Peace Corps Evaluations
Congratulations on having received a conditional invitation to serve in the Peace Corps! Navigating the medical clearance process can feel overwhelming, especially when you are asked to provide a specialized mental health evaluation.
The Peace Corps requires these evaluations to ensure you have the resilience, coping strategies, and support tools needed to thrive in a high-stress, developing-country environment with limited medical resources and limited access to your usual support people and/or strategies.
I offer comprehensive, professional mental health clearance evaluations designed specifically to meet the Peace Corps’ criteria. My goal is to provide a thorough, objective assessment while ensuring your paperwork is completed accurately and returned to you well ahead of your portal deadline.
How It Works
Step 1: Clinical Consultation:
Contact me to schedule a free, virtual, 20-minute consultation to ensure that I can work with your evaluation and timeline needs.
Step 2: Evaluation
I will meet with you virtually or in-person to complete the evaluation. Usually this takes 90 - 120 minutes. Typically only one appointment is required, but sometimes it can take two.
The evaluation will include a review of your mental health history, past treatments, and how you plan to cope with some of the challenges that are a part of service in the Peace Corps.
Step 3: Completion of Forms
I will complete the Mental Health Treatment and Summary form. You will have a chance to review a draft before I officially submit it to you.
There will be online forms for you to complete for my patient portal prior to the consultation and the evaluation.
Fees
I charge an hourly rate of $300 per hour for the evaluation, which includes direct clinical sessions and administrative work (review of prior mental health records, completion of documentation). Administrative work is pro-rated.
Typical fees range from $750 - $1200 for the entire evaluation.
Reimbursement Documentation: Superbills are provided so you can submit them to the Peace Corps for medical clearance cost reimbursement.
Please contact me as soon as you know you are interested in an evaluation. Sometimes they can take longer than expected, especially if past mental health records must be accessed and reviewed.
