Autism & ADHD Assessment

ADHD & Autism Assessment Services

Assessment that makes room for your whole self

Assessment can be a meaningful place to begin if you have spent years wondering if there’s a “better” explanation for your lived experiences. These ADHD and Autism assessments are meant to feel collaborative and thorough. I focus on understanding your lived experience and the ways you have learned to move through the world. This process is meant to offer useful, grounded information that affirms your identity and supports you in better understanding yourself.

Currently accepting Autism and ADHD assessment clients ages 14+
Beginning August 2026, accepting clients ages 3+
A 25% deposit is required to schedule an assessment

The heart of the work

Affirming, intersectional, and never one-size-fits-all

Neurodiversity exists within the context of our cultures, identities, family systems, race, gender, sexuality, disability, class, and many other experiences and identities that shape how we are seen and how we navigate the world. My ADHD and Autism assessments are rooted in that understanding, and my reports take into account all of the ways in which your identities intersect to create a holistic picture of who you are and what your neurotype is.

This means I work from a neurodiversity-affirming lens, with special attention paid to masking, burnout, trauma, misdiagnosis, and the ways many people—especially women, LGBTQ+ individuals, BIPOC folx, and late-identified adults—have historically been overlooked or misunderstood by traditional assessment models.

Single-Focus Assessment

Autism or ADHD Evaluation

$1,200

Includes 2-4 interviews, report-writing, and a follow-up session with resources and recommendations

Combine Assessment

Autism and ADHD Evaluation

$1,800

Includes 3-5 interviews, report-writing, and a follow-up session with resources and recommendations

Autism and ADHD Assessment Frequently Asked Questions

Psychological evaluations are often extensive processes that tend to be very time- and cost-intensive. They are designed to assess cognitive, emotional, and socio-behavioral functioning. Psychological evaluation can include many types of information gathering through many different types of psychological testing. These sorts of evaluations can only be conducted by Licensed Psychologists. They are helpful at looking at a wide range of potential explanations for differences, and they are often used to determine educational needs, disability needs, and other legally-required accommodations.

On the contrary, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, not a Licensed Psychologist. This means that there are some key differences in my educational background and training. Additionally, social work and psychology hold some different core values within the profession; those social work ethics guide my conversational, collaborative, interview-based assessment process. LCSWs do not conduct psychological testing; however, we are qualified to utilize the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) alongside other diagnostic tools in the process of diagnosing ADHD, Autism, and other conditions. My process includes qualitative interviews and quantitative scales to create a full picture of your neurotype.

Your assessment will be a series of several interviews, spanning about 2-3 hours, which we can break up over multiple sessions if you choose. These interviews will ask about your developmental history, social history, sensory/social/behavioral differences, and previous mental health treatments and assessments. You’ll also be asked to complete a series of quantitative assessments that will guide the interview and report-writing. After our session(s), I will need some time to write and finalize your report, and we will follow up with a feedback session about a week after our last interview session. In this session, we’ll talk through the findings together, I’ll provide you with some resources, and we’ll discuss recommendations for moving forward with the information in your report.

These evaluations are focused specifically on clarifying the presence of autism and/or ADHD in adults and adolescents. As part of that process, we may also discuss related experiences such as anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, sensory differences, or executive functioning challenges when they are relevant to understanding the full picture. The evaluation is not intended to serve as a broad forensic, custody, or disability determination assessment.

To formulate a diagnosis that is accurate and neuro-affirming, I have completed training in several different psychometric measures, which I use for assessment. These measures have been chosen for their validity and reliability. Not all of the measures listed will be used in your evaluation, and I may choose to add others based on your unique lived experience and identity.

For ADHD, I choose from the following measures:

W-CAT Interview Model (Women-Centered ADHD Treatment)
Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS)
Connors 4/CAARS-2
PCL-5 PTSD Checklist
Adverse Childhood Experiences Checklist
Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in Adults (DIVA-5)
Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales

For Autism, I choose from the following measures:

Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory (CAT-I)
MIGDAS-2 Diagnostic Interview – Adolescent and Adult Version
Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q)
Adult Repetitive Behaviors Questionnaire (RBQ)
Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA-2)
Monotropism Questionnaire

Meet Our Autism and ADHD Assessment Therapist

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Emily Camera

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

I want to help you uncover your inner strengths and empower you to rewrite these stories so that you can experience life in the way that feels authentically you in accordance with your vision and not the expectations or opinions of others.

I work in St. Pete - Tyrone, Virtual

My hourly rate is: $185

My specialties are:
Borderline Personality Disorder, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). LGBQ and TGEQ individuals, and folks who are exploring their gender, sexuality, and sexual interests. My office is a space that is validating of non-traditional relationship styles and structures, including kink/BDSM and polyamory/non-monogamy and can provide guidance for people interested in pursuing or learning more about these types of relationships.

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When we suppress our true identities and silence our voices because of external pressures and expectations, we prevent ourselves from creating lives worth living. You deserve a space where you can be exactly who you are and become exactly who you want to be, in a way that makes you feel seen and validated. My aspiration is to be the kind of therapist my generational peers and I would have needed as adolescents: one who is solution-focused, authentic, nonjudgmental, will call you on your BS (gently!), and genuinely cares about you and your progress. (I do not treat couples or families at this time).

My therapy style is holistic and eclectic, and I practice through neurodiversity-affirming and intersectional theory lenses. Therapy is not "one size fits all," and I enjoy getting creative to ensure that you have all of the tools you need to live the life you want. My treatment specialties include trauma, identity formation, and BPD. I am currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, and my research is focused on the intersections of gender, queerness, and neurodiversity. My other academic and clinical areas of interest include: misdiagnosed ASD in adult women/AFAB individuals, and the adaptation of assessment and treatment tools to include neurodiversity-affirming and gender-affirming perspectives.

I am queer and nonmonogamous. I aim to create a safe space for my LGBTQ+ siblings, and anyone exploring their sexuality, gender identity, and sexual interests. I create a supportive, affirming space for individuals and relationships outside traditional norms, where your insight leads the work and therapy serves as a tool for growth and self-directed change.

A bit more about me…

I love working with adolescents, young adults, and millennial-aged individuals, and I specialize in the treatment of borderline personality disorder, trauma, and anxiety. I take a holistic approach to therapy, leaning heavily on the teachings of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

I incorporate Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) with most clients. I don’t believe that therapy is a “one size fits all” approach, and I enjoy the ability and flexibility to get creative to ensure you have all the tools you need to live the life you want. As a queer woman, my office is safe and affirming for my LGBTQ siblings and peers and all who are exploring their sexuality, gender identity, and sexual interests.

I am sex-positive, polyamory- and kink-knowledgeable, and I have the expertise and lived experience for clients who practice or are interested in non-traditional relationship styles and structures.

I received my Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and then my Master’s in Social Work from Stony Brook University in New York. I obtained my clinical license (LCSW) in 2018 while living in Delaware, working alongside an incredible team of clinicians in a private group practice. There, I further developed my treatment specialties and became known as “the” clinician for severe eating disorders and borderline personality presentations.

From a young age, my generation was taught to embrace the mantra of “toxic positivity.” Research has shown the emotional toll a lifetime of these beliefs can have on a person’s identity formation, especially through adolescence and young adulthood.

As we start to try to answer questions about who we are and what we want out of life, we can feel burdened by the expectations of other people, eventually stifling our true identities so we can stop trying to “fit a square peg in a round hole,” as it were. Adolescents and young/emerging adults deserve better.

You deserve a space where you can be exactly who you are and become who you want to be in a way that makes you feel seen and validated. At its core, I aspire to be exactly the kind of therapist my generational peers, and I, would have needed in our formative years. An authentic, nonjudgmental therapist who genuinely cares about your success will call you out when needed (but gently!).

My Fun Facts:

I’m a HUGE nerd. I attend at least two different comic-cons per year, play dungeons and dragons weekly with my friends, attend the Ren Fest every year, and will watch/read/play anything set in a fantasy-style universe.

I taught myself calligraphy a few years ago, and now it’s one of my favorite hobbies and self-care activities.

I love to travel, and in the few years before I married, I developed an affinity for solo vacationing. I love to fly, and my goal is to “live like a local” whenever I visit somewhere new.

If you open up my Spotify at any moment, you’re almost certain to hear some Broadway soundtrack. I LOVE theatre, and I’ve been in my fair share of community theatre and college productions. I miss performing quite a bit and want to find a way to fit it back into my normal schedule.

As my client, I’ll probably show you a picture of my dogs at some point or another. They’re the best companions I could ask for and are full of love (and energy – which is why you won’t see them at the office!). My best life would be living in a house full of golden retrievers.

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Location St. Petersburg, Virtual

Specialty ACT, ADHD, Anxiety, ART, CBT, DBT, Depression, EDT, Family, LGBTQIA+, Men's Counseling, Non-Monogamy, Teens, Trauma, Walk & Talk, Women's Counseling

Gender Female

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