Change is a collaborative process that starts at understanding the roots of the problem.
Dr. Brandon Yip, PsyD JD is a licensed clinical psychologist in California (PSY35651) and specializes in forensic psychology, neuropsychology, and suicidology. He has held clinical positions at academic medical hospitals, correctional facilities/prisons, forensic diversion programs, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, community health centers/clinics, crisis centers, and school-based mental health programs. Dr. Yip developed the Suicide Risk Assessment Scale (SRA) and the Violent Threat Risk Assessment Scale (VTRA).
The Therapy Room
Dr. Yip provides therapy to individuals striving to make meaningful, positive changes in their lives. His approach is grounded in building a genuine, trusting relationship where you feel safe, seen, and supported. He believes healing comes from both confronting pain and embracing your truth. Dr. Yip’s sessions incorporate humor and authenticity, to facilitate moments of true connection, uncovering the parts of you that may have been hidden, and help you find your voice, your purpose, and your strength.Dr. Yip takes a collaborative approach to therapy, conceptualizing cases through cognitive-behavioral theory, psychodynamic theory, and ecological systems theory. This approach begins by identifying the roots of the problems by understanding the individual’s social environment, daily needs, obstacles, and daily life. Through the therapeutic process, Dr. Yip assists individuals in exploring their internal thought processes, responses to their environment, and views of their core belief system and "self". He integrates current research into the treatment process and provides psychoeducation to assist in the understanding of one's thoughts, neurobiology, and somatic (body) experiences. Dr. Yip draws from a variety of treatment modalities to facilitate change through a collaborative process of insight building, goal setting, and reflection, tailoring and incorporates his approach to each individual's concerns, strengths, and needs. These modalities may include the following:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Reality Therapy/ Choice Theory
- Humanistic/ Rogerian Therapy
- Ecological Systems Theory
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing/Psychological First Aid
- Gestalt Therapy
Dr. Yip also intergrates Health Psychology and Neuropsychology into his theraputic treatment.
Private Practice Specialities
Dr. Yip works with teens, young adults, and adults. While he maintains a wide range of clinical specialties, in his private practice, he typically works with individuals struggling with:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Teen issues/ Young Adult issues
- College transition
- LGBT/sexuality issues*
- Asian American Mental Health
- Minority mental health and acculturation challenges
- Perfectionism
- Academic and career stress
- Life transitions and changes
- Grief and loss
*Dr. Yip is certified by Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health in LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming care.*
Clinical Consultations Specialities
Dr. Yip specializes in providing consultations in the following areas:
- Psychodiagnostics (differential diagnosis and determining appropriate diagnoses)
- Differential diagnosis between ADHD and other mental health conditions, including executive functioning deficits
- Suicidal ideation and behaviors, including chronic suicidality
- Risk Assessments for danger to self and others
- Working with severe mental illness (SMI) and high-risk clients, including psychosis, personality disorders, and aggression
- Working with clients currently or formerly involved in the justice system, including reentry populations
- Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and 504 plans for children with mental health difficulties
- Addressing high-risk clients and risk management on complex cases
Services
Services
Individual Therapy Services
Individual therapy is ideal for clients seeking one-on-one sessions with Dr. Yip to work through personal challenges, gain deeper self-insight, and acquire the tools needed to cope with their specific concerns. All services are currently provided online via HIPAA-compliant telehealth.
Mental Health Provider Consultation*
Dr. Yip provides clinical consultation to mental health providers regarding various mental health diagnoses.
Ethics Consultation*
Dr. Yip also provides case consultation to mental health providers regarding complex ethical issues that arise in treatment. Please note that these clinical consultation services are not to be construed as legal advice or legal services.
Suicide Case Consultation*
Dr. Yip is a suicidologist with expertise in the research, assessment, and treatment of individuals expressing suicidal ideation and behaviors. He provides clinical case consultation to other mental health providers seeking specialized guidance in these areas.
ADHD Testing/Assessment
Dr. Yip provides targeted ADHD assessments utilizing clinical interviews and psychological testing measures. These evaluations are not comprehensive psychological or neuropsychological assessments; rather, they are targeted to determine if an individual's symptoms meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD and to screen for other mental health diagnoses associated with attention issues. These assessments may or may not indicate a different psychological diagnosis and do not include comprehensive cognitive, learning disability, or academic testing. All assessments are conducted via secure telehealth platforms.
Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
Dr. Yip conducts psychological and neuropsychological testing with children, adolescents, young adults, and adults. Dr. Yip assesses a variety of neurological processes including attention, problem-solving, learning, memory, motor skills, language, visual-spatial command, academic achievement, social-emotional development, and psychodiagnostics. The information from testing provides valuable insight into the underlying causes of one's behavior and psychological processes that impact their psychological needs and treatment plan.
Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing Consultation*
Dr. Yip provides consultations on psychological and neuropsychological testing to other psychologists on complex cases. He also provides licensed psychologists with consultations and supervision regarding psychological testing.
*All consultation services are only provided to mental health and medical professionals*
**Dr. Yip does not provide independent forensic/ court evaluations services.**
About Dr. Yip
Dr. Yip
Dr. Brandon Yip, PsyD, JD
Licensed Psychologist, CA PSY35651
Dr. Yip is a clinical psychologist in California and specializes in forensic psychology, neuropsychology, and suicidology. Aside from his private practice, Dr. Yip leads the Psychological Testing/Evaluation Program at Pacific Clinics— the largest community mental health agency in California— where he provides psychological testing, neuropsychological testing, and clinical consultations. He provides direct services in the school-based mental health program and the Early Intervention and Diversion Program in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Probation. Dr. Yip is a Supervising Psychologist for the agency’s Clinical Psychology Training Program, including the APA-accredited Doctoral Psychology Internship Program and the practicum training program. Dr. Yip also supervises interns at the agency's Asian Pacific Family Center and the Latino Youth Program. Further, he is a consultant to various local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. Dr. Yip serves as a research peer reviewer for Springer Journals, a subject-matter expert for suicide and risk assessment, and a consultant to a clinical translational science research consortium. Dr. Yip developed the Suicide Risk Assessment Scale (CRA) and the Violent Threat Risk Assessment Scale (VTRA) and serves as the Managing Director of the Center for Risk Assessment.
Dr. Yip received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant University (APA-accredited) and his law degree from Purdue Law School at Purdue University. Dr. Yip has published research on suicide and threat assessment and developed the SRA Scale and VTRA Scale to assess suicidal and violent threats.
Dr. Yip completed two-years of postdoctoral experience with a specialization in psychological and neuropsychological assessment at Pacific Clinics and postdoctoral training at Enki Health Services in community health. He completed an APA-accredited doctoral internship/residency in forensic and correctional psychology at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Correctional Health Care Services. Dr. Yip also completed an externship in neuropsychology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine.
Dr. Yip is a credentialed Health Service Psychologist and a member of the National Register of Health Service Psychologist, the American Association of Suicidology, the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and the American Bar Association.
Education
Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)
Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Clinical Health Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology
Alliant University
APA-Accredited
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Purdue Law School
Purdue University
Training
Two-year Post-Doctoral Training in Psychological Assessment and Neuropsychology
Pacific Clinics
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Community Health
Enki Health Services
Doctoral Internship in Forensic and Correctional Psychology
California Correctional Health Care Services
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
APA-Accredited
Neuropsychology Externship
The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute, USC Keck School of Medicine
Insurance
Dr. Yip is in-network with the following insurance companies*:
Aetna
Anthem Blue Cross California
Blue Shield of California (Excluding Magellan)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Health net
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey
Kaiser (SoCal and SoCal Medi-Cal plans)
LA Care Health Plan- Carelon Behavioral Health
MHN
Quest Behavioral Health
Sidecar Health
UC SHIP Anthem Blue Cross
USC SHIP Aetna Student Health CA
Dr. Yip is currently in the process of becoming in-network for the following insurance companies: United Healthcare (Optum), Oxford (Optum), and United Healthcare Medicare Advantage. Please e-mail Dr. Yip if you have these insurances.
*Dr. Yip is not in-network with Medi-Cal/Medicaid variants of these health plans except for SoCal Kaiser*
Dr. Yip provides out-of-network coverage.If a psychologist is out of network or does not accept insurance, you can check with your insurance company to see if they offer partial reimbursement for services. If they do, Dr. Yip can prepare a monthly superbill that lists your attended sessions and payments. You can submit this superbill to your insurance company, and they may reimburse you based on your coverage. Request information from your insurance company about coverage for an out-of-network provider who offers outpatient psychotherapy. Inquire whether you have an out-of-network deductible and, if so, how much of it has been met or what the remaining amount is that you would need to pay before your insurance can reimburse you for any out-of-pocket expenses. You are responsible for submitting the superbill along with any paperwork required by your insurance company. Contact your insurance company before starting treatment to find out what reimbursement options or rates they offer and what the process entails.
Dr. Yip only take insurance for individual therapy services. He does not take insurance for psychological/neuropsychological testing services.
Fees and Rates
Dr. Yip provides a standard rate and sliding scale rate dependent one's ability pay for therapy services (i.e., student status, low-income). Therefore, Dr. Yip's standard therapy rates range from $350-$430, while sliding scale rates range from $175-$300. Dr. Yip strives to work with clients to provide transparent, affordable, and quality care. Please contact Dr. Yip via e-mail to determine your cost for therapy services.
Psychological/ Neuropsychological Testing Services*
ADHD Testing/Targeted Assessment are generally 2-3 hours long and are priced at $2,500 per assessment. This assessment includes a clinical interview, psychological testing, a feedback session, and a 2-3 page report indicating the results from testing.
Psychological/ Neuropsycholoigcal Testing are priced at $7,500 per assessment. Note: Dr. Yip does not offer forensic psychological testing services.
*Dr. Yip does not accept insurance for psychological/ neuropsychological testing services. You must pay out-of-pocket at the onset of the services. These assessments may or may not be covered by your insurance. A superbill can be provided to you to see reimbursement from your insurnace, however your insurance may not cover the full assessment fee. You are responsbile for submitting the superbill along with any paperwork required by your insurance company. Dr. Yip is not responsible if your insurance does not reimburse you for any out-of-pocket expenses.
Other Fees
Cancellations within less than 24 hours and no-shows are charged at the full session rate.
All additional services are billed at a rate of $8.88 per minute.
Under the law, healthcare providers are required to provide a Good Faith Estimate of expected charges to individuals who do not have health insurance or do not plan to use their insurance for services. You are entitled to receive a Good Faith Estimate upon your request, or when you schedule healthcare services.
Your Good Faith Estimate covers the costs of any non-emergency items or services, including psychotherapy. Your estimate will be reviewed with you annually and adjusted as necessary.
Your Good Faith Estimate is based on the information known at the time of the estimate and does not include any unknown or unexpected costs that may come up during treatment. The actual services or charges may differ from the estimate.
If you are billed at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you are legally allowed to dispute (appeal) the bill. You can do this by contacting your healthcare provider or starting a dispute resolution process with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
There is a $25 fee to use the dispute process, and doing so will not negatively affect the quality of healthcare services offered.
Learn more about the Good Faith Estimate and dispute process, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call CMS at 1-800-985-3059.
Make sure to take a picture or save a copy of your estimate in a safe place. Disclaimer: The Good Faith Estimate outlines the costs that are reasonably expected for the anticipated services for addressing your mental health care needs.
Contact Dr. Yip
Contact
Contact Dr. Yip by e-mail to schedule an appointment!
- byip@drbyip.com
(Not for emergencies) - For mental health/medical providers seeking a clinical consultation, please e-mail Dr. Yip to schedule an appointment.
2550 E. Foothill Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91107
1000 S. Fremont Ave.Alhambra, CA 91803