Any adult, across Texas and the other PSYPACT states. You do not need to be the parent of a client.
Little Dove Psychology sees adults of any age for therapy by secure video across Texas and the other PSYPACT states, and adults through age 55 who are located in Texas for ADHD, autism, and dyslexia evaluations. You do not need to be the parent of a current client. Most adults have a first session within a week, with evening and weekend times, and the practice is in network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Optum (UnitedHealthcare), and Oscar Health. Self-pay sessions are $125 with a doctoral student or licensed professional counselor, $150 with a licensed psychological associate, $175 with a licensed psychologist, and $400 with Dr. Kristin Kroll.
Little Dove started as a child and adolescent practice, and it still is one. But the adults around those kids needed care too, and so did adults with no child in the picture at all: the lawyer with 3 a.m. case review, the new parent who has not slept, the forty-year-old who has always suspected ADHD. So we see them, with the same hospital-trained clinicians and the same measured approach. Reach out and we will tell you plainly whether we are the right fit.
Most adults come for one of these, and some end up using two. The free consultation is where we sort out which.
Self-pay sessions are $125 with a doctoral student or licensed professional counselor, $150 with a licensed psychological associate, $175 with a licensed psychologist, and $400 with Dr. Kroll. In-network adults with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Optum, or Oscar pay their plan’s copay for both therapy and evaluations.
Evidence-based care, adapted to the adult in front of us rather than to a manual. These are the concerns we see most.
Because the research keeps landing in the same place: a parent’s own stress is one of the strongest levers on a child’s anxiety. In families of children with serious heart conditions, parent stress predicted the child’s adjustment better than the severity of the condition did. In a randomized trial of childhood anxiety, treating only the parents worked as well as treating the child directly. A clinician who understands both halves of that equation can help you with your own anxiety and, in the same conversation, change the pattern at home. Dr. Kroll’s guide to parent stress and the anxious teen walks through the research and five things to try this week.
No. Little Dove Psychology treats adults of any age, whether or not anyone else in the family is a client. Many adults come to us on their own for anxiety, depression, burnout, or an ADHD evaluation, and many parents come to us first and bring a child later, or the other way around.
Both are available, and they are different things. Psychotherapy for adults is about your own well-being: anxiety, mood, stress, burnout, and the transitions life hands you. Parent coaching is about tools for your child: behavior, school, sleep, screens, and the accommodation cycle that keeps an anxious kid anxious. In your free 15-minute consultation we help you decide which fits, and some parents do both.
More than most parents expect. In research on families of children with serious heart conditions, a parent's stress predicted the child's adjustment better than the severity of the condition did, and a randomized trial found that coaching only the parents worked as well as treating an anxious child directly. Dr. Kroll's guide to parent stress and the anxious teen explains why, and what to do this week.
Yes, through age 55, if you are located in Texas at the time of the appointment. Adult ADHD and autism evaluations are each $1,750 self-pay, and both are billed to insurance for Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Optum, and Oscar members. The report is written for the places that will read it: a graduate program, a testing agency such as the LSAT or GRE, an employer under the ADA, or your prescriber. Evaluations are Texas only because psychological testing is not covered by PSYPACT.
For therapy, anywhere in Texas or one of the other PSYPACT states. Many adults meet with us from home after bedtime, from an office over lunch, or from the car line at pickup. For evaluations, you need to be in Texas.
Little Dove is staffed by licensed psychologists and licensed psychological associates. The free 15-minute consultation is where we match you with the clinician whose training, availability, and insurance panels fit what you need. If your child is also a client, you will usually have a different clinician, and the two can coordinate with your permission.
Self-pay sessions are $125 with a doctoral student or licensed professional counselor, $150 with a licensed psychological associate, $175 with a licensed psychologist, and $400 with Dr. Kroll. We are in network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Optum (UnitedHealthcare), and Oscar Health, so in-network adults pay their plan's copay. For other plans we provide a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement, and HSA and FSA funds apply either way.
Yes. Weekday sessions run into the evening and we hold Saturday and Sunday hours, because the adults we see are usually the ones who cannot make 2 PM on a Tuesday work. Sessions are virtual, so there is no commute on either end.
Every adult client completes the GAD-7 and PHQ-9, two brief standardized questionnaires for anxiety and mood, every four weeks. Your clinician reviews the scores with you, so progress is something you can see rather than something you have to take on faith.