The Group Practice Owners’ Exchange Facebook group About Maureen Werrbach Maureen is the owner of Urban Wellness, a multi-location group practice in Chicago and a group practice business coach and owner of The Group Practice Exchange, a business development resource for group practice owners. You can learn more about TGPE at www.thegrouppracticeexchange.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. Dr. Steve Feifer has done it all over the course of his career: clinical work, test development, training, presentations…you name it, he’s done it. We spent some time today talking about all of these roles and much more. Steve and I dive into so many things, like… How a regular psychologist becomes a test developer What are the differences in certain types of reading and math disorders Will there ever be a good assessment of writing ability How do we intervene appropriately for different learning deficits Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Feifer Assessment of Reading Feifer Assessment of Math Singapore Math www.schoolneuropsychpress.com About Dr. Steven G. Feifer Steven G. Feifer, DEd, ABSNP  has more than 20 years of experience as a school psychologist, and is a diplomate in school neuropsychology. He was voted the Maryland School Psychologist of the Year in 2008, and awarded the 2009 National School Psychologist of the Year.   Dr. Feifer has authored seven books on the neuropsychology of learning and emotional disorders in children, as well as two tests; the FAR and the FAM, both published by PAR.  He currently assesses children at the Monocacy Neurodevelopmental Center in Frederick, Maryland. 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. How do we arrive at a certain diagnosis? What are the underlying molecular, neurological, and behavioral components of a given disorder? Well, Dr. Jenni Pacheco and her RDoC team at the NIH are working hard to answer these questions. Join us today as she talks all about RDoC and their highly nuanced, research-driven model of psychological functioning! Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode RDoC Matrix Bipolar and Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes Funding announcement Twitter: NIMH_RDoC RDoC website rdocadmin@nih.gov About Dr. Jenni Pacheco Jenni Pacheco, Ph.D., is a Scientific Program Manager for the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Unit at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and a Program Officer for the Attention Deficit, Disruptive Behaviors, and Disorders of Behavioral Dysregulation Program within the Division of Translational Research. She received her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Clark University in Worcester, MA, received her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute on Aging. Her background, prior to joining the RDoC unit, has been using techniques of neuroimaging to look at the cognitive and neural changes that occur in healthy aging, dementia, and TBI. Studying such complex and heterogeneous disorders primed her well for a career with RDoC. A member of the RDoC Unit since 2015, Jenni focuses mostly on the information in the RDoC matrix, and how it can be utilized by, and updated from, mental health researchers. 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. Alex Beaujean knows a LOT about measurement and test construction. He has carved out a niche within an already-small niche in psychology and generally shares his knowledge with us today. Warning: I ask a few dumb questions and we open up a couple cans of worms that aren’t going to be shut for a while. Topics we touch on include: Why is measurement important? Which tests are (and aren’t) psychometrically sound? What are we actually assessing with our tests? Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Guide to Assessments that Work (affiliate link) Eric Youngstrom’s work on evidence-based assessment Mental measurement yearbooks About Dr. Alex Beaujean Dr. Beaujean joined the Psychology & Neuroscience department at Baylor University in 2017. Prior to joining, he worked in Baylor’s Educational Psychology department where he created and coordinated the quantitative methods specializations for the doctoral and master’s programs. In addition, he contributed to the school psychology program and served as the program coordinator for two years where he developed the program’s doctoral specialization. Dr. Beaujean is a prolific scholar, having published 2 books on latent variable models, more than 80 articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed scientific outlets, and presented more than 80 papers/posters at professional conferences. In 2016, he was listed as one of the most prolific faculty members in non-doctoral school psychology programs across the nation, and has won research awards from the American Academy of Health Behavior, American Psychological Association (school psychology division), Mensa Education & Research Foundation, and Society for Applied Multivariate Research. He has been previously awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health, and aided in program evaluations for the National Science Foundation, Inter-American Development Bank, and Lego Foundation. Moreover, multiple organizations and universities have invited him to speak on the issue of data analysis and psychological measurement. In addition to his scholarship, Dr. Beaujean has extensive experience with psychological assessment in both school and clinical environments. He holds licensure for the independent practice of psychology in Texas. In 2015, his advanced clinical competence was recognized by the American Board of Assessment Psychology when they awarded him a diplomate in Assessment Psychology. alex_beaujean@baylor.edu 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 wanted to provide evals for university students? Dr. Ed Martinelli has worked in both the university setting and in a private practice providing evals for university students for nearly 10 years. Today, he’s talking with us about both sides of the coin. Some topics we cover include: Differences between K-12 evals and university/college evals Functional impairment vs. medical diagnoses The accommodations you should never ask for in a college student eval How to market and maintain a practice specializing in college student assessment Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Learning Disability Center of Utah Learning Disability Association of Utah Ed’s private practice: Utah TestEd About Dr. Ed Martinelli Ed Martinelli, Ph.D., is currently the Director for Learning Disability Assessment at Utah Valley University (UVU). He has a small private practice, Utah TestEd, LLC, that he started in 2008 focusing on learning disability evaluations for high school and college students. He has also worked in the disability offices at Brigham Young University and UVU. He graduated in 2005 with his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Auburn University and has been licensed in the state of Utah since 2007. He has presented on disability issues in college settings at state, national, and international conferences. Specialties include post-secondary accommodations, as well as reports for ACT and other high stakes testing situations (GRE, LSAT, GMAT, etc.). He is married to the former Laurel Chamberlain, and has three children; Emma, age 23, and Charles, age 16, and a son, Ed III, who passed away in 1997. 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. What is school neuropsychology? Dan Miller is here to tell you. He also has many thoughts on current and historical identification of learning disorders. Oh, and he’s written some software to help make report writing more efficient for clinicians. We dive into all of these things and more – check it out! Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Dan’s School Neuropsychology program Dan’s report writing software Essentials of School Neuropsychology (affiliate link) Evidence Based Selective Assessment for Academic Disorders (affiliate link) Essentials of Planning, Selecting, and Tailoring Interventions for Unique Learners (affiliate link) Child Neuropsychology journal Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology journal Journal of Learning Disabilities About Dr. Dan Miller Dr. Daniel C. Miller is the President and Owner of KIDS, Inc, the author of the Kindergarten Diagnostic Instrument – Second Edition (KDI-2) and he is the Director of KIDS, Inc’s School Neuropsychology Post-Graduate Certification Program. Dr. Miller has more than 30 years of experience in school psychology and more than 25 years of experience in school neuropsychology. Dr. Miller received a Doctoral degree from The Ohio State University in 1989. His doctoral studies were a unique blend between school psychology, neuropsychology, and electrophysiology. Dr. Miller is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP), a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP-TX), a Licensed Psychologist (OH) and holds the Diplomate in School Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology and the Diplomate in School Neuropsychology from the American Board of School Neuropsychology. He is also a Fellow with the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. Dr. Miller is a Professor Emeritus in the Psychology and Philosophy Department at Texas Woman’s University (TWU) in Denton, Texas. He has been a faculty member at TWU since 1990. Dr. Miller is the current Executive Director of the Woodcock Institute for Neurocognitive Research and Applied Practice, which is housed at TWU. Dr. Miller has been an active leader and presenter in state and national school psychology associations since 1992. Dr. Miller served as the President of NASP in 2003-04. He is also an active researcher in the field of school neuropsychology and early childhood assessment. Dr. Miller is the author of the Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment (2007), and the Best Practices in School Neuropsychology: Guidelines for Effective Practice, Assessment, and Evidence-Based Intervention (2010), a co-author of Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Assessment – Second Edition (2010), the Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment – Second Edition (2013) and a co-author of the Evidence-based Selective Assessment for Academic Disorders (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

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I’ve been in so many meetings with other practitioners who say something like, “Wow, you must be making bank doing testing! It’s so lucrative, right?” Not exactly. Insurance doesn’t pay more for testing than therapy in many cases, and we’ve talked all about how you can lose money in a testing practice. Today I’m talking specifically about overhead for testing – something I didn’t fully respect when I first started out. Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode The Paperwork Packets! 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