BILTMORE PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICESClearer Understanding Starts Here
Biltmore Psychological Services provides comprehensive psychological assessment, consultation, and treatment planning for children, adolescents, young adults, and families.
Looking Beyond Symptoms to Understand the Full Picture.
Biltmore Psychological Services provides comprehensive psychological assessment and consultation services for children, adolescents, young adults, and families.
Evaluations are designed to clarify diagnostic questions, identify contributing factors, and help families and professionals better understand what may be influencing emotional, behavioral, academic, or relational concerns.
The assessment process combines clinical interviews, standardized testing, developmental history, behavioral observations, and collateral information when appropriate. Findings are integrated into clear, practical recommendations that can support treatment planning, school accommodations, and next-step decision-making.
How We Work
Every evaluation is built around the person, the referral question, and the concerns that brought them to care. The process is thorough and collaborative, drawing from clinical interviews, history, records, testing, and relevant input from family members or providers when appropriate. The goal is to understand how different factors are interacting, then translate that understanding into clear findings and practical next steps.
A Comprehensive, Individualized Process
A comprehensive evaluation often includes:
Clinical interviews with clients and, when appropriate, family members
Review of prior records, evaluations, and treatment history
Standardized testing selected to match the referral question
Integration of developmental, academic, emotional, behavioral, and contextual information
Written reports with clear, practical findings
Verbal feedback for clients, families, and treating providers
Our Approach to Assessment
We provide comprehensive psychological assessment services grounded in neuroaffirming, identity-affirming, and trauma-informed care.
Our approach recognizes that each person brings a unique constellation of strengths, identities, experiences, and needs — and that effective assessment must be responsive to all of them. We move beyond one-size-fits-all testing. Instead, we build purposeful, individualized assessment batteries guided by your referral question, lived
experience, and goals.
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We understand neurodivergence as a natural variation in human cognition — not something to fix. Our evaluations highlight:
Strengths alongside challenges
Adaptive strategies and supports
Contextual factors, including environment, identity, and stressors
We aim to create clarity and self-understanding, not pathologization.
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We provide assessments that are explicitly affirming of sexual orientation, gender identity, and diverse relationship structures. This includes:
Understanding how minority stress and systemic barriers may influence functioning
Avoiding biased or heteronormative assumptions
Using language and frameworks that accurately reflect your identity
Our goal is for you to feel seen, respected, and safe throughout the process.
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Assessment begins with curiosity. We work collaboratively to understand:
What questions you want answered
What concerns or goals led you to seek evaluation
What environments or experiences may influence your functioning
From there, we carefully tailor test selection, session structure, pacing, and feedback to fit you. No two evaluations are the same, because no two people are the same.
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We intentionally design an environment that supports regulation, comfort, and authentic performance.
Sensory-Aware Testing Spaces
Adjustable lighting — soft, natural, or low-stimulation options
Flexible seating, including chairs, floor seating, and movement-friendly options
Quiet, low-distraction areas
Supportive Tools Are Welcome
We normalize self-regulation strategies during testing — fidgets and sensory tools, snacks and hydration, and movement breaks. These are not viewed as interference. They are part of helping you show up as yourself.
Biltmore Psychological Services
Biltmore Psychological Services brings together clinicians with experience across psychological assessment, therapy, consultation, and treatment planning for children, adolescents, young adults, and families.
Dr. Carlyn Daubs
Dr. Carlyn Daubs is a licensed psychologist in North Carolina and founder of Biltmore Psychological Services. Her background includes therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness therapy programs, community clinics, and university counseling centers.
She has developed and implemented therapeutic programming, supported clinical teams, and provided psychological assessment for children, adolescents, and adults. Her work emphasizes diagnostic clarity, practical recommendations, and care that reflects the full clinical picture.
When the Next Step Isn’t Clear
Our team helps individuals, families, and referring professionals gain a clearer understanding of the full picture, the questions to consider, and the next steps that may be most helpful.