My name is Katherine Fischer. After getting my Masters degree in Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, I moved to California to get my Doctor of Psychology degree in Clinical Psychology from the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University.

My passion for helping students started in 2006 while working in special-day and at-risk schools in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since then I have been working in schools in Nevada and California either teaching, providing therapy, being part of a student service teams, on IEP/504 teams, or as a school psychologist. I now use these experiences to help students be successful in schools here in the Bay Area.

Currently, I provide psychoeducational assessments for students who are having difficulty in school. Striving to help these students understand their strengths and weaknesses, as well as gaining skills to help school become easier is my number one goal. Often my clients have teachers or parents who believe that the student might have a psychological, attention, or learning difference, which is preventing them from learning to their abilities.

Psychoeducational assessments are designed to help diagnose learning differences and/or twice exceptional students. Some examples of learning differences are dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, ADHD, slow processing speed, and sensory processing disorders.

Testing can be scary at first. People might think that there is something wrong with them, or wonder why they have been referred for testing. For these reasons I try to make everyone feel comfortable, and will take whatever time is necessary to answer everyone's questions. After testing is over I'll write a comprehensive report then thoroughly go over test results with everyone.