Dr. Megan Urbassik
Megan Urbassik, PhD, LCP, NCSP, received her formal training as a school psychologist at Penn State. After earning her PhD, Megan began working for a large county in northern Virginia as a school psychologist. In 2017, she became a licensed clinical psychologist and began working in private practice where she provides both evaluation services and therapy.
Megan’s evaluation services are available for children through young adults and aim to provide diagnostic clarity for presenting concerns. In addition to identifying any presenting difficulties through evaluation, Megan also works to identify strengths in each child to foster resiliency and growth in social, emotional, behavioral, and academic functioning.
Megan’s therapy services target children and adolescents for a variety of presenting issues. She provides therapy mainly through telehealth appointments, but also offers in person appointments. Her primary therapy foci include anxiety, behavioral problems, and parent coaching.
Megan’s education, clinical training, and experiences with children across settings, ages, and backgrounds in both public and private settings allow her to provide a unique perspective. She is well-versed in the intersection of private diagnoses and the public education system in addition to federal and state special education law and the policies in large Northern Virginia school systems.
Dr. Robert Urbassik
Rob Urbassik, PhD, LCP, NCSP, was formally trained as a school psychologist at Penn State where he received his PhD and MEd in School Psychology after receiving his BA in Psychology from Washington & Jefferson College. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and a nationally certified school psychologist who has served students ages 2 to 22 in school-based settings in a large, local county providing prevention, intervention, and evaluation services. Rob currently works as Assistant Research Professor at an applied research center at a R1 research university. His current research interests include social, emotional, and behavioral readiness and functioning of school-age children; school-based systems to support positive student outcomes; and program implementation and evaluation.
Rob currently provides evaluation services to preschool, school-aged, and college-aged clients. He can provide evaluations to determine the presence of specific learning disorders, ADHD, intellectual disorders, autism spectrum disorders, anxiety disorders, and giftedness. In addition, he can provide intelligence testing for private school entrance.
Due to his formal training and experience, he is knowledgeable in identification of disorders, proper evaluation practices, and associated intervention techniques. In addition, Rob has a thorough understanding of the special education process in schools including, but not limited to, prereferral interventions, meeting types, legal timelines, legal implications, the evaluation process, and special education eligibility determination.
We work with Loudoun Counseling and Coaching to provide our services. In-person evaluations and therapy are conducted in their office located in Sterling, Virginia. For more information please visit their website.