Carlsbad Psychological Services PC

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Founded in 2013, Carlsbad Psychological Services PC operates from Gateway Road in Carlsbad's Bressi Ranch district, where the practice has established a clinical focus on OCD, severe anxiety, and ADHD treatment for children and adults. The 2024 expansion into neurodiversity-affirming ADHD and autism assessment positions the practice within the same pediatric diagnostic network as Carlsbad Children's Dentistry, where behavior-support strategies help evaluated children navigate sensory-sensitive appointments across providers. A 2012 Psy.D. from the CSPP at Alliant International University grounds the clinical methodology in exposure-response prevention for OCD and evidence-based CBT protocols for anxiety spectrum disorders. Gold-standard autism evaluations incorporate ADOS-2 administration, cognitive and adaptive-behavior testing, and developmental-history review across multi-session assessment arcs for differential diagnosis. Exercise-based executive-function support for ADHD patients extends through referral to structured fitness programs such as Orangetheory Fitness in Carlsbad, where heart-rate-monitored interval training reinforces the attentional-regulation skills targeted in clinical sessions. The most intensive OCD treatment protocols involve graduated exposure-response prevention hierarchies spanning 16 to 24 sessions for patients with contamination, harm, or symmetry-based obsessional subtypes.