Clinical Services

Dr. Shipman has been serving children and families with clinical, developmental, and pediatric needs since 1997

Psychological Testing

• Diagnostic evaluations for behavioral and emotional concerns
• Developmental evaluations for infants and young children
• Attention deficit (ADD/ADHD) evaluations
• Learning disability evaluations
• Intelligence and academic achievement testing
• Early Kindergarten entry evaluations

Treatment and Consultation

• Individual and family therapy
• Group therapy
• Parenting consultations
• Parent Child Interaction Therapy
• Consultations with school, physicians and others professionals when requested by parent

Dr. Shipman Provides Evaluation, Treatment, and Consultation for a Broad Range of Presenting Concerns…

• Attention deficit disorders (ADD, ADHD)
• Child behavior problems and aggression
• Asperger’s syndrome
• Parenting difficulties (e.g., how to discipline and set limits, handling tantrums, how to get children to listen)
• Anxiety disorders (e.g., school phobia and refusal, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, trauma)
• Mood disorders (depression, bi-polar)
• Variations in normative development
  • Sleep difficulties
  • Feeding difficulties
  • Toilet training, bed-wetting
  • Not listening to parents
  • Management of behavior and emotion for children with sensory integration difficulties
• Adjustment difficulties (e.g., divorce, trauma, loss)
• Teaching parents how to talk with their children about potentially difficult topics (e.g., adoption, divorce, trauma, loss, bullying)
• Pediatric illness
  • Pain management
  • Management of medical procedures
  • Coping with illness
  • Increasing child’s compliance with taking medicine and other health-related behaviors

FEE SCHEDULE:

Please contact me for information on fees specific to your needs.