The Best Days
When you are raising a child on the autism spectrum, it is easy to get caught up in the details of IEPs, appointments, teaching social skills, and promoting friendships. Finding…
Sharing a diagnosis with family and friends
You are raising a child on the autism spectrum. You know this, because you had an eval (finally!) and feel secure in your understanding of your child. But how will…
Sharing a diagnosis with your child
Sharing a diagnosis with your child is a potentially complex topic that will ultimately be guided by your values and belief system. While some diagnoses can remain “hidden” from others,…
What to expect at a diagnostic psychological evaluation
Your appointment day has finally arrived! You will finally be getting to meet a professional, or team of professionals, who can help with a diagnostic psychological evaluation. What can you…
Getting a diagnostic psychological evaluation
By the time a child has been referred for a diagnostic psychological evaluation, parents have often been put through the wringer. Parents have worried about their child, tried things on…
College and Autism
College + Autism…is this an equation that can it be solved? Yes! The New York Times just published an article titled Along the Autism Spectrum, a Path Through Campus Life,…
Catching the snowball of your thought process
I frequently hear clients talking about life events that somehow, by the end of the discussion, have become life and death, make it or break it moments. For example, a…
Will worrying change the outcome?
People with Anxiety worry. A lot. My clients are experts in worry, as they spend many hours a day worrying about things that have happened, might happen, or might never…