For referring providers
The evaluator you can hand a family to with confidence
For pediatricians, therapists, psychiatrists, and school teams: after eleven years of psychological and psychoeducational assessment in this community, I've opened my own practice — built for exactly this.
What to send
Referral questions I take
ADHD and executive functioning, autism across the lifespan, specific learning disorders and psychoeducational questions, and complex cases where the diagnosis isn't clear — overlapping symptoms, prior labels that never fit, or treatment that isn't working and nobody's sure why. Ages 7 and up.
One boundary worth knowing: these are psychological and psychoeducational evaluations, not neuropsychological ones. If the question is dementia or another neurodegenerative process, that's a neuropsychologist's referral rather than mine.
If you're unsure whether a case fits, send the question; I'll tell you honestly, and point you elsewhere if someone else is the better fit.
What you get back
Reports written to be read — and a loop that closes
Complete and usable
Plain-language findings, every administered measure actually interpreted, every elevated score dispositioned, and recommendations specific enough to act on.
Closed, directly
With a release, you get the findings in a form you can use — not just a PDF in a portal.
Your client remains your client
I evaluate, I answer the question, and I send them back to you with more to work with. A standing commitment.
A tool for your caseload
Therapeutic Assessment, for the therapy that's stuck
Some referrals aren't about a diagnosis — they're about the therapy that's stuck. The client you've worked well with who can't get past the same wall. Therapeutic Assessment is built for exactly that: a collaborative evaluation in which the assessment itself becomes the intervention, designed to give the client — and you — a new place to start.
If you have a case like this, I'm glad to talk it through before either of us commits the client to anything. More on the model →
Access
Availability, and where insurance stands
The reason to keep me in mind is simple: in-network testing across the Triangle is often booked many months out, and families in Alamance and Caswell counties are often driving past me to wait for it. A family that needs answers this school year can't always wait — I'm booking now, with first appointments beginning September 1. Ask me for current turnaround before you refer.
On coverage: I'm credentialing with MedCost, BCBS-NC, Medicaid, and Tricare — none are effective yet, so for now evaluations are private pay. Aetna, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare / Optum are out of network here. Those families get a complete, insurance-ready superbill and help verifying their benefits before they commit, and many PPO plans reimburse a substantial portion once the deductible's met — a navigable path, not a barrier you need to warn anyone about.
If coverage is a deciding factor for a family, contact me for current status before referring — I'd rather lose a referral than blindside a family.
How to refer
Three ways, no forms required
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Fax a referral
(919) 944-4325 -
Email
tim@hillsboroughpsychological.com -
Call
(919) 646-2811
Helpful to include: the referral question in a sentence or two, relevant records if handy, and the best way to reach the family. I confirm receipt, and the family hears from me directly.
A printable overview of the practice — services, referral process, and contact — is available on request by email, ready to keep on hand or share with families.
Have a case in mind?
Send the question. I'll take it from there — and you'll hear how it landed.