Dr. Nadin Rizk, Psy.D. (she/her)

Dr. Nadin Rizk, is a Missouri Licensed Psychologist specializing in working with the neurodivergent community. She values respect, integrity, authenticity, and compassion, which she relies on in her personal and professional life to guide her actions. She approaches her clients with these values as she joins them on their journey towards living a life that is meaningful. Dr. Rizk has been partnering with Kansas City University (KCU) and University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) to train future psychologists, doctoral students, in ethically and comprehensively supporting the neurodivergent community. When she is not teaching or supervising interns, Dr. Rizk conducts comprehensive psychological evaluations across the lifespan with children, adolescents, and adults. She also provides individual therapy to adults, support groups for parents and caregivers, and couples therapy. In fact, it has been a passion of hers to support neurodivergent couples in improving their communication, reconnecting with each other, and rebuilding trust that often starts to break down during moments of disconnect and stress. Dr. Rizk is also working with various members of the community including Children With Opportunity to create programs for families following receiving a diagnosis to bridge the gap in services and supports. When she is not working with clients, Dr. Rizk provides consultation to other professionals to further their understanding of neurodivergence and improve the quality of care families receive. 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙃𝙀𝙉𝙎𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙋𝙎𝙔𝘾𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙊𝙂𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙇 𝙀𝙑𝘼𝙇𝙐𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 Dr. Nadin Rizk specializes in conducting psychological evaluations with adults, adolescents, children, and toddlers who are exhibiting signs of Autism using the gold standard for diagnosing Autism, the ADOS-2. Examples of psychological evaluations include Diagnostic Clarification to assess for the presences of depression, OCD, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and PTSD • ADHD assessment • Autism Spectrum Disorder evaluations • Educational screeners (IQ and Achievement) • Personality assessments. Psychological Evaluations are comprehensive in nature and take about 8 to 10 hours in total including the clinical interview, administration of tests, interpretation of data, integration of data, report writing, and feedback on the findings. An essential part of a psychological evaluation is differential diagnosing which is Dr. Rizk's speciality. 𝘼𝘿𝘿𝙄𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝘾𝙀𝙎 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙨: Dr. Rizk facilitates a consultation group for professionals to further their understanding of neurodivergence and improve the quality of care families receive. 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙮: Dr. Rizk is also accepting new adult clients for individual therapy. Depth and understanding are essential in therapy, so it's important that patterns that have hindered your life are identified and addressed. Dr. Rizk aims to provide a compassionate and safe space to help you gain insight into your life and move you towards a life that is meaningful for you. 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙮: Improve your communication with each other and gain deeper understanding of patterns in interaction that create moments of disconnect. Learn ways to connect with your partner to deepen your relationship, rebuild trust, and create healthy communication patterns. 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙮: Group for caregivers of children and teens Group for caregivers of adults 18+ Groups are approximately 60 minutes and are $50 per person 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝘿𝙍. 𝙍𝙄𝙕𝙆 Life is full of clichés and metaphors, so I won’t add more here… Instead, I’ll share my values with you in hopes that if ours align, I can join you for a brief time to help you move towards a life that is meaningful and worth living. Respect, integrity, and compassion are some of the values that are important to me, and I use them to guide my actions. I approach a situation, whether in my personal or professional life, with the lens of a helper. Sometimes, that means holding your pain for a moment, other times, it’s challenging an unhelpful pattern that’s moving you away from your values. Regardless of what you need in the moment, I will do it with compassion and respect. In the role of an evaluator, I won’t have the privilege of knowing you for a long period of time. Rather, we will spend hours together in a day detangling and digging for patterns that have helped you and hurt you. By learning more about yourself, you regain a sense of agency over the life you hope to live. You may have already realized those patterns and you are looking for confirmation. As a helper, I am ready to listen, be curious, and learn about you from you, the expert in yourself. I truly understood the power of community, connection, and belonging when I moved to Missouri from Southern California. I braved a new experience and a new world, and having a sense of connectedness was imperative. As a woman of color, I noticed the injustice and unfairness people experience, not just because of race, but because of differences. In my office, differences are celebrated not minimized to fit social expectations. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘥: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺; 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 - 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮, 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘨, 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘦𝘵𝘤. - 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥.”