The Testing Psychologist Podcast

Finding the right arrangement of office furniture for a testing practice can be hard. You either have to have a REALLY big office to accommodate the testing table and a sitting area, or be really good at managing small spaces. I talk about both in this episode, from considerations in looking for a testing space and designing your own office, ... Read More The post TTP #30: Furniture and Office Arrangement for Testing appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

Today I’m talking all about my preferred battery for assessing autism spectrum disorders. I get a lot of questions in the Facebook group about specific batteries for different referral questions. Knowing of course that batteries will vary depending on the individual, here are the core components of my typical ASD evaluations: A good, solid clinical interview using the ADI-R or ... Read More The post TTP #29: My Preferred Autism Spectrum Battery appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

It’s great to be back in podcasting world! After a 4-5 week break from podcasts, I’m happy to return and be talking about managing difficult behavior in the testing room. Working primarily with kids means sometimes running into defiance, anxiety, hyperactivity, or just silliness while testing. I learned a lot in grad school about administering and scoring tests with kids, ... Read More The post TTP #28: How to Manage Difficult Behavior During Testing appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

After FIVE YEARS of doing everything myself in private practice, I finally took the leap to start outsourcing some of the administrative tasks. Since then, the practice’s annual revenue has literally doubled. When we first start out in private practice, it’s really easy to take on everything because we don’t believe others could do the tasks as well, because we ... Read More The post TTP #27: How to Outsource in a Testing Practice appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

Dr. Karen Postal is a veritable rock star in the neuropsych world. In addition to an appointment at Harvard Medical School and serving as president of the AACN, she has developed a research program that directly informs her clinical practice from day to day. Today she talks with me all about her book, Feedback that Sticks…, the culmination of over 80 interviews ... Read More The post TTP #26: Dr. Karen Postal – How to Conduct a Knockout Feedback Session appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

It was 2011, and I suddenly found myself with TEN TIMES the assessment referrals that I typically received in a month. I decided almost overnight that I needed to hire someone else, but I definitely made mistakes along the way. Today I’m talking all about how to grow your practice into a group testing practice with multiple clinicians. Growing as ... Read More The post TTP #25: When & How to Expand Your Testing Practice appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

If you haven’t heard of Q-interactive by now, you’re missing out on a true game changer for psychological testing. I feel really lucky to have two of the main guys from Q-interactive on the show with me today. We talk through a lot of information that will help you figure out if it could be helpful to use Q-interactive in ... Read More The post TTP #24: Dr. Dustin Wahlstrom & James Henke – All About Q-interactive appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

Warning: I ask a lot of dumb questions during this interview. Thankfully, Dr. Bryn Harris is not only incredibly knowledgeable about culturally and linguistically responsive assessment, she’s also really kind. Dr. Harris has specialized in bilingual assessment, clinically and academically, for many years. She shares her knowledge today on topics like: What is culturally and linguistically responsive assessment? What are some ... Read More The post TPP #23: Dr. Bryn Harris – Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Assessment appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

Have you ever been meeting with a client or family for feedback and see that they are just not happy with what they’re hearing? How about been on the phone with someone who’s upset about their bill? What about staring at your phone with anxiety because you have five unreturned voicemails? Well, in today’s episode I talk all about those ... Read More The post TTP #22: How to Fix It When You Mess Up appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

Having psychometricians in your practice can be an advantage for so many reasons. It frees up more time for you to see clients and work on writing reports, it provides an opportunity for training and supervision, and it allows you to serve more clients. In this solo episode, I talk about our clinic’s process for hiring and training psychometricians so ... Read More The post TTP #21: How to Hire and Train Psychometricians appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

Today’s episode is a reverse interview that I did for the Insurance Answers podcast on how to bill insurance for testing services. The hosts, Danielle and Katia, were kind enough to share the audio with me so that I could use it here as well. They ask me a ton of great questions about billing, like… How do billing codes ... Read More The post TTP #20: Insurance Billing for Psychological Testing appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

As a grown up gifted kid herself, Dr. Aimee Yermish definitely “gets it.” She coupled her lifetime of personal experience with a doctorate in psychology to build a highly successful practice working primarily with gifted and twice exceptional individuals. Here are just a few things I learned while talking to Aimee: Giftedness can be viewed as a cultural experience, and it is ... Read More The post TTP #19: Dr. Aimee Yermish – Assessment with Gifted and Twice Exceptional Individuals appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

Allison Puryear has built three successful private practices from the ground up, in THREE DIFFERENT CITIES. Oh, and she also took two maternity leaves over the past few years. This woman knows how to grow a thriving practice. Allison shares her thoughts on networking (even for introverts), marketing, wrapping your mind around charging your full fee, and finding a niche ... Read More The post TTP #18: Allison Puryear – Build an Abundant Testing Practice appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

Erika Martinez is a classically trained neuropsychologist who shifted her practice so that she’s doing exactly what she wants without the part that many of us hate – writing full reports. We talk all about how she has changed her assessment approach to fit her population – high achieving teenagers and millennials. Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Beck scales ... Read More The post TTP #17: Dr. Erika Martinez – Assessment for High Achieving Millennials appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

It’s clear why Kelly Higdon is one of the best private practice consultants out there. She is truly walking the walk. A couple of years ago, she realized that she did not want to see therapy clients all day. So she sold the assets to her practice, moved all of her services to an online format, and now works no more ... Read More The post TTP #16: Kelly Higdon – Building Your Perfect Practice appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

I almost didn’t publish an episode this week. After being out of town last weekend, I was strapped for time and didn’t feel that I could put together a full episode for this week. I almost pushed it off to next Monday, but then said to myself, “Now’s a good time to practice what you preach.” So I pulled it ... Read More The post TTP #15: Slow Down. Perfectionism is Overrated. appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

Dr. Maelisa Hall figured out early on that she has a passion for paperwork. Lucky for the rest of us, Maelisa has built a consulting business around helping therapists and psychologists get their paperwork and documentation in order. She also has a private practice and does ADHD testing for adults, so she understands the paperwork demand from a testing standpoint ... Read More The post TTP #14: Dr. Maelisa Hall – Get Your Paperwork in Order! appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

I totally messed up a feedback session last week, and it reminded me how going through the psychological testing process can be extremely vulnerable for clients. For one thing, they really don’t know what to expect other than, “Someone is going to analyze me/my child.” The representation of assessment in the media is pretty much limited to contrived inkblot scenes and vague ... Read More The post TTP #13: The Vulnerability of Psychological Testing appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

This is the longest podcast so far with good reason. Amy Fortney Parks and I just packed SO MUCH info into this episode about private practice evaluations and coordinating with schools. Amy has years and years of experience with schools as an educator, school counselor, parent, and now private practitioner. We cover all sorts of topics like: The NUMBER ONE best marketing ... Read More The post TTP #12: Amy Fortney Parks – IEP’s, 504’s, and Coordinating with Schools appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.

School observations are REALLY important when you’re evaluating kids. Today I’m talking all about the importance of a school observation, how school observations can be a great marketing tool, and the practical elements of how to do a school observation. Here are just a few things I discuss: How to talk to parents about a school observation Billing for a ... Read More The post TTP #11: How to Do a School Observation appeared first on The Testing Psychologist.