Dr. Cartaya is dedicated to supporting students, professionals, and high achievers in navigating life’s challenges and developing an empowered mindset. Whether it’s addressing trauma, depression, anxiety, neurodiversity, or learning disabilities, her clinics are designed to foster authenticity and connection through an integrative approach that emphasizes meaning and purpose and living life with awareness, love, and courage. Her commitment to whole-person care cultivates resilience, alleviates distress, and encourages a mindful and intentional life.
Her range of psychological services includes:
Psychotherapy: Specializing in anxiety, depression, workplace distress/navigating narcissism & high conflict relationships, trauma.
Psychological Testing: Aimed at leveraging individual strengths and deepening self-awareness for those who are experiencing challenges in focus/attention, learning concerns or need diagnostic clarification.
Professional Coaching & Growth Assessments: Focuses on developing and setting clear SMART goals, career and professional development, cultivating a motivational mindset, overcoming self-doubt, setting boundaries, practicing assertive communication, healing from high-conflict interactions, and employing strategies to minimize conflict in meetings and communications. Individuals who complete testing are also offered coaching sessions for accountability, integration, and support in interweaving recommendations.
Dr. Cartaya tailors her services to help individuals live more effortlessly, considering personal and professional aspirations, emotional health, and innate talents.
Understanding the complexities faced by those with neurodiverse traits through her own family experiences, Dr. Cartaya provides comprehensive, personalized care, particularly for high-achieving individuals. Her concierge approach ensures swift, high-quality, and personalized service delivery, and within assessment services, assists with eligibility and accommodations in educational and professional settings, including standardized and licensing exams. She also offers second-opinion evaluations of previous psychological or neuropsychological testing, along with targeted coaching for each client.
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PSYCHOLOGY
Initial Appointment (age 18+) $390/90 minutes
Adult Psychotherapy Services $260/hour
Paperwork or Phone/Emails for Established Psychotherapy Clients – $65/15 minutes, with a minimum $20 charge.
No new clients are currently being accepted for child psychotherapy or family therapy.PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING Details – PDF Format **Dr. Cartaya does not offer psychological testing for Forensic Cases, Child Custody or Divorce Proceedings, or Neurological Conditions such as brain injuries, neurocognitive disorders, and dementia, and focuses her expertise on the clinical conditions listed below.
Initial Appointment (Ages 15+) $390/90 minutes to clarify and evaluate clinical concerns prior to a testing recommendation
Attention Deficit Disorders Testing: Ages 15-18 $2240, Adult $1920
Learning Conditions Testing: Ages 15-18 $2740, Adult $2420
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Ages 15-18 $2680, Adult $2440
Diagnostic Clarification: re-evaluation for clients with previous diagnoses, with more than 2 years since previous psychological testing and new testing desired, Ages 15-18, $2240, Adult $1920
Second Opinion of Prior Testing: specialty review of records and discussion of previous testing and medical/psychological evaluations done within last 2 years, with additional assessments as needed, $800For all psychological testing packages above, and subject to discussion with the client, the final total may vary if different assessment instruments are chosen during the testing process to optimize the clarity of the findings. Half of the package fee must be paid prior to the scheduled testing session and the final total balance must be paid at the time of the findings session. No reports will be released until the balance is paid in full. Please note that a late cancellation (minimum of 24 hours) or no-show will result in $125/hour charge for reserved/scheduled hours.
Report-Writing for Psychological Testing Clients – for any additional reports or integrated findings beyond the standard initial report: $65/15 minutes, with a minimum $65 charge