The Testing Psychologist Podcast

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Thousands of developmentally delayed adolescents and young adults are transitioning out of high school and into the “real” world every year. Unfortunately, it’s a big leap for many of them to go from a well-supported educational environment to a relative absence of support after they turn 18. My guest today, Dr. Rebecca Resnik, cares deeply about t...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Today we’re tackling an age-old chicken or egg question: do you hire first and hope the new clinician gets busy, or do you build out a lengthy waitlist before hiring? As usual, the answer is “it depends”! We’ll talk about when it makes sense to choose one strategy over the other, and when to forget about hiring altogether. Cool Things Mentioned The...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Today is another business episode focusing on finances. The longer I do this, the more convinced I am that having a good handle on finances drives literally everything in your practice. Unless you’re running a practice as a hobby with no regard for profit or financial sustainability, you have to know your numbers. The trouble is that many people do...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. For most of us, leadership is the most challenging aspect of growing a practice. Not only we were we not taught how to run a business in graduate school, but we certainly weren’t taught how to be an actual LEADER of said business. My guest today, Nicole McCance, figured out the leadership formula and scaled to a multi-seven figure practice before s...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Finances are scary for me. I’ve told the story of how I completed avoided money in my practice for several years after starting, then discovered that clients owed me almost $100,000! Since then, I’ve been on a mission to dive as deep as possible into business finances to make sure that the businesses are sustainable. Today, I’m discussing my person...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. We’ve all heard about “strengths-based” assessment, and some of us have applied these principles to our work in private practice. But what does it look like in the school setting? My guest today, April Rehrig, used the lessons she learned from over 20 years as a teacher and school psychologist to create a student-focused, collaborative educational...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I’ve gotten a lot of questions over the years about how my practice established an APA-accredited internship program through the High Plains Psychology Internship Consortium . Today, we’ll be talking all about training programs with Dr. Erin Foley and Dr. Juliana Rosa from Clover Educational Consulting Group. Clover assisted us with setting up our...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Who likes profit? We all do, right?! Profit is the lifeblood of your business. Without it, you’ve got no freedom and no flexibility. It’s unfortunate that many of us struggle with running a truly profitable business, but there are definitely some ways to increase profits with relatively little effort or change on your part. Listen in for a few stra...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. In a previous podcast conversation, we discussed gender-affirming care primarily through the lens of writing support letters for gender-affirming surgeries. Today, we’re coming at it from more of a neuropsychological perspective. I’m fortunate to have Dr. Emily Trittschuh and Dr. Jae Purnell here to talk through the ins and outs of gender-diverse n...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Over the last several months, I’ve chronicled my practice’s journey as we try to move away from insurance panels. After having taken all of the major insurance panels for nearly 15 years, we’ve decided that enough is enough. The administrative burden and poor reimbursement are no longer sustainable. Listen in through the good, the bad, and the terr...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. We have a diversity problem in neuropsychology. The field is about 85% white in a country that, according to the 2020 census, is only about 58% white. What’s happening here? My guest today, Dr. Lynette Abrams-Silva, has some thoughts. In addition to being a prolific educator in the field of neuropsychology, she has focused on recruiting and mentori...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I know, I know – another episode on marketing, right? But hear me out…today’s episode with Racheal Cook is different than other marketing episodes. Yes, we touch on traditional marketing, but Racheal brings a fresh perspective that really emphasizes the importance of honoring your own strengths rather than trying to do whatever everyone else...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. The title says it all, folks. Of all the topics discussed in the Testing Psychologist Community, continuous performance tests are one of the most popular, and most opaque. My guest today, Dr. Chris Mulchay, is as close to a CPT connoisseur as you can possibly be. If you’re one of the many of us who question the use of CPT’s, their role in testing,...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Most of the time on the podcast, my guests and I have discussions that are valuable, if a little theoretical. Today is different. My guest, Scott Robson, is a double-certified coach who specializes in helping entrepreneurs work through the inherent risk and vulnerability of owning a business. To that end, he graciously engaged me in a live coaching...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Sometimes I look back and reflect on little moments over the years that made a big impact on our practice. One of those moments was a relatively brief conversation a few years ago with my friend, Uriah Guilford from the Productive Therapist, about scheduling intakes. He mentioned that his practice moved to a booking system for scheduling intake cal...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Our country’s population of older adults is growing by the day, with the percentage of individuals over 65 increasing from about 18% today to about 23% over the next 20-30 years. Working with older adults can be incredibly gratifying, and, there are some nuances to specializing with this population. Dr. Seda Terzyan is my guest today, and we’re tal...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Everybody makes mistakes, right? Well, today I’m sharing what I consider to be the WORST mistakes over my 15 years in private practice. Cool Things Mentioned The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting Featured Resources I am honored to partner with two AMAZING companies to help improve your testing practice! PAR is a long ti...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Pediatric genetic disorders are more common than you may think. The most prevalent genetic disorder, Down syndrome, occurs in approximately one of every 700 live births. Our topic for today, 22q deletion syndrome, is a genetic disorder that occurs in roughly one of every 1200 live births. Even in a relatively small school district, we could run int...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. If you’ve listened to the podcast for any length of time, you know that I’m a big fan of blocking time on your schedule to work “on” the business instead of “in” the business. I’ve also talked frequently about the role of “think weeks” in my own practice development journey. But what if you don’t have the bandwidth or ability to take an entire week...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. It’s not often that I get so inspired by interview content that I actually have trouble focusing on the next question or have trouble staying present, but today was one of those days! My guest, Shelli Warren, brings decades of experience to this conversation about leadership and business development, and I had to work HARD to keep myself present be...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. With two kids who play competitive sports, the topic of concussion is both personally and professionally relevant for me. My guest today, Dr. Josefine Combs, is here to talk through the ins and outs of concussion. We primarily approach concussion through the lens of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s “profile” model of concussion symptom...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. How often have you heard the advice to start a business that solves your own problem? My guests today did exactly that. Tory Krone and Madeline Larsen are two of the co-founders from Practice Vital, a software company that specializes in creating beautiful, data-driven dashboards for mental health practices that want to track key metrics. In this e...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Anyone else out there noticing that a few measures are getting long in the tooth (what does that even mean)? Or that you’ve settled into administering the same thing for years now? During our testing team retreat back in February, we made a couple of big changes to our battery that I thought I would share for anyone else considering these options....

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Today’s episode tackles another question that frequently comes up in my consulting: what do I mean by SOP’s, and what are the most important SOP’s to have in your practice? If you don’t know what an SOP is, don’t worry! I’ll define it and share why they’re important. We’ll also dig into common SOP’s and how to craft even a simple version of an SOP...

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. For the past few years, I’ve been out of the conference game. COVID certainly played a role, but I admittedly just struggle with conferences. Most of them are too big, too crowded, too packed full of sessions, and honestly too theoretical, with less applied information than I would like. So much so that I created my own anti-conference, the Crafted...