Assessment | Coaching | Consultation | Counseling
Helping Children, Teens, Adults, and Families Realize Their Potential
Summit Center can provide the answers to your questions. We offer psychological and educational services for children, adolescents, adults, and families, including assessments, coaching, consultation, and counseling.
Our team of psychologists, consultants, and educators use a collaborative, strengths-based approach to work with our clients. Our goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the individual and provide a roadmap for making personal, parenting, school, and life decisions. Better understanding the “why” of a person’s behavior can provide relief to parents, teachers, and the individual, and is often the first key step toward maximizing potential.
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Assessments
Summit Center offers various evaluations, also known as assessments. These may be narrow in scope (i.e., IQ testing) or comprehensive, assessing a child’s multiple levels of functioning (i.e., intellectual, academic, neuropsychological, social, emotional, and behavioral). Each evaluation is tailored based on the goals and questions to be answered.
Counseling
The Summit Center offers individual, family, and group counseling (also known as psychotherapy) utilizing a strength-based approach to problem-solving and optimizing growth potential through a developmental lens. Our counseling services can help clients address a wide variety of issues.
Coaching & Consultation
We provide consultation on a variety of issues such as parenting, giftedness, twice-exceptionality (2e), finding the right school fit, health and wellness, and more. We also provide coaching services for life and career, ADHD, spiritual sensitivity and awareness, and executive functioning.
Educational Therapy
Our trained professionals combine educational and therapeutic approaches to assist students whose learning challenges at school are not resolving. Some issues that we address include dyslexia, dyscalculia, test-taking difficulties, and problems with organization and managing time. Educational therapy is not the same as tutoring. Our work is remedial, designed to fill gaps in background, understanding, and learning strategies in order to develop independent learners.
Parent Education
Summit Center offers workshops, classes, webinars, and discussion groups for parents, led by one of our experienced professionals. Groups for parents or gifted adults allow participants to share concerns and gain support from others who have similar experiences.
Are you or your child having trouble at school, home, at work, or with peers?
We offer psychological & educational services for children, adolescents, adults
Our Expertise
Summit Center’s team of professionals offers a wide array of expertise to help children, teens, adults, or families deal with these issues:
- ADD/ADHD
- Anxiety
- Asynchronous development
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Dyslexia
- Executive-functioning issues
- Giftedness
- Learning and attention issues
- Perfectionism
- Sadness and depression
- Stress
- Twice-exceptional (2e)
- and more
Summit Center Blog
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PODCAST
Make It A Great One with Dr. Dan
Dr. Dan Peters invites you to discover your purpose, explore new possibilities, and live in alignment with your authentic self. Each episode features inspiring interviews with thought leaders and experts designed to ignite hope, deepen self-awareness, and provide actionable guidance and wisdom to empower you to become a better version of yourself and make a positive impact on the world around you. Listen and subscribe on your favorite platform, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, or the show page.
Upcoming Events
24-25
April
Gift-A-Palooza
5th Annual Virtual Summit on Giftedness & Neurodiversity
Virtual
Event Info
2 DAYS OF LIVE AND PRE-RECORDED WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS (April 24-25)
Experience two days of live and pre-recorded presentations by OVER 30+TOP experts in the Gifted and Multi-Exceptional field, who will be addressing topics relevant to individuals and families.
Speakers include Summit Center licensed psychologist Dr. Lisa Hancock.
LIVE Q&As
Participate in LIVE Q&A sessions with the experts following each live presentation.
RECORDINGS TO KEEP
Unlimited access to presentation and panel recordings featuring Gifted/2e top experts!
AN ACCESSIBLE PORTAL
Watch, listen and/or read the transcripts in an accessible, easy-to-use, secure, and personal portal, which is accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device!
COMMUNITY & CONNECTION
Gifted & Thriving’s fifth annual Gift-a-Palooza online summit will feature over 30 expert speakers, including Summit Center psychologist Dr. Lisa Hancock, Ph.D., MBA, on topics relevant to individuals and families in the gifted and multi-exceptional community.
Dr. Hancock will speak with independent consultant Sharon Duncan on Welcome to the Real World: Recognizing the Challenges Facing Gifted/2e Teens and Young Adults.
Presentations will be both live and recorded for the two day summit, April 24-25; the paid ticket allows ongoing access. Summit Center is a sponsor.
Learn more and register: https://www.giftedandthriving.com/gift-a-palooza-2026
9
May
California Association for Gifted (CAG) Family Conference
California’s largest event dedicated to gifted education for families
Virtual
Event Info
Families of gifted learners are asking important questions right now:
- How do I advocate?
- How do I support my child socially and emotionally?
- Where do I find community?
Find answers at California’s largest event dedicated to gifted education for families.
Families will explore:
- Understanding giftedness
- Advocacy & school navigation
- Social-emotional wellness
- Equity & access
- Academic enrichment
- Community & connection
Register here: www.cagifted.org/events
13
May
Summit Center Webinar: Hidden Learning and Processing Disorders – It Might Not Be What You Think It Is
with Dr. Lisa Hancock
Virtual
Event Info
Learn about the complexities and misconceptions surrounding hidden learning and processing disorders that often go unrecognized in traditional educational and clinical settings. Dr. Lisa Hancock is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides assessments and counseling to children, teens, and adults. She has experience with neurodevelopmental and other disorders including Autism Spectrum, ADHD, dyslexia. FREE webinar will take place online on Wednesday May 13, at 12 noon PDT. Learn more and register: https://tinyurl.com/learningdisorders
In Crisis?
For a behavioral or mental health crisis, call or text 988 or chat on 988lifeline.org
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255
Trevor Project Lifeline (LGBTQ youth): 866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678