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Psychological Services
All psychological services offered by
The Pacific Resiliency Center for Psychology, Wellness, and the Arts, P.C.,
provided or supervised by Dr. Karen Sanchez Staedler, PsyD, MBA, MT-BC
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Psychological/Neuropsychological Assessment
Psychological Assessment includes a clinical interview, psychological testing, symptom questionnaires, and a review of provided medical/mental health records. The purpose of Psychological Assessment is to assist in identifying clinical mental health diagnoses and informing a psychological treatment plan.
Neuropsychological Assessment includes a clinical interview, psychological testing, cognitive testing, symptom questionnaires and a review of provided medical/mental health records to identify areas of cognitive limitations, formulate a working clinical diagnosis regarding neurocognitive/neurodevelopmental functioning, inform a treatment plan, and provide additional recommendations for planning of care. Neuropsychological Assessments are used for capacity evaluations, dementia evaluations, and to diagnose conditions including (but not limited to) learning disability, intellectual disability, ADHD, neurocognitive disorders (due to stroke/vascular disease, seizure disorder, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, traumatic brain injury, FTD, etc.).
Forensic Psychological/Neuropsychological Assessment may used for med-legal purposes including capacity, competency to stand trial, Fitness for Duty, Short-Term/Long-Term Disability evaluation, and Workers' Compensation Disability evaluations. Referral must come from an attorney or Med-Legal services agency. For Panel QME scheduling requests please email jcoppage@expedientmedicolegal.com.
Immigration Evaluations include a psychological evaluation to provide additional information for U-Visa, T-Visa, VAWA, and Asylum applications.
Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessments can be performed in Spanish with Dr. Karen Sanchez Staedler.
Therapy/Counseling Services
Everyone deals with stress. It is an unavoidable truth in our society. There are the normal stressors, like work, relationships, family, etc... but these days, we have a host of additional issues coming from so many different aspects of our environment and our own life/trauma history. These stressors, evident or not, can cause problems with our emotional, spiritual, and physical health.
We are here to identify and help teach you how to deal with the wide range of stressors of our modern world in a variety of ways. From traditional individual psychotherapy to counseling for life stressors, our services are tailored to meet our patients' specific needs and goals. We also offer psychological testing for diagnostic clarification.
We are here to identify and help teach you how to deal with the wide range of stressors of our modern world in a variety of ways. From traditional individual psychotherapy to counseling for life stressors, our services are tailored to meet our patients' specific needs and goals. We also offer psychological testing for diagnostic clarification.