Psychological Services
Comprehensive psychological evaluation and therapy for children, adolescents, and adults.
Understanding how you think, learn, and experience the world—so insight can lead to clarity, self-acceptance, and meaningful change.
Dr. O’Shea provides psychological evaluation and therapy for individuals seeking deeper understanding, clarity, and meaningful support across academic, professional, and personal domains.
Clinical work is grounded in a strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming framework and is designed to help individuals understand how they think, learn, and process the world—so that insight can translate into effective strategies, self-advocacy, and well-being.
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Psychological Evaluation
Many individuals and families seek assessment after years of trying to make sense of things—when therapy hasn’t led to lasting change, school or workplace supports don’t seem quite right, or motivation, emotions, and behavior remain difficult to understand. Often, the picture is complex: neurodivergent traits may intersect with anxiety, depression, trauma, or other emotional factors, making it hard to know what is driving the challenges and what supports will actually help.
At KaleidoSpark, assessment is a process of bringing clarity to complexity.
Like a kaleidoscope, many facets can be true at once—cognitive strengths, learning style, attention, emotional functioning, and lived experience all interact in meaningful ways.
Through in-depth evaluation and thoughtful interpretation, Dr. O’Shea works to piece these elements together to illuminate patterns that may have been missed and identify insights that can guide more effective supports, accommodations, and next steps.
Comprehensive evaluations are offered for children, adolescents, and adults to clarify cognitive, learning, attentional, emotional, and developmental profiles. Evaluations are collaborative and integrative, bringing together multiple sources of information to form a clear, nuanced understanding of the whole person.
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Common referral questions include:
ADHD and executive functioning differences
Autism spectrum profiles across development, including later-identified individuals
Learning disabilities and academic challenges
Giftedness and twice-exceptional (2e) profiles
Emotional, behavioral, or regulatory concerns that intersect with learning and attention
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An evaluation will start with an intake appointment, where Dr. O’Shea will interview the parents and/or client to gather background information, history, and other pertinent details.
There are then typically two assessment appointments with the client only, that range from 2 to 3 hours in length, where they will complete various tasks with Dr. O’Shea.
A feedback appointment will be scheduled a few weeks after the final evaluation to review findings.
There is no one-size-fits-all evaluation process, with each consultation and assessment tailored for an individual’s needs. A wide range of standardized, evidence-based, norm-referenced assessment tools are part of Dr. O’Shea’s repertoire and provide information that can inform both within-person strengths and vulnerabilities, as well as where they fall within the developmental spectrum.
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An extensive and comprehensive evaluation report will be available a few weeks after the feedback appointment, which will outline all of the results and insights, as well as provide extensive recommendations for home, school, work and community settings, as well as referrals if appropriate.
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Feedback is practical, strengths-oriented, and focused on real-world application, including recommendations for school, work, and daily life.
Dr. O’Shea is available for additional consultation after the feedback appointment to assist in educational implementation of recommendations, support in getting started with community resources, and further exploration of your (or your child’s) profile, identity, and needs.
Therapy Services
Therapy with Dr. O’Shea is designed to support children, adolescents, and adults as they navigate emotional, behavioral, relational, and identity-related challenges. Dr. O’Shea approaches therapy with curiosity, care, and respect for each individual’s unique way of thinking, feeling, and experiencing the world.
At KaleidoSpark, therapy is guided by the belief that clarity comes from looking at the whole picture—much like a kaleidoscope, where understanding emerges when different pieces are seen together. Sessions are personalized and collaborative, integrating evidence-based approaches while attending to developmental needs, sensory experiences, family dynamics, and the environments people move through every day.
The “spark” represents those moments when things begin to make sense—when insight grows, confidence builds, and individuals and families start to see new possibilities. Therapy focuses on helping clients reconnect with their strengths, better understand their challenges, and find practical, meaningful ways forward.
If this sounds like something that ignites a spark within you, let’s connect!
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Dr. O’Shea provides therapy, and consultation for a wide range of concerns, including:
Managing anxiety and stress
ADHD-related challenges and executive functioning support
Autism-related experiences and identity development, including girls/women (AFAB) and later-identified individuals
Improving desired socialization outcomes
Building confidence and self-advocacy for academic, social, adaptive, and occupational challenges
Improving mood, depression, and emotional regulation difficulties
Trauma and complex psychiatric presentations
Giftedness and twice-exceptional (2e) profiles
Obsessive-compulsive characteristics
She holds an Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist certification and has extensive experience working with individuals whose presentations do not fit neatly into a single diagnostic category.
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Dr. O’Shea’s therapeutic work is grounded in evidence-based practice and tailored to individual needs. Her approach integrates cognitive-behavioral strategies with developmentally informed and relational frameworks, including family systems, parent–child interventions, motivational interviewing, and acceptance- and values-based approaches.
She works primarily with children, adolescents, and young adults, with a particular passion for adolescents and individuals navigating identity development, transitions, and self-advocacy.
