Anxiety Therapy | Secure Video & Flagstaff Office
We provide Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety through secure video across participating states and in person at our Flagstaff office.
Psychological Services in Yuma
Careful assessment and evidence-based therapy for school-age children, adolescents, and adults living in Yuma and the surrounding county.
Families in Yuma usually come to us with a question rather than a symptom: why a bright fourth grader cannot finish an assignment, or why an adult's worry has quietly narrowed a life over many years. Answering that kind of question carefully is what a psychological evaluation is for, and it is where our work most often begins. Once we understand what we are looking at, therapy has something firm to stand on.
Specialized testing has not always been easy to arrange in this corner of Arizona without a long drive north. Dr. Lusk has consulted for the Yuma Elementary School District and Crane Elementary School District since 2015, and we have experience supporting professionals and families connected with Yuma Proving Ground and Onvida Health. Our range runs from individual and family therapy through forensic, educational, employment screening, and neuropsychological evaluation, so a household does not have to assemble that care from several directions at once.
Part of a Statewide Practice
This localized Yuma service is provided by Psychotherapy.Com, the clinical practice of Arizona Behavioral Health Associates, P.C. We are proud to offer expert care not just locally, but to clients across the state. To learn more about our statewide services, our clinical team, or to explore resources, visit our Arizona Counseling, Psychology & Telehealth Services page.
Psychological Testing and Therapy Services
Assessment sits at the center of this practice, and the six areas below are the ones Yuma clients ask about most frequently.
Psychological & Academic Evaluations
An evaluation answers a specific question about learning, behavior, or diagnosis and produces a written report a school or a treating clinician can use. Suitability and format are settled in consultation.
Child & Adolescent Therapy
School-age children and teenagers are seen at their own pace, with methods matched to age. Parents remain part of the plan, since what changes at home tends to decide what holds.
Autism & ADHD (AuDHD) Testing
Many adults and young people arrive after years of partial explanations. Structured testing separates attention from autism from something else entirely, which is usually what makes the next step obvious.
Anxiety, Stress & Social Phobia
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) treats anxiety as something to practice against rather than discuss. We build graded steps back into the situations that have quietly been ruled out.
Depression & Mood Disorders
Low mood erodes routine first and belief second. Treatment restores activity and daily structure while examining the conclusions a difficult month draws about an entire life.
Parenting Support & Family Systems
When one child struggles, every adult in the house is improvising. These sessions look at routines, consequences, and how two parents can answer the same behavior the same way.
Concerns We Help With
Whether you meet us by secure video from a participating PSYPACT or Counseling Compact state, or in person at our Flagstaff office, these are the concerns we most often help with. Dr. Lusk provides telepsychology in participating PSYPACT states, and Ms. Braun-Dunagan provides counseling in participating Counseling Compact states.
Depression Therapy | Secure Video & Flagstaff Office
We offer structured Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for depression via secure video in participating compact states and in person at our Flagstaff office.
Trauma Therapy | Secure Video & Flagstaff In-Person
We provide trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through secure video across participating compact states and in person at our Flagstaff office.
ADHD Assessment in Flagstaff | Therapy & Coaching
We provide ADHD assessment in person at our Flagstaff office, with CBT and ADHD or executive functioning coaching by secure video in participating states.
Young Adult Therapy | Secure Video & Flagstaff Care
We support young adults through life transitions with CBT, offering secure video visits in participating states alongside care at our Flagstaff office.
Burnout Therapy & Leadership Coaching | Flagstaff
We provide Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for burnout, with leadership and entrepreneur coaching for working adults, by secure video and in person in Flagstaff.
Our Approach to Assessment and Treatment
Guesswork is expensive, so we begin with a clinical interview and, where the question calls for it, formal testing. What comes out of that is a formulation in plain language: what is going on, what is keeping it going, and what would have to change. Therapy from there leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and related evidence-based methods, generally weekly across a period of months. We are candid that there is no quick fix. Cultural awareness matters in a bilingual border community, and our recommendations are written to fit the household they are meant for rather than an idealized one.
Who You Will Be Working With
Psychological services for Yuma clients are provided by our Clinical Director, Della S. Lusk, Ph.D., who sees school-age children, adolescents, adults, and families.
Psychological Services
Della S. Lusk, Ph.D.
Clinical Director · Bilingual Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Lusk is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, bilingual in English and Spanish, with more than twenty-five years in practice. She trained at the California School of Professional Psychology–San Diego, an APA-accredited doctoral program in Clinical Psychology. She provides individual, couples, and family therapy alongside educational and neuropsychological evaluation.
Request an appointmentFull biographies, training, and areas of expertise are listed on our providers page. You are welcome to ask any clinician directly about their qualifications and experience.
Secure Telehealth and In-Person Visits
Distance is the ordinary obstacle to specialized care in southwestern Arizona, and secure video removes most of it. A weekly hour held from your own home is confidential, dependable, and far easier to keep through a working week than a round trip up the highway would be.
Some evaluations include instruments that must be administered in person. When that is so, the testing visit is held at our Flagstaff office, and we plan it ahead of time so the drive north is worth making once rather than repeatedly. Which parts of an assessment can be handled by video is decided with your clinician, in consultation, before anything is scheduled.
Students, Schools, and Families
Much of our consultation work has involved local school systems, and we also see students, faculty, and staff from Arizona Western College and the NAU-Yuma branch campus. An independent evaluation is frequently the document that moves an accommodation request forward.
Yuma and the Surrounding Region
Clients reach us from Yuma itself, from Somerton and San Luis, and from the outlying parts of Yuma County. Care is delivered by secure video or, where testing requires it, at coordinated in-person appointments at our Flagstaff office.
Questions We Hear From Yuma Families
Do you test school-age children?
Yes. Dr. Lusk conducts psychological and educational evaluations for children and adolescents, which can clarify questions about attention, learning, or mood and produce the sort of documentation a school district recognizes when accommodations are under consideration.
Can an evaluation be completed by video?
That depends on the referral question. Interviews and history-taking translate readily to a secure visit, while a number of standardized instruments must be administered in person, which for Yuma families means a planned visit to our Flagstaff office. We settle the format together during the initial consultation rather than assuming it in advance.
Do you see adults as well as children?
We do. Adults come to us for anxiety, depression, life transitions, and strained family relationships, and also for diagnostic clarity when a lifelong pattern of inattention or a neurodiverse profile has never been formally examined.
Are appointments available in Spanish?
Yes. Dr. Lusk is bilingual in English and Spanish, so interviews, therapy, and feedback on an evaluation can all take place in Spanish. In bilingual households where the generations are not equally comfortable in one language, sessions sometimes move between the two.
What will this cost?
Our rates are sent in a fee agreement when you schedule an appointment. Our office goes over any out-of-network questions with you before a first appointment is booked, so that nothing about money needs to surface in your clinical hour. Call (928) 774-7997 and staff will walk you through it.
Getting started
Telephone our office to arrange a consultation for therapy or testing. Staff will ask a few questions about what you are looking for, send the fee agreement beforehand, and find an hour with Dr. Lusk that fits your week.
Call (928) 774-7997Payment and insurance for Yuma clients
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 (928) 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.
If you need urgent help
We do not offer crisis, walk-in, or inpatient services of any type, and this page is not a substitute for emergency care.
- If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911.
- If you are having thoughts of suicide or are in emotional distress, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available 24 hours a day.
- To request a routine appointment, use the scheduling link on this page or call (928) 774-7997 during business hours.
This page provides general information about psychotherapy, counseling, and psychological testing 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. Arizona Behavioral Health Associates, P.C., 710 N Beaver Street, BLDG 4, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-3139 · (928) 774-7997