Agate Passage James McKeever, PhD

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	James E. McKeever, Ph.D. *jamesmckeever@agatepassage.com* (Washington License #1300) I am a licensed clinical psychologist with more than twenty-five years experience. The majority of my current practice is in the areas of child and adolescent psychology and family therapy, although I also see adults and have considerable experience and training in individual adult therapy and couples therapy. I believe that treatment needs to be grounded in a careful diagnostic evaluation of the child/adolescent or adult within the context of the family (and school). As a trained neuropsychologist, I am particularly interested in helping children and adolescents with brain-based issues or health problems. I also enjoy working with patients with anxiety and depression. I tend to take an eclectic approach to treatment, utilizing treatment methods from a variety of theoretical perspectives depending upon the needs of the child/adolescent and family, in accordance with the scientific literature and my clinical experience. I should note that my practice is treatment oriented: I do not do forensic (legal) evaluations, such as child custody, sexual or physical abuse evaluations or forensic neuropsychological evaluations. Biography and Training I earned my BA from Yale University and received my Ph.D. in clinical and community psychology in 1981 from the University of Rochester. I completed my first post-doctoral fellowship, in Family Therapy and Research, at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and stayed on to teach and supervise for a couple of years before moving to the Boston area, where I did outpatient child and adolescent assessment and treatment and then worked at a school devoted to children at risk for residential placement. I did my second post-doctoral fellowship, this time in Pediatric Neuropsychology, at Tufts-New England Medical Center, before moving to Seattle in 1988 for a position in outpatient child psychology and neuropsychology at the Virginia Mason Clinic. In 1999 I began my part-time private practice on Bainbridge Island, and in 2002 I became an Attending Psychologist in Outpatient Psychiatry at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where I work three days a week. At that time I also started my one day a week private practice in Seattle. Over the past two decades here in Washington, I have been President of both the Washington State Psychological Association and the Pacific Northwest Neuropsychological Society. I also was the Child and Adolescent representative to the WSPA State Council. I have raised two children on Bainbridge Island.
	Insurance and Rate Information My usual and customary fee is $140 for a fifty-minute individual therapy session ($155 for a family therapy session), and the fee for my initial intake session is $205. I am a preferred provider for many of the insurance plans in the area. You should recognize that - depending on your insurance carrier - the actual fee allowed for each of these services, and the part of the bill you are responsible for, may vary significantly from those quoted above. I encourage you to consult with your insurance provider to determine actual fees allowed. My usual and customary fee is $140 for a fifty-minute individual therapy session ($155 for a family therapy session), and the fee for my initial intake session is $205. I am a preferred provider for many of the insurance plans in the area. You should recognize that - depending on your insurance carrier - the actual fee allowed for each of these services, and the part of the bill you are responsible for, may vary significantly from those quoted above. I encourage you to consult with your insurance provider to determine actual fees allowed.
	Office Information I am in the Bainbridge office on Mondays from 8 until 6, and Saturdays from 8 until 3. I am in my Seattle office on Fridays from 8 until 6. Please note that I do not utilize e-mail for communication to or from patients and their families because such communication cannot be kept confidential; please use my voicemail, pager, or fax to contact me.