Hanover Psychiatry

Child and Adolescent Evaluation Services:

Spotlight on Dr. Caroline Shackett, PhD, NCSP

At Hanover Psychiatry, we are so fortunate to have a Child Psychologist who is also board certified in School Psychology and can help families:

-Determine a child’s learning strengths and challenges and make learning plan recommendations

-Diagnose learning differences, including Specific Learning Disabilities (dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia) and recommend interventions

-Identify attention, concentration, processing, and memory difficulties, such as ADHD and executive functioning weaknesses

-Identify social and emotional challenges or differences that may be impacting a child’s learning and happiness, such as Autism, Depression, or Anxiety

-Make recommendations to schools, tutors and service providers for services and accommodations to support a child’s learning

-Support home-school families and schools by making curricula recommendations specific to a child’s strengths and needs and progress monitoring

As part of our doctoral psychology internship program, clients are able to see our clinicians in training at a heavily discounted rate. Doctoral psychology interns are very well trained, supervised by licensed experts, and are in the final stages of training before licensure. Our own Terence Ching, M.S., is a psychology intern who is very well experienced in helping people with anxiety and other difficulties with mood and well-being. Terence has completed clinical training in a variety of settings, including in-person and online individual and group psychotherapy for adults and adolescents at the University of Connecticut Psychological Services Clinic, the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living in Hartford, CT, as well as the Behavioral Wellness Clinic in Tolland, CT. Terence approaches psychotherapy from an evidence-based and culturally attuned perspective, and specializes in cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) for fear-, uncertainty-, and trauma-based disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, and PTSD. Terence has also received training in functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP), as well as MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Terence believes in his clients’ intrinsic ability to achieve insights and enact behavioral change according to CBT principles, especially when supported in a holistic and sensitive manner that respects and integrates clients’ values, beliefs, and learning and cultural histories.

Supporting Families During COVID-19 | Child Mind Institute Our clinical and supportive resources include: Facebook Live video chats with expert clinicians (10am and 8pm) Remote evaluations and telemedicine Flat-fee phone consultations for problem behavior Daily parent tips on childmind.org, Facebook and Instagram at 8am And comprehensive resources for paren...