Question 1

Where are you located?

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We currently see clients in-person in Miami and Boca Raton, Florida. All psychoeducational and developmental evaluations are completed through our Miami office. Virtual options are available for therapy across Florida and in PSYPACT participating states. If you want to see if that option applies to you, please click here: https://psypact.gov/page/psypactmap. (https://psypact.gov/page/psypactmap.)

Question 2

Do you offer virtual services?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We offer virtual sessions for Florida residents  and residents of PSYPACT participating states when clinically appropriate. To see if this applies to you, please use this link to see if you live in a PSYPACT participating state: https://psypact.gov/page/psypactmap. (https://psypact.gov/page/psypactmap.)Evaluation services are conducted in person, but intake interviews can be completed virtually if more feasible for the client and their families.

Question 3

What therapy services do you provide?

Accepted Answer

At The Center for Assessment and Transdiagnostic Treatment (T-CATT), we specialize in evidence-based therapies for children, adolescents, and young adults. Our team is highly trained in gold-standard treatments for anxiety, OCD, behavior challenges, and emotional dysregulation. Here’s an overview of the core therapies we offer:

Unified Protocols for Emotional Disorders (UP)
We offer the full suite of transdiagnostic treatments known as the Unified Protocols, which are effective across a range of emotional and behavioral difficulties, including anxiety, depression, irritability, and OCD.
 • Unified Protocol for Children (UP-C):
For ages 7–13, this group or individual therapy helps children learn skills for recognizing and managing intense emotions, facing fears, and increasing flexibility in thinking and behavior.
 • Unified Protocol for Adolescents (UP-A):
For teens ages 12–17, UP-A teaches emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and exposure-based strategies. It’s helpful for adolescents dealing with multiple challenges, such as anxiety, depression, or OCD.
 • Unified Protocol for Adults (UP):
For adults, the adult UP focuses on changing patterns of emotional avoidance and improving coping with a wide range of emotional experiences. It’s especially helpful for individuals with overlapping symptoms or complex diagnoses.
Goal: Promote healthier emotional experiences across all diagnoses through a unified set of core strategies that work across anxiety, depression, and beyond.

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions)
Who it’s for: Parents of children, teens, and young adults with anxiety or OCD who may be unwilling or unable to participate directly in therapy.
What it involves: SPACE is a parent-based treatment that focuses on reducing family accommodation (e.g., providing constant reassurance, changing family activities based on child's anxiety). Therapists work exclusively with parents to change how they respond to their child’s distress, without placing demands on the child to engage in treatment.
Goal: Help parents support their child’s ability to face anxiety, increase emotional independence, and reduce anxiety symptoms by shifting family dynamics.

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT):
Who it’s for: Children ages 2–7 with disruptive behavior, frequent tantrums, aggression, or difficulty following directions.
What it involves: PCIT is a live-coaching therapy that helps parents learn effective strategies to improve their child’s behavior and strengthen the parent-child relationship. Parents wear a small earpiece and receive real-time coaching from a therapist while interacting with their child during sessions.
Goal: Reduce disruptive behaviors and build warmth, connection, and cooperation.

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy-CALM (PCIT-CALM):
Who it’s for: Young children (ages 3–7) with anxiety, including separation anxiety, phobias, and generalized worry.
What it involves: PCIT-CALM combines the relationship-strengthening and behavior-supporting techniques of PCIT with exposure-based strategies for anxiety. Parents are coached in supporting their child through gradual challenges to reduce avoidance and build confidence.
Goal: Help children face fears with support, reduce anxious behaviors, and increase bravery in daily life.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP):
Who it’s for: Children, teens, and adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related  disorders.
What it involves: ERP is the gold-standard treatment for OCD. Clients are gradually exposed to anxiety-provoking thoughts, images, or situations while resisting the urge to perform compulsions or avoidance behaviors.
Goal: Reduce the power of obsessions and compulsions and increase tolerance of uncertainty and discomfort.

Still not sure which therapy is right for your family?
We’re happy to schedule an initial consultation to learn more about your needs and guide you to the right starting point.

Question 4

What is transdiagnostic treatment?

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Transdiagnostic treatment is an innovative and evidence-based approach to therapy that targets the underlying emotional processes shared across many different mental health conditions—rather than focusing on just one specific diagnosis.

Instead of treating anxiety, depression, OCD, or behavioral difficulties as entirely separate problems, transdiagnostic treatment recognizes that these challenges often overlap and stem from common roots like:

• Difficulty managing intense emotions (emotion dysregulation)
 • Avoidance of discomfort or uncertainty
 • Inflexible patterns of thinking or behavior
 • Difficulty tolerating distress or change

At T-CATT, we use transdiagnostic approaches to help clients develop flexible coping skills that can apply across multiple areas of their lives. For example, a teen struggling with both social anxiety and irritability may benefit from learning how to identify emotions, shift unhelpful thinking, and face feared situations—all within the same treatment framework.

Some of the benefits of transdiagnostic treatment include: 
 • Efficiency: One therapy approach can target multiple co-occurring symptoms
 • Clarity: Focuses on the why behind emotional and behavioral challenges
 • Flexibility: Helps clients use the same core skills in many situations
 • Sustainability: Builds long-term tools for emotional wellness

We offer the Unified Protocol (UP) treatment model, a leading transdiagnostic approach for children, adolescents, and adults. This model helps individuals gain insight into their emotional experiences and learn practical strategies for managing distress, reducing avoidance, and living more fully.

Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, depression, OCD, or complex emotional challenges, transdiagnostic treatment at T-CATT offers a comprehensive, flexible, and science-backed path to improvement.

Question 5

Do you provide parent support or coaching?

Accepted Answer

At T-CATT, we believe that parents and caregivers play a critical role in helping children, teens, and young adults thrive. That’s why we offer a range of structured parent support and coaching services tailored to meet families where they are—whether your child is struggling with behavior challenges, anxiety, OCD, or emotion regulation.
We provide evidence-based parent interventions that empower caregivers with tools to respond effectively, reduce family stress, and support lasting change.

Our parent support and coaching services include

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
 • Live coaching for parents of children ages 2–7 with disruptive behavior, tantrums, and noncompliance.
 • Parents learn how to strengthen the parent-child relationship, improve cooperation, and reduce defiance and aggression through structured play and discipline strategies.

PCIT-CALM (for Child Anxiety)
 • A modification of PCIT for young children (ages 3–7) with anxiety.
 • Parents are coached in real time to support their child through exposure tasks, promote brave behavior, and reduce accommodation of anxiety symptoms.

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) – Coming Soon
 • A parent-based treatment for children and teens with anxiety or OCD.
 • Focuses on changing the parent’s responses rather than requiring the child to participate directly in therapy.
 • Helps reduce family accommodation (e.g., allowing avoidance, giving reassurance), while increasing supportive, confidence-building parenting.

Parent Coaching for OCD and Anxiety (ERP Support)
 • We provide structured parent coaching for families of children and teens in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) treatment.
 • Parents learn how to respond supportively to anxiety and OCD symptoms, how to reduce accommodation, and how to encourage gradual exposure while reducing reassurance and safety behaviors.

Parent Guidance in Unified Protocol Treatment (UP-C, UP-A, UP)
 • For families engaged in the Unified Protocol, we offer regular parent check-ins to:
    • Support skill use at home
    • Review progress and challenges
    • Collaborate on emotion coaching, exposure practice, and behavioral strategies
 • Especially helpful for youth with complex or overlapping emotional concerns.

General Parent Consultation and Support
 • We also offer one-time or ongoing consultations for parents seeking:
    • Help managing behavioral concerns
    • Guidance navigating school-related issues or accommodations
    • Support during transitions (e.g., new diagnosis, changes in treatment)
    • Coaching around sibling dynamics, screen time, or emotion regulation at home

Our goal is to help parents feel confident and supported.
Whether through structured programs like PCIT or SPACE, or individualized parent consultations, we work collaboratively with families to build tools that promote healthier relationships and emotional growth at home.

Question 6

What types of evaluations do you offer?

Accepted Answer

At The Center for Assessment and Transdiagnostic Treatment (T-CATT), we specialize in comprehensive, individualized psychological and educational evaluations for children, adolescents, and young adults. Our assessments are designed to provide clear answers and practical recommendations that guide school planning, treatment decisions, and personal growth.
We use gold-standard, evidence-based tools and spend time getting to know each client’s unique strengths and needs. Below is an overview of the types of evaluations we offer:

Psychoeducational Evaluations

Who it’s for: Children (age 6+), teens, and college students with concerns about learning, attention, academic performance, or school-related stress.

What it involves:

• Cognitive testing (e.g., IQ, reasoning, processing speed, working memory)
 • Academic achievement testing (e.g., reading, writing, math skills)
 • Evaluation of attention, executive functioning, and memory
 • Social-emotional screening, as needed
Common referral questions:
 • Does my child have a learning disability (e.g., dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia)?
 • Do they need accommodations like extra time or reduced distractions?
 • Are attention or anxiety issues affecting school performance?
Goal: Identify learning profiles, diagnose relevant conditions, and provide individualized recommendations for school supports and interventions.

Developmental/Autism Evaluations (Toddler through Adult)
Who it’s for: Individuals from toddlerhood through adulthood with possible signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including delayed social communication, rigid behaviors, or sensory sensitivities.

What it involves:
 • Use of gold-standard diagnostic tools, including the ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule)
 • Structured parent and caregiver interviews
 • Developmental history review and observation across settings
 • Cognitive and language testing, as appropriate

Common referral questions:
 • Does my child meet criteria for an autism diagnosis?
 • How can I better understand their strengths and challenges?
 • What supports would help them succeed socially, emotionally, and academically?
Goal: Provide clarity about whether autism is present and guide appropriate intervention and support planning.

Psychosocial & Diagnostic Assessments
Who it’s for: Children, teens, and adults with complex emotional or behavioral concerns, or those seeking diagnostic clarity before beginning therapy or medication.

What it involves:
 • In-depth clinical interviews and structured diagnostic tools
 • Symptom inventories and behavior rating scales
 • Emotional, social, and behavioral functioning review

Common referral questions:
 • What diagnoses best explain my child’s difficulties?
 • Are symptoms related to anxiety, OCD, mood disorders, trauma, or neurodivergence?
 • What is the best next step for treatment planning?

Goal: Arrive at a clear, comprehensive diagnostic picture to support therapy, psychiatry, or school planning.

Gifted Evaluations
Who it’s for: Children and adolescents seeking placement in gifted programs or looking to better understand their cognitive strengths.

What it involves:
 • Administration of a standardized cognitive assessment (e.g., WISC-V, DAS-II)
 • Brief developmental and academic history
 • Optional written report depending on school requirements
Common referral questions:
 • Does my child meet eligibility criteria for gifted programming?
 • What are their intellectual strengths and how can I support them?
Goal: Identify high cognitive potential and support enrichment or acceleration planning.

All evaluations at T-CATT are tailored to the individual. We take time to integrate results, collaborate with families, and provide feedback that is clear, compassionate, and actionable.

We also offer evaluation services in both English and Spanish when needed.

Question 7

How do I know if my child needs an evaluation?

Accepted Answer

It’s not always easy to know when your child’s struggles are part of typical development—or when a deeper understanding is needed. At T-CATT, we often say that an evaluation is helpful when there are persistent concerns about your child’s learning, behavior, emotions, or development that are impacting their daily life, school functioning, or relationships.
You may want to consider an evaluation if you’ve noticed:

Academic Difficulties
 • Struggles with reading, writing, or math despite good effort
 • Difficulty following directions, remembering steps, or finishing assignments
 • Performance that’s inconsistent with their potential
 • Signs of frustration, avoidance, or school refusal

Attention or Executive Function Concerns
 • Trouble focusing, sitting still, or staying organized
 • Constant reminders needed to complete tasks
 • Impulsivity or acting without thinking
 • Problems with time management or planning

Emotional or Behavioral Challenges
 • Intense anxiety, sadness, irritability, or mood swings
 • Frequent tantrums, outbursts, or defiance
 • Withdrawn behavior or difficulty making and keeping friends
 • Repetitive behaviors, rigid routines, or sensory sensitivities

Developmental Delays or Concerns
 • Delayed speech or language milestones
 • Difficulty with pretend play, reciprocal interaction, or eye contact
 • Rigid interests or repetitive movements
 • Sensory aversions or unusual responses to the environment

Concerns from School or Providers
 • Teachers or caregivers have raised concerns about learning, attention, or behavior
 • You’ve been told your child may need accommodations or a specialized plan (e.g., IEP, 504)
 • You’re being asked to provide documentation for supports, gifted placement, or standardized testing accommodations

Lack of Clarity About a Diagnosis or Treatment Direction
 • Your child has a complex clinical picture and you’re unsure what’s driving their difficulties
 • You’re beginning therapy or medication and want to clarify the best path forward
 • You’ve tried supports, but progress has been limited and you want to understand why

An evaluation can provide answers.

At T-CATT, we offer comprehensive, individualized assessments that go beyond labels. Our goal is to help you understand your child’s strengths, challenges, and needs, and to give you a roadmap for how to support them—at home, in school, and in life.

If you’re unsure whether an evaluation is the right next step, we’re happy to schedule a brief consultation to learn more and guide you in the right direction.

Question 8

What's included in a comprehensive evaluation?

Accepted Answer

At T-CATT, our comprehensive evaluations are thoughtfully designed to provide a clear, holistic understanding of your or your child's strengths, challenges, and needs. We go beyond basic testing to deliver meaningful insights and personalized recommendations that support growth at home, in school, and in treatment.

Each comprehensive evaluation is customized to the referral concerns and may include a combination of the following components:

1. Comprehensive Clinical Interview
We begin with an in-depth intake interview with parents or caregivers (and the client when appropriate) to gather:

• Developmental history
 • Academic and social-emotional functioning
 • Medical and mental health background
 • Family dynamics and cultural context
This helps us understand the “whole picture” and tailor the evaluation to your or your child’s unique story.

2. Standardized Testing
Based on referral questions, we use a range of evidence-based, norm-referenced tools to assess:

• Cognitive abilities (e.g., reasoning, memory, processing speed, executive functioning)
 • Academic achievement (reading, writing, math skills)
 • Language and communication
 • Attention and self-regulation
 • Social-emotional and behavioral functioning
 • Adaptive functioning (daily living skills and independence)
 • Autism-specific measures (e.g., ADOS-2) when appropriate
 • We select tests carefully to answer the questions at hand, whether the goal is to identify a learning disorder, ADHD, autism, anxiety, mood concerns, or something more complex.

3. Behavior Ratings and Questionnaires
Parents, teachers, and sometimes the child or teen themselves complete standardized rating scales to assess functioning across home, school, and social environments. These forms provide valuable context and help us identify patterns across settings.

4. Observations and Clinical Impressions
We observe clients during testing to understand how they approach tasks, respond to challenges, regulate emotions, and interact with others. This observational data is often just as informative as test scores, especially with younger children or clients with neurodevelopmental differences.

5. Feedback Session
Once the evaluation is complete, we meet with parents (and with the client, when appropriate) to:

• Review key findings in a clear and supportive way
 • Explain diagnoses, if applicable, using understandable language
 • Offer detailed, individualized recommendations for school, home, and therapy
 • Answer questions and collaborate on next steps

6. Written Report
You will receive a comprehensive written report that includes:

• Background summary and referral questions
 • Test scores with clear explanations
 • Diagnostic impressions (if applicable)
 • Strengths and challenges across domains
 • Concrete recommendations for school supports, accommodations (e.g., IEP, 504), therapy, and home strategies
 • Documentation to support access to services and accommodations, including for gifted placement or high-stakes testing (e.g., ACT/SAT, GRE, college disability services)

Our evaluations are not one-size-fits-all.
We take time to ensure that each assessment is personalized, culturally sensitive, neurodiverse affirming, developmentally appropriate, and actionable. Our goal is to help families walk away with clarity and a plan—not just a diagnosis.

If you’re unsure whether a full evaluation is needed or what type is the best fit, we offer brief consultation calls to help guide you.

Question 9

How long will therapy or an evaluation take?

Accepted Answer

Therapy is typically weekly and varies in duration depending on goals.

Evaluations are conducted over 2–3 sessions, with a report typically provided within 3-4 weeks after testing is complete (1 week after gifted testing is complete).

Question 10

Do you take insurance?

Accepted Answer

We are out-of-network with insurance. However, we provide superbills that you can submit for potential reimbursement. We’re happy to guide you through that process.

Question 11

What are your fees?

Accepted Answer

At The Center for Assessment and Transdiagnostic Treatment (T-CATT), we are committed to delivering exceptional, evidence-based care tailored to each individual and family we serve. Our fees reflect the depth of our clinical expertise, the time-intensive nature of our work, and the specialized services we provide.
We understand that investing in mental health care or a comprehensive evaluation is a meaningful decision. Here’s what our fees support:

Specialized Expertise

• Our clinicians are doctoral-level psychologists with advanced training in:
    • Evidence-based therapies such as ERP, PCIT, SPACE, and the Unified Protocol
    • Gold-standard diagnostic and psychoeducational assessments
    • Complex and co-occurring conditions, including OCD, autism, anxiety, and mood disorders
 • We frequently work with children, adolescents, and adults who have complicated presentations and require nuanced, transdiagnostic care.

Comprehensive and Individualized Services

• Evaluations include 8–12 hours or more of clinical time, including interviews, testing, analysis, feedback, and a detailed written report with actionable recommendations.
 • Therapy is not manualized or surface-level—we personalize each session using the latest research-based methods and provide guidance for generalization into home, school, and real-life situations.
 • We also offer parent coaching and support, school collaboration, and tailored consultation based on family needs.

Time and Attention You Won’t Find Everywhere

• We offer in-depth parent collaboration and responsive follow-up between sessions when appropriate.
 • Our feedback sessions are collaborative and digestible, with the goal of making every piece of information usable and empowering for families.
 • We spend time coordinating care with schools, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and other providers when needed.

Fee Range
 • Intakes for therapy: $325
 • Therapy sessions: $275 per session
 • Gifted testing: $600
 • Comprehensive evaluations typically range from $3,000–$5,000, depending on the referral question and scope of testing.
 • Parent coaching or consultation sessions are billed at the therapy rate.
 • A full breakdown of fees is available upon request, and we are happy to discuss what type of service best fits your needs and goals.
 • We will provide a Good Faith Estimate prior to engaging in therapeutic or evaluative services with you or your child.

Insurance and Payment
We are an out-of-network provider, which means we do not bill insurance directly. However, we can provide detailed superbills that clients may submit to their insurance company for potential reimbursement, depending on their out-of-network benefits.

Our goal is quality, clarity, and impact.
We believe that investing in expert mental health care or an accurate evaluation now can prevent years of confusion, misdiagnosis, or ineffective treatment. At T-CATT, your child is not just a diagnosis—we are here to truly understand and support their growth.
If you’d like help determining whether our services are the right fit, we offer a brief initial consultation call at no charge.

Question 12

What is your cancelation policy?

Accepted Answer

At T-CATT, we reserve your appointment time exclusively for you or your child. Because we do not double-book and set aside this time for focused, individualized care, we require advance notice for any cancellations or rescheduling.

Therapy Sessions

• We require at least 24 hours’ notice to cancel or reschedule a therapy appointment.
 • Cancellations made less than 24 hours in advance, or no-shows, will be subject to the full session fee.
 • This policy allows us to offer that time to another client on our waitlist and ensures consistency in your or your child’s care.

Evaluations
 • Evaluation appointments require more preparation and often involve multiple scheduled blocks (interview, testing, feedback).
 • We ask for 48 hours’ notice for cancellations of evaluation sessions.
 • Missed evaluation appointments or late cancellations may result in a cancellation fee or forfeiture of a portion of the evaluation deposit.

Why do we charge for missed or late-canceled sessions?
Your scheduled time is reserved specifically for your family, and a great deal of planning goes into each session—especially for assessments. Last-minute cancellations prevent us from offering that time to another family who may be waiting for services. Charging for missed appointments also helps support the sustainability of our small, specialized practice.

We understand that unexpected situations (e.g., illness, emergencies) can arise. Please contact us as soon as possible if you’re unable to attend your session, and we’ll do our best to be flexible when appropriate.

If you have questions about our cancellation policy or need to make a change to an upcoming appointment, please feel free to contact us. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in helping us maintain reliable, high-quality care for all families we serve.

Question 13

How do I schedule an appointment?

Accepted Answer

Prior to enrolling in treatment or scheduling an evaluation, we offer a free 15-minute consultation to discuss fit. To request a consultation, you must complete a Consultation Request Form l(https://forms.gle/DkCy6Ci9pDJsMYSh7)ocated on our website. You can also email us at info@tcattpsychology.com. (info@tcattpsychology.com.)

Question 14

Do you offer training and consultation for mental health professionals?

Accepted Answer

Yes! At The Center for Assessment and Transdiagnostic Treatment (T-CATT), we are committed not only to high-quality client care, but also to advancing clinical training for current and future mental health professionals. We offer a range of training and consultation services grounded in evidence-based practice and real-world clinical application.

What kinds of training do you offer?
We offer the following training opportunities for clinicians, graduate students, and school-based professionals:

Unified Protocol Training (UP-A + UP-C)
 • We provide introductory and advanced training in the Unified Protocols for Emotional Disorders for Children and Adolescents
 • Trainings are designed to help clinicians deliver transdiagnostic care for clients with overlapping symptoms (e.g., anxiety, OCD, depression, irritability).
 • Workshops include didactics, video review, and behavioral rehearsals.

Do you offer individual or group consultation?
Yes. We provide both individual and small group consultation towards clinical certification in the UP-A and UP-C. We particularly enjoy working with early-career professionals and graduate trainees.

Do you offer supervision or internship opportunities?
We may offer postdoctoral training opportunities. These are limited. If you are a psychology trainee interested in working with children, adolescents, and adults using transdiagnostic and evidence-based approaches, feel free to reach out to inquire about future openings.

Who facilitates the trainings and consultations?
Trainings are led by our expert trainers - Drs. Jamie Sherman and Niza Tonarely-Busto. Both of these clinicians were trained and mentored by the developer of the UP-A and UP-C, Dr. Jill Ehrenreich-May.

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