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Helping Children, Teens, Adults, and Families Realize Their Potential
Coronavirus Update: In accordance with state and county guidelines, Summit Center is open. We are seeing clients in our offices on a limited basis, and offering remote services when possible. Click to learn more about our safety procedures, our Teleneuropsychological Assessment Services, and our remote counseling and remote consultation services.
Summit Center can provide the answers to your questions. We offer psychological and educational services for children, adolescents, adults, and families, including assessments, 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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Evaluations & Counseling with Doctoral Trainees
Our training program allows more clients to access high-quality Summit Center services at reduced fees. Appointments are virtual when possible, or at our Walnut Creek office.
Parent Footprint Awareness Training
Dr. Dan’s interactive training program for parents is based on the fact that the most important predictor of how we parent is how we were parented as a child. LEARN MORE & SAVE
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Are you or your child having trouble at school, home, at work, or with peers?
We offer psychological & educational services for children, adolescents, adults
Assessments
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.
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 & Support
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.
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
Finding the Right School Fit for Your 2e Child
By Dr. Lisa White, Summit Center Are you wondering whether public school, private school, or homeschooling might be the best option for your child who is gifted, 2e, or has learning challenges? There are a lot of things to consider when making that choice. Many...
Managing Worry When There Is So Much to Worry About
Pandemic Tools for All Ages by Dr. Dan Peters Every day, it seems as if we are being presented with something new — increased COVID cases, businesses closing, schools maybe opening — as well as having to deal with our new normal: wearing masks, keeping distance, not...
Parenting Resilience in Unsettling Times: It Starts with Us
By Dr. Dan Peters Earlier this week, I was on two full airline flights and now conferences are cancelled, the NBA is suspended, March Madness is not happening, colleges have cancelled winter and spring terms, many K-12 schools are closed, Italy is on lock down, and...
Parent Footprint
Podcast with Dr. Dan
Dr. Dan Peters’s online talk show teaches parents, families, and caregivers how to leave their best footprint for the next generation. Dr. Dan interviews a top parenting expert in each episode, including doctors, therapists, authors, and educators, to discuss diverse and timely parenting topics. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts (for Android), Spotify, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, Android, RSS, or the show page.
Upcoming Events
8
October
Let’s Talk 2e! Live Q&A Session with Speakers
presented by With Understanding Comes Calm, LLC
Event Info
Dr. Dan Peters will participate in the follow-on live question-and-answer session for paid registrants of the Let’s Talk 2e conference from With Understanding Comes Calm. The session will take place on Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 pm Eastern/4:00 pm Pacific.
This virtual conference for parents of gifted and twice exceptional children (formerly known as “2 Days of 2e”) is still available on demand. Access is available with a paid All Access Pass, which includes evergreen access, audio files, and the live Q/A with speakers. Register at https://www.withunderstandingcomescalm.com/lets-talk-2e-2/.
5-9
October
Happily Family Online Conference
from Jason & Cecilia Hilkey
Event Info
Dr. Dan Peters joins 24 other experts to talk about mindful parenting. Discover effective tools to have healthy tech boundaries, fostering resilience in difficult times, coping skills for big feelings, racial justice, managing friendships online, how to talk to kids about sex and the gender spectrum, and much more. Get your complimentary pass at https://conference.happilyfamily.com/.
20
October
West LA CHADD for Adults/Parents dealing with ADHD/ADD
Dr. Lisa Hancock will speak on “ADHD: Symptoms, Behaviors, Diagnosis, and Treatment”
Event Info
Dr. Lisa Hancock is West LA CHADD’s featured speaker for October. Dr. White writes this about her presentation: “Adults may question whether they are currently experiencing challenges due to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), whether or not they received a diagnosis as a child. Although ADHD is best known for problems with attention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and planning/organization; adults can also experience problems such as feeling restless, low frustration tolerance, quick temper, difficulty with stressful situations, and even mood swings. Personality, home and school environment, the presence or absence of concurrent problems such as learning or processing disorders, and even the individual’s ability to compensate can play a role in how they were and are impacted and function. Additionally, problems with attention and hyperactivity/impulsivity are not unique to ADHD, and an individual may have been misdiagnosed. Anxiety and mood disorders, learning disorders, personality disorders, substance use, and medication can also contribute to symptoms and behaviors similar to those associated with ADHD. Untreated ADHD can negatively impact adults in terms of relationships, employment, health, and safety. Assessment and treatment can help with correct diagnosis/diagnoses and improve functioning and quality of life.”
FREE. Advanced registration is required. 7:00 pm.
Learn more at https://www.meetup.com/WLAChadd/events/271965602/.