I've spent two decades watching kids fall through cracks the system doesn't have time to catch.
My private practice exists to fill them, for kids, teens, and adults who need more than a 50-minute session and a referral list.
Meredith Alt,
Ed.S., NCSP, LEP #4428
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Who I work best with
Parents who have already tried the obvious things. Families who got the diagnosis last year and still don't feel like anything is changing. Kids who are bright, capable, and stuck. Young adults figuring out college with ADHD or autism and realizing high school accommodations don't apply anymore. Adults who got an ADHD or autism diagnosis later in life and are trying to figure out what that means for work, or who are navigating a job search or a career change that the usual advice wasn't built for.
I'm not the right person for adults seeking traditional psychotherapy unrelated to school or work, or for cases requiring intensive crisis intervention or psychiatric medication management. I refer those out.
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My approach
I draw from CBT as a foundation but blend it with whatever fits the client: DBT for emotional regulation, DBT-A for the more behavior-based executive function work, ACT for older teens and adults stuck in their own thoughts, ERP for OCD and phobias, IFS for kids who feel divided against themselves, and play therapy for the youngest clients who can't yet narrate what's going on.
For anxiety specifically, I'm SPACE-trained. SPACE focuses on what parents can shift to reduce a child's anxiety, rather than relying on the child to manage symptoms alone. It changes outcomes for families where traditional child-only therapy hasn't.
What stays consistent across modalities: I'm direct. I name what I see. I trust people's instincts about themselves and their kids. And I assume everyone is doing their best with the strategies they currently have.
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Credentials & training
Ed.S. (Educational Specialist), Seattle University
Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP)
California Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP #4428)
Certified Clinical ADHD Professional (ADHD-CCSP)
Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCTAP)
Certified Executive Functioning Coach
SPACE-trained clinician (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions, Yale Child Study Center)
DBT-A trained
Licensed school psychologist in California, Florida, and Washington over the course of nearly 20 years
Outside the office
I live in Studio City with my husband, our two kids (currently 13 and 9), and two pitbull-terrier mixes whose schedules are tighter than ours. Both kids attend Studio City public schools, which means I see the local school landscape from inside the carpool line, not just from the consultation room. In what little free time remains, I cook, exercise, and read.
Why I do this work
I started inside public schools because I wanted to help kids the system was supposed to be helping. After nearly two decades, I had to admit: the system is doing its best, but it's not built for the kids who need the most attention. School psychologists carry caseloads of 800 to 1,500 students. Therapy gets scheduled in 20-minute blocks. IEP teams change every year. The kids who fall through aren't falling through because anyone is failing them on purpose. They're falling through because no one has the time to coordinate.
The same gap shows up for adults. Workplaces run on neurotypical timelines and assumptions, and almost no one's job is to coordinate the accommodations, the structure, or the plain-English explanation that would actually help.
Private practice lets me do what schools, and most workplaces, structurally can't. I can carry a small caseload. I can show up at the IEP meeting. I can train the parent and the teacher and the kid all in the same week. I can stay involved for years instead of an academic calendar.
That's the whole point.
Let’s talk about what’s going on.
Twenty minutes on the phone. No paperwork, no commitment. We’ll figure out together if I’m the right fit, and if not, you’ll leave with a referral to someone who is.