Mekel Harris, Ph.D., NCSP

Psychologist, Associate Professor, International & TEDx Speaker, Author, Mentor, Community Advocate

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    Therapy

    • May include individual &/or family services, as well as parent consultation and training

    • Offers therapeutic support to address coping & adjustment issues, end-of-life concerns, life transitions, spirituality issues, & grief and loss

    • Provides in-depth exploration of emotional-behavioral issues among children and adolescents, as well as their families, and adults 

    • Occasionally completed in conjunction with, or as a result of, assessment 

    Mental Health Assessment

  • Includes evaluation for anxiety, depression, & other mental health concerns

  • Typically completed in conjunction with cognitive/academic assessment

  • Used to inform treatment planning and consultation

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    Psychodiagnostic Assessment

    • Involves cognitive assessment & extended battery of academic testing

    • Provides an evaluation of intellectual & academic abilities and screens for learning disabilities

    • Offers a wide-range battery to assess personality & behavioral concerns

    • Provides a broad overview of child's/adolescent's strengths & challenges

    • For adolescents and young adults, vocational assessment is available to assist with transition planning

    Neurocognitive Assessment

  • Provides a more in-depth assessment of cognitive processes 

  • Explores the possibility of ADHD

  • Highlights neurocognitive strengths & challenges, with specific recommendations

  • Especially helpful in the assessment of head injury, TBI, & neurocognitive insult

  • Educational Assessment

    • Involves intelligence testing & extended battery of academic testing

    • Provides a more detailed & "process-oriented" assessment of learning difficulties (e.g., reading/writing/math disability, nonverbal LD)

    • Explores the possibility of intellectual deficit and autism spectrum disorder

    • Provides an in-depth analysis of educational strengths & challenges, with specific school-based recommendations

    • Typically completed as an adjunct to comprehensive psychodiagnostic assessment

    Grief & Loss Training

  • Includes targeted education regarding contemporary understanding of grief and loss

  • Highlights evidence-based approaches to coping with death, dying, and grief and loss

  • Includes engagement in "hands-on" learning, via use of multiple teaching modalities 

  • Involves tailored instruction, depending on your needs

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    Contact Dr. Mekel Harris: ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​  Office: 213-615-7257     E-Mail: [email protected]   /   Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm     

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