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CPT Comprehensive Psychological Services

Comprehensive Behavioral Health, Psychological, and Family Services

CPT Comprehensive Psychological Services provides individualized, evidence-based behavioral health services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Our clinicians offer therapy, psychological assessments, forensic evaluations, family support, and specialized services designed to address emotional, behavioral, developmental, relational, and court-related concerns.

Services may be provided in English and Spanish, depending on clinician availability.

 

Individual Therapy

Individual counseling is available for children, adolescents, and adults experiencing emotional, behavioral, relational, or life-adjustment concerns.

Areas of treatment may include:

  • Anxiety and excessive worry

  • Depression and low mood

  • Trauma and post-traumatic stress

  • Grief and loss

  • Adjustment to major life changes

  • Anger and emotional regulation

  • Low self-esteem

  • Stress and burnout

  • Family conflict

  • Relationship concerns

  • School-related difficulties

  • Workplace stress

  • Life transitions

  • Behavioral concerns

  • Social-skills difficulties

  • Parenting stress

  • Women’s mental health

  • Men’s mental health

  • Military and veteran-related concerns

 

Child and Adolescent Therapy

Our clinicians provide developmentally appropriate counseling for children and adolescents experiencing emotional, behavioral, academic, social, or family-related challenges.

Services may address:

  • Attention and concentration difficulties

  • ADHD-related concerns

  • Anxiety and fears

  • Depression and withdrawal

  • Anger and behavioral outbursts

  • Defiance and oppositional behavior

  • Trauma and adverse childhood experiences

  • Grief and family transitions

  • School avoidance

  • Peer and friendship difficulties

  • Bullying

  • Social communication concerns

  • Low self-confidence

  • Emotional dysregulation

  • Parent-child conflict

  • Divorce and separation adjustment

  • Developmental and neurodivergent needs

Treatment may incorporate play-based interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-informed care, emotional-regulation skills, parent consultation, and family involvement.

 

Couples Counseling

Couples counseling is available to help partners improve communication, rebuild trust, manage conflict, and strengthen emotional connection.

Common areas of focus include:

  • Communication difficulties

  • Conflict resolution

  • Emotional disconnection

  • Trust concerns

  • Infidelity recovery

  • Intimacy concerns

  • Parenting disagreements

  • Financial stress

  • Premarital counseling

  • Separation and reconciliation decisions

  • Blended-family concerns

  • Life transitions

  • Relationship enrichment

  • Coping with substance use within the relationship

 

Family Therapy

Family therapy supports families experiencing conflict, transition, communication problems, or behavioral concerns affecting the family system.

Services may address:

  • Parent-child conflict

  • Sibling conflict

  • Blended-family adjustment

  • Divorce and separation

  • Co-parenting difficulties

  • Family communication

  • Behavioral concerns

  • Caregiver stress

  • Grief and loss

  • Trauma affecting the family

  • Family reunification

  • High-conflict family dynamics

  • Changes in custody or living arrangements

 

Reunification Therapy

Reunification therapy is designed to support the restoration or improvement of a strained parent-child relationship. Services are structured around the child’s emotional needs, safety, developmental level, and family circumstances.

Reunification services may include:

  • Individual meetings with parents and children

  • Assessment of family history and relational barriers

  • Gradual parent-child contact

  • Structured therapeutic visits

  • Communication and parenting support

  • Identification of resistance, fear, or loyalty conflicts

  • Development of healthy boundaries

  • Coordination with attorneys, Guardians ad Litem, or other professionals when authorized

  • Progress documentation and treatment recommendations

Reunification therapy is a therapeutic service and is separate from a forensic custody evaluation unless otherwise specifically contracted.

 

Co-Parenting and Parenting Support

Parenting services help caregivers strengthen parenting skills, reduce conflict, and respond more effectively to children’s emotional and developmental needs.

Services may include:

  • Positive parenting strategies

  • Behavior-management planning

  • Co-parenting communication

  • High-conflict co-parenting support

  • Parenting after divorce or separation

  • Consistent household expectations

  • Child-centered decision-making

  • Understanding developmental needs

  • Managing difficult behaviors

  • Supporting children with ADHD, autism, anxiety, or trauma

  • Parenting coordination support within the clinician’s professional role

  • Parent education and coaching

 

Psychological Evaluations

CPT provides comprehensive psychological evaluations to clarify diagnoses, identify treatment needs, and better understand emotional, behavioral, cognitive, developmental, and functional concerns.

Evaluations may include:

  • Clinical interviews

  • Review of available records

  • Behavioral observations

  • Standardized psychological testing

  • Parent, teacher, or collateral questionnaires

  • Diagnostic formulation

  • Written psychological report

  • Individualized recommendations

  • Feedback session

 

ADHD Evaluations

ADHD evaluations assess patterns of inattention, impulsivity, hyperactivity, executive-functioning difficulties, and related impairment.

Evaluations may include assessment of:

  • Attention and concentration

  • Organization

  • Task completion

  • Working memory

  • Impulsivity

  • Hyperactivity

  • Emotional regulation

  • Academic or workplace functioning

  • Childhood symptom history

  • Anxiety, depression, trauma, sleep, or other conditions that may resemble ADHD

 

Autism and Neurodevelopmental Evaluations

Neurodevelopmental evaluations are available for children, adolescents, and adults presenting with concerns related to autism, social communication, sensory processing, executive functioning, or developmental differences.

Areas assessed may include:

  • Social communication

  • Social interaction

  • Restricted or repetitive behaviors

  • Sensory sensitivities

  • Flexibility and transitions

  • Emotional regulation

  • Adaptive functioning

  • Developmental history

  • Masking or camouflaging

  • Attention and executive functioning

  • Daily living skills

  • School, workplace, and relationship functioning

 

Learning and Academic Evaluations

Educational and learning evaluations help identify factors affecting academic performance.

Areas may include:

  • Reading difficulties

  • Written-expression concerns

  • Mathematics difficulties

  • Attention and executive functioning

  • Processing concerns

  • Memory-related difficulties

  • Academic strengths and weaknesses

  • School accommodation needs

  • Possible specific learning disorders

 

Emotional and Personality Assessments

Psychological assessment may be used to evaluate emotional functioning, personality characteristics, coping patterns, interpersonal functioning, and diagnostic concerns.

These evaluations may address:

  • Anxiety disorders

  • Depressive disorders

  • Trauma-related disorders

  • Bipolar-spectrum symptoms

  • Personality-related concerns

  • Emotional dysregulation

  • Anger and aggression

  • Interpersonal difficulties

  • Behavioral health treatment planning

  • Diagnostic clarification

 

Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Evaluations

Trauma-focused evaluations examine the psychological effects of distressing or traumatic experiences.

Areas assessed may include:

  • Post-traumatic stress symptoms

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Re-experiencing symptoms

  • Avoidance

  • Hypervigilance

  • Sleep disturbance

  • Emotional numbing

  • Functional impairment

  • Complex trauma symptoms

  • Adjustment following an accident, assault, abuse, loss, or other significant event

 

Forensic Psychological Evaluations

CPT provides independent psychological evaluations for matters involving legal, court, or administrative questions. Forensic evaluations differ from therapy and require clearly defined referral questions, informed consent, neutrality, and appropriate release of information.

Services may include:

  • Record review

  • Clinical and forensic interviews

  • Standardized psychological testing

  • Collateral interviews

  • Behavioral observations

  • Review of legal or medical documentation

  • Diagnostic formulation

  • Functional analysis

  • Written forensic report

  • Professional recommendations

  • Consultation with attorneys

  • Expert testimony when appropriate

 

Child Custody Evaluations

Child custody evaluations may be conducted when authorized by court order or appropriate written agreement. These evaluations focus on the psychological and developmental needs of the child and each parent’s ability to meet those needs.

Components may include:

  • Interviews with each parent

  • Interviews with the child

  • Parent-child observations

  • Psychological testing

  • Review of court, medical, school, and treatment records

  • Collateral interviews

  • Assessment of parenting strengths and limitations

  • Evaluation of family relationships

  • Consideration of safety concerns

  • Evaluation of co-parenting abilities

  • Written findings and recommendations

 

Parental Capacity and Parenting Fitness Evaluations

Parental capacity evaluations assess a caregiver’s emotional functioning, judgment, parenting abilities, protective capacity, and ability to meet a child’s developmental, physical, and psychological needs.

These evaluations may assess:

  • Parenting knowledge

  • Emotional stability

  • Decision-making

  • Protective capacity

  • Attachment and responsiveness

  • Ability to provide structure and supervision

  • Understanding of the child’s needs

  • Mental health and substance-use concerns

  • Domestic violence concerns

  • Compliance with treatment or case-plan requirements

  • Availability of family and community supports

 

DSS and Child Welfare Evaluations

CPT provides evaluations related to Department of Social Services or child welfare involvement.

Services may include:

  • Parental capacity evaluations

  • Psychological evaluations

  • Mental health assessments

  • Trauma assessments

  • Parenting-risk assessments

  • Substance-use screening

  • Review of case-plan compliance

  • Assessment of protective factors

  • Recommendations for treatment, parenting support, or reunification

  • Consultation with caseworkers, attorneys, and Guardians ad Litem when authorized

 

Domestic Violence and Abuse-Related Evaluations

Evaluations may address psychological and behavioral concerns related to domestic violence, coercive control, abuse allegations, trauma, safety, and family functioning.

Services may include:

  • Trauma-symptom assessment

  • Evaluation of emotional and functional impact

  • Risk and safety assessment

  • Review of reported relationship dynamics

  • Assessment of parenting implications

  • Treatment recommendations

  • Independent documentation for legal proceedings when appropriate

 

Immigration Psychological Evaluations

Immigration evaluations provide psychological documentation regarding the emotional and psychological impact of immigration-related circumstances.

Evaluations may be completed for matters involving:

  • Extreme hardship

  • Asylum

  • Violence Against Women Act petitions

  • U visas

  • T visas

  • Cancellation of removal

  • Family separation

  • Trauma, persecution, abuse, or displacement

  • Immigration-related anxiety and depression

Bilingual evaluations may be available in English and Spanish.

 

Personal Injury and Civil Psychological Evaluations

CPT provides evaluations regarding the psychological impact of accidents, injuries, trauma, workplace incidents, or other civil matters.

Evaluations may address:

  • Motor vehicle accidents

  • Personal injury claims

  • Emotional distress

  • Trauma-related symptoms

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Functional limitations

  • Pain-related psychological concerns

  • Changes in daily functioning

  • Treatment needs and prognosis

 

Child and Adolescent Forensic Interviewing

Developmentally appropriate forensic interviewing may be provided in matters requiring neutral, structured, and trauma-informed interviewing of children or adolescents.

Services emphasize:

  • Neutrality

  • Non-leading questions

  • Developmentally appropriate language

  • Trauma-informed practices

  • Careful documentation

  • Awareness of suggestibility

  • Clear professional boundaries

  • Coordination with involved professionals when authorized

 

Substance-Use Screening and Assessment

Substance-use services may include screening and assessment of alcohol, prescription medication, or drug-related concerns.

Assessment may address:

  • Frequency and pattern of use

  • Functional consequences

  • Risky behaviors

  • Motivation for change

  • Co-occurring mental health symptoms

  • Family and relationship impact

  • Treatment history

  • Referral needs

  • Recommendations for additional treatment or monitoring

 

Anger Management and Emotional Regulation

Services are available for individuals experiencing difficulty managing anger, frustration, impulsivity, or emotional reactions.

Treatment may include:

  • Identification of triggers

  • Understanding escalation patterns

  • Cognitive restructuring

  • Distress-tolerance skills

  • Communication training

  • Conflict-resolution strategies

  • Impulse-control techniques

  • Coping planning

  • Accountability and behavioral change

 

Trauma-Informed Therapy

Trauma-informed treatment is available for individuals affected by abuse, violence, accidents, loss, family disruption, or other adverse experiences.

Treatment approaches may include:

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy

  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy

  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

  • Mindfulness-based interventions

  • Grounding and stabilization

  • Emotional-regulation training

  • Psychoeducation

  • Strengths-based treatment

  • Safety planning

 

Grief and Loss Counseling

Grief counseling supports individuals and families coping with death, separation, divorce, illness, major transitions, or other significant losses.

Services may address:

  • Bereavement

  • Complicated grief

  • Anticipatory grief

  • Loss of a relationship

  • Pregnancy-related loss

  • Loss of health or independence

  • Family estrangement

  • Loss related to custody or family separation

  • Adjustment to life after loss

Anxiety and Stress Management

Anxiety treatment may address:

  • Generalized anxiety

  • Panic symptoms

  • Social anxiety

  • Performance anxiety

  • Test anxiety

  • Health-related anxiety

  • Separation anxiety

  • Excessive worry

  • Perfectionism

  • Rumination

  • Stress-related sleep difficulties

  • Avoidance behaviors

 

Depression and Mood Support

Mood-focused services may help clients experiencing:

  • Persistent sadness

  • Loss of interest

  • Low motivation

  • Irritability

  • Feelings of hopelessness

  • Emotional exhaustion

  • Social withdrawal

  • Sleep or appetite changes

  • Reduced daily functioning

  • Mood instability

 

School-Based and Educational Support

CPT provides consultation and behavioral health support related to school functioning.

Services may include:

  • School-related anxiety support

  • Attendance concerns

  • Behavioral assessments

  • Academic functioning evaluations

  • Consultation regarding accommodations

  • Support for Individualized Education Program or Section 504 discussions

  • Parent-school communication support

  • Social-emotional learning

  • Executive-functioning strategies

  • Transition planning

  • Homebound or educational-impact documentation when clinically appropriate

 

Clinical Consultation

Consultation may be available to:

  • Attorneys

  • Guardians ad Litem

  • Case managers

  • Schools

  • Medical providers

  • Behavioral health professionals

  • Child welfare agencies

  • Community organizations

  • Parents and caregivers

Consultation may involve case conceptualization, treatment recommendations, record review, referral guidance, or clarification of psychological findings.

 

Expert Witness and Court Consultation Services

Qualified clinicians may provide professional consultation or expert testimony within their areas of training, experience, and competence.

Services may include:

  • Review of psychological records

  • Consultation regarding evaluation findings

  • Preparation for deposition or testimony

  • Explanation of psychological testing

  • Expert reports

  • Depositions

  • Court testimony

  • Attorney consultation

  • Review of opposing expert reports

  • Assistance identifying psychological issues relevant to a legal matter

 

Psychological Testing and Report Review

CPT may provide testing-only or consultation services when clinically and ethically appropriate.

Services may include:

  • Administration of standardized measures

  • Scoring and interpretation

  • Review of prior psychological reports

  • Second-opinion consultation

  • Diagnostic clarification

  • Treatment-planning consultation

  • Explanation of test findings

  • Recommendations for additional assessment

 

Telehealth Services

Telehealth counseling and consultation may be available to eligible clients located in states where the treating clinician is licensed.

Telehealth services may include:

  • Individual therapy

  • Couples counseling

  • Family therapy

  • Parent consultation

  • Clinical interviews

  • Psychological testing when appropriate

  • Feedback sessions

  • Professional consultation

Some psychological and forensic evaluations may require in-person appointments.

 

Bilingual Services

Bilingual services may be available in English and Spanish.

Bilingual services may include:

  • Individual therapy

  • Family therapy

  • Parent consultation

  • Psychological evaluations

  • Forensic evaluations

  • Immigration evaluations

  • Clinical interviews

  • Feedback sessions

  • Professional consultation

 

Professional Training and Community Education

CPT may offer educational presentations, workshops, and professional development on topics such as:

  • Trauma-informed care

  • Mental health awareness

  • Parenting strategies

  • Domestic violence

  • Child development

  • ADHD and autism

  • Emotional regulation

  • Stress management

  • School mental health

  • Forensic mental health

  • Working with court-involved families

  • Cultural responsiveness

  • Bilingual behavioral health services

  • Professional boundaries

  • Suicide prevention and risk awareness

 

Treatment Approaches

Depending on the clinician and client’s needs, treatment may incorporate:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills

  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

  • Solution-Focused Therapy

  • Play Therapy techniques

  • Family Systems Therapy

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Mindfulness-based interventions

  • Strengths-based treatment

  • Person-centered therapy

  • Behavioral interventions

  • Psychoeducation

  • Gottman-informed couples interventions

  • Attachment-informed therapy

  • Trauma-informed care

 

Populations Served

CPT Comprehensive Psychological Services may serve:

  • Young children

  • School-age children

  • Adolescents

  • College students

  • Adults

  • Couples

  • Families

  • Parents and caregivers

  • Military members

  • Veterans

  • First responders

  • Court-involved individuals

  • Families involved with child welfare agencies

  • Neurodivergent individuals

  • Spanish-speaking clients

  • Attorneys and legal professionals

  • Schools and community organizations

 

Referral Sources

Referrals are accepted from:

  • Individuals and families

  • Physicians

  • Attorneys

  • Courts

  • Guardians ad Litem

  • Schools

  • Department of Social Services

  • Child welfare agencies

  • Mental health professionals

  • Hospitals

  • Insurance companies

  • Employers

  • Community agencies

  • Military and veteran organizations

 

All services are provided within the clinician’s scope of practice, professional competence, licensure requirements, ethical standards, and applicable state and federal regulations. Availability may vary by clinician, location, referral question, and funding source.

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