Oyster Point Psychological Practice was incorporated in 1984 with a change to the current name in 1989. A coaching component was added during the summer of 2005.

During its early days, the practice focused primarily upon assessment and psychotherapy services for “conduct-disordered” adolescents. Interventions emphasized brief strategic psychotherapy and family therapy with special attention to issues of behavior management and to the role of "hidden abuse and neglect" (e.g., father absence).

A small but significant number of these patients faced actual or threatened litigation, and psychological factors sometimes provided a context that the court viewed as mitigating. Documentation and/or testimony regarding accomplishments in therapy and the imposition of successful behavior management techniques (i.e., in the case of an offending adolescent) prior to trial often resulted in leniency in the appropriate disposition of these charges. Many of these former patients are now successful citizens and have had no further involvement with the legal system.

The forensic component of Oyster Point Psychological Practice has grown to include persons of all ages, who are involved in legal proceedings or those who anticipate litigation in criminal, juvenile, or domestic relations court. An office in White Stone serves the Middle Peninsula and the Northern Neck.

Assessment and psychotherapy services will be billed to your insurance carrier for payment so long as the assessment is driven by medical necessity; we accept assignment with most carriers. “Medically Necessary” and “Medical Necessity” describe services that are required to identify or treat a covered person’s illness or injury.

Assessment services which are associated with actual or possible litigation (e.g., family law, criminal law, or school law), employment decisions (e.g., “fitness for duty”), readmission to school following an expulsion or suspension, and other assessments which are primarily administrative and/or consultative in nature will not be filed with or paid by your insurance carrier, and you will be notified, in writing, of this fact. In such cases, a deposit is required prior to any further assessment, and any balances owed are due and payable upon presentation.

In most instances, psychotherapy is a covered benefit, and marriage counseling is not.