Canyon roads and winter storms make a weekly drive to an appointment unreliable for much of the year in Utah.
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Request a Utah appointmentReaching a psychologist in Utah can depend on a mountain road and on the month. A client in Logan or Cedar City may have a narrow choice of clinicians nearby, and between November and March the drive to a better option is a genuine gamble. Adults, adolescents, couples, and families throughout Utah are seen by secure video, which means a storm costs you a commute you were not making in the first place.
Much of what we do in Utah involves households and the pressures inside them: young parents, large families, adults renegotiating expectations they grew up with. Video lets more of a household take part where that is useful, without arranging four calendars around one waiting room. The requirement that comes with it is simple. You need to be somewhere in Utah when the appointment begins, since that is the basis of the psychologist's authority to treat you.
Below are six areas our Utah clients ask about most. Whether yours is well suited to a video format is a judgment the clinician makes with you, not a promise made in advance.
Parents bring questions about a defiant child, a home where the rules have stopped holding, or a split between two adults over discipline. Sessions look at structure, roles, and the agreement between the adults first.
Persistent worry and the physical symptoms that come with it are treated by locating what maintains the cycle, then by gradual and agreed exposure to whatever has been sidestepped for years.
In the weeks and months following a birth there can be sudden shifts of mood, frightening thoughts, and a depletion that sleep does not touch. Treatment includes arranging real support rather than simply describing the need for it.
Insomnia is treated behaviorally, with attention to timing, light, caffeine, and the worry that arrives the moment a house goes quiet. Rotating and early shifts are worked with as they are.
Where mood has been low for months, sessions reassemble the basics of a day and then take up the beliefs about yourself that have hardened into apparent fact during that time.
Children and teenagers are seen with a guardian party to consent and to the goals. With an adolescent, the terms of privacy are agreed at the beginning so that the hour is actually usable.
The manner here is calm and explanatory, whether we are working with an older adult, a busy professional, an academic, or a family. We describe what we think is happening, suggest an approach rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and expect you to push back where it does not fit your life or convictions. Cultural and religious context is part of the clinical picture rather than something to be worked around, and it gets discussed openly instead of assumed. Since we do not offer a quick fix, our steady work aims at durable change. Practically, we build a schedule that survives a Utah winter: hours that can move, a telephone number to fall back on, and no penalty for weather nobody controls.
Utah clients work with Dr. Lusk throughout, from the first conversation through any evaluation, which keeps the history in one place and spares you repeating it to a second clinician.
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Dr. Lusk holds the Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT™) granted by the PSYPACT® Commission, which authorizes her to provide telepsychology to clients located in Utah.
Utah appointments are held with Della S. Lusk, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and the director of this practice, whose clinical career now spans over twenty-five years. She works with individuals, with couples seen jointly, with families, and in groups, and she carries out psychological evaluations, among them educational assessment and neuropsychological work. She is bilingual, and an appointment can be held in Spanish.
Request an appointmentFull biographies, training, and areas of expertise are listed on our providers page. You can also read Dr. Lusk’s licensure and credentials in full. You are welcome to ask any clinician directly about their qualifications and experience.
Utah is a participating jurisdiction in PSYPACT®, the multi-state agreement that governs psychology practice delivered by telehealth. Dr. Lusk's authorization under it is what allows a psychologist in Flagstaff to treat a client sitting in Ogden or Orem. That authorization is hers as a clinician and travels with her rather than being registered town by town, and the compact's own site publishes the current list of jurisdictions taking part.
For you it comes down to one thing: be in Utah when the session starts. A weekend over the line in Idaho, or a work trip to Nevada, changes the picture, so mention the dates and the office will confirm what is possible. Moving away is worth raising weeks ahead where you can, because whether the work continues depends on the new jurisdiction, and where it cannot, Dr. Lusk will spend a session making a careful referral.
Participating jurisdictions are published by the compact commissions and can change. You can review current psychology participation at psypact.gov, find the relevant psychology licensing board through the PSYPACT® board directory, or check counseling privileges at CompactConnect. If you are not sure which applies to you, call (844) 774-7997 and we will confirm before you schedule.
We see students and employees from the University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State University, Utah Valley University, and Southern Utah University, as well as Brigham Young University and Westminster University. For a student in Logan or Cedar City, video also means a course of therapy need not end when the semester does.
Sessions reach Salt Lake City, Provo, Orem, Ogden, Logan, Cedar City, and St. George. The winter drive between several of those places is the reason a number of clients moved from an office to a screen and then stayed there.
It goes ahead as normal, which is much of the reason clients here moved to video in the first place. An hour held from your own house does not depend on the highway, so the weeks when a drive would have been impossible are ordinary weeks here. If the internet itself goes down, your clinician has a telephone number on file and will use it, and where a whole day is lost the office finds another time.
We work with clients across the lifespan: children with a parent involved, adolescents, adults individually, couples seen jointly, and families in a single session. Group therapy is part of the practice as well. Where what you need falls outside what we provide, we will tell you at intake instead of beginning something that is not right for it.
Yes. Utah is one of the jurisdictions inside the interstate compact for telepsychology, and the authority Dr. Lusk holds under it covers clients who are located here. Participation is published and can change, so the list is worth checking at psypact.gov if you would like to confirm it yourself before scheduling anything.
Usually, provided both of you are inside Utah at the time. Couples work is sometimes easier when each person has privacy, particularly in the early weeks, and two devices in two rooms can serve well. The clinician sets ground rules for that arrangement at the first joint session so it does not turn into a way of avoiding one another.
The office handles scheduling. Reach it on (844) 774-7997 during business hours, or by message at info@psychotherapy.com, and staff will ask what you are looking for, explain how fees are handled before you commit to anything, and offer appointment times that can fit around work.
We accept all major credit and debit cards, and we gladly accept HSA, FSA, and HRA cards so you can use pre-tax dollars toward your care. Our practice generally operates out-of-network. This allows us to protect your privacy, keep care highly personalized, and avoid insurance-mandated session limits.
Our rates are sent in a fee agreement when you schedule an appointment. Please check with your insurance company regarding your out-of-network benefits. As a courtesy, we will submit claims on your behalf upon request, and any reimbursement will be sent directly to the insured. Call (844) 774-7997 or email info@psychotherapy.com if you have questions.
Our services are by appointment only, during normal business hours. Evening, weekend, and early morning appointments are sometimes available for established clients.
Nearly everyone begins with one phone call. You describe the situation in broad terms, the office explains how the video appointments run and what the fee conversation involves, and a first Utah appointment is set from there.
We do not offer crisis, walk-in, or inpatient services of any type, and this page is not a substitute for emergency care.
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This page provides general information about telehealth psychotherapy and psychological services. It is not medical or psychological advice, does not create a clinician–client relationship, and does not diagnose or treat any condition. Whether a particular service is appropriate for you is determined with a clinician during a confidential consultation. Telehealth authorization depends on your physical location at the time of each appointment; participating jurisdictions are published at psypact.gov and, for counseling, at CompactConnect. Arizona Behavioral Health Associates, P.C., 710 N Beaver Street, BLDG 4, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-3139 · (844) 774-7997
