Dr. Jamie Albright
Approach to Therapy & Assessment
I see therapy and assessment as collaborative processes designed to help clients understand what they need to move through life with greater ease. Rather than trying to “fix” or push for change through sheer effort, I focus on helping clients make sense of patterns.
Many people I work with have spent years feeling misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or unsure why certain things feel harder for them than for others, or why their child seems to struggle in ways that other kids don’t. My goal is to help clients develop a more helpful and compassionate lens for understanding their own behavior. The shift from self-criticism to genuine understanding is often what makes real change possible, even when nothing else has “worked.”
My work is grounded in evidence-based practice and guided by my own values of humility, flexibility, and authenticity. I draw from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), exposure-based interventions, and inference-based CBT, a newer approach to treating OCD.
Who I Work With
I work with children and adolescents navigating anxiety, OCD, mood concerns, ADHD, and the everyday pressures of school, friendships, and growing up. In evaluations, I often work with families who seek support for clarifying intersecting challenges at home and school.
My approach is shaped by the belief that kids do well when they can, a phrase coined by Ross Greene that guides all of the work I do. Shifting the question about a child’s behavior to “What’s getting in the way?” can be transformative to clarifying what support they need.
What Clients Can Expect
Kids learn best when they are engaged and personally invested. Sessions incorporate creativity, movement, and activities that feel meaningful from a kid’s perspective, not just from a clinical one. I work with many neurodivergent young people, which means I regularly adapt my approach: treatment may look different, move at a different pace, or use different markers of progress in order to truly meet each child where they are.
Caregivers are an essential part of therapy and evaluations. I regularly involve parents and guardians so they can understand what their child is learning and build tools for supporting progress outside of session.
Who I Work With
I work with adults who find themselves asking why life feels harder than it seems like it should, and who are curious about how to approach that question with openness rather than self-criticism. Many of my adult clients are navigating intersecting challenges of involving neurodivergence, anxiety, OCD, or mood concerns, often for the first time gaining a real understanding of what they’ve been experiencing. Others are seeking executive function coaching, or support in understanding and advocating for a child or teen in their life.
What Clients Can Expect
I help adults make sense of patterns and explore how to disrupt them. We examine what makes certain situations feel overwhelming, when motivation is elusive, where the same cycles keep repeating. Together, we slow down, approach experience with curiosity, and build strategies that are grounded in self-understanding rather than willpower.
Who I Work With
I work with children, teens, and adults seeking diagnostic clarity, particularly those who have spent years feeling misunderstood, or who have received conflicting or incomplete evaluations in the past. Families often come to me after navigating a long road of theories and partial explanations: their child doesn’t fit the typical mold, and no one has been able to give them a full picture of what’s actually going on.
Adults frequently arrive after a lifetime of struggling without explanation, wondering whether ADHD, a learning disability, or another diagnosis might finally make sense of their experience.
What Clients Can Expect
I approach evaluation as a process of collaborative discovery. A neurodiversity affirming assessment isn’t just about assigning a diagnosis, it’s about understanding how someone’s brain works, what their strengths are, and why certain contexts feel harder than others. Reports are written in clear language that demystifies findings rather than hiding behind jargon, and feedback sessions focus on practical recommendations that families and individuals can actually use. My goal is for people to leave with not just answers, but with a roadmap forward.