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ScienceWorks is a modern telepsychology practice offering evidence-based care for: Autism & ADHD, Anxiety & Depression, OCD, Trauma, Insomnia, Kids & Families, and more.
These conditions frequently co-occur, can be difficult to diagnose, and also difficult to treat - often requiring specialist knowledge and direct clinical experience to achieve the best possible outcomes.
That's why research and training are the foundation of our work.
Our goal is sharing our knowledge with our friends, clients, and partners to build a stronger, more informed mental health community.
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After a Normal Cardiac Workup: What to Do When the Tests Are Fine but the Attacks Keep Coming
Your heart tests came back normal but the attacks keep coming. What a clear workup settles, why panic persists, and what treatment actually helps.
Kiesa Kelly
14 minutes ago14 min read
When Your Child's Regulation Tools Stop Working: How to Rotate Instead of Starting Over
The calming strategy that worked last spring does nothing now. How to tell ordinary development from a change worth evaluating, and how to rotate.
Kiesa Kelly
18 minutes ago14 min read
Family Therapy and Insurance: Why the Claim Goes Under One Person's Name
Family therapy is billed under one family member's diagnosis. How coverage works in Tennessee, what parity law does and doesn't require, and what to ask.
Ryan Burns
20 minutes ago13 min read
CBT for Anxiety Over Video: What Happens to Thought Records, Experiments, and Homework
Thought records, behavioral experiments and homework in telehealth CBT for anxiety in Tennessee: what changes on video, what does not, and how to prepare.
Kiesa Kelly
1 day ago13 min read
PDA in an AuDHD Child: When Demand Avoidance Sits on Top of Both Profiles
PDA is not a diagnosis. In an AuDHD child, the same refusal can come from two places - and supports that help one profile can backfire on the other.
Kiesa Kelly
1 day ago13 min read
Should You Retake the GAD-7? Using Your Anxiety Score to Tell If Treatment Is Working
When to retake the GAD-7 to track anxiety treatment progress: how big a score change must be to count, how often to re-score, and what a flat score means.
Ryan Burns
1 day ago14 min read
ADHD and Sleep Apnea: The Overlap That Gets Missed in Adult Evaluations
Untreated sleep apnea can produce an attention profile that reads as adult ADHD. Here is how a thorough adult evaluation rules it out first.
Kiesa Kelly
2 days ago14 min read
Executive Function Coach, Executive Function Therapist, ADHD Coach: What Each Title Actually Means
In Tennessee, 'ADHD coach' is unregulated and 'therapist' alone is not protected; the license behind it is. What each can assess, diagnose, treat and bill.
Ryan Burns
2 days ago13 min read
AuDHD Routines: Building Structure When ADHD and Autism Overlap
Routines fail when ADHD and autism overlap because the two pulls want opposite things. Build one around the conflict, and know when to get evaluated.
Kiesa Kelly
2 days ago13 min read
What to Expect From Family Therapy, Step by Step
Family therapy in Tennessee, start to finish: who it helps, who it does not, what the first sessions look like, how to prepare, and how long it takes.
Kiesa Kelly
2 days ago13 min read
What to Expect from Birth Trauma Therapy, and When It Helps
What birth trauma therapy involves after a traumatic birth, how it differs from postpartum depression care, and how to tell if it is working.
Kiesa Kelly
2 days ago17 min read
What to Expect from ACT for Trauma, and When It Fits
What a course of ACT for trauma involves, who it fits, and when a trauma-focused therapy like CPT, PE, or EMDR is the better first step.
Kiesa Kelly
3 days ago15 min read
The Gut-Anxiety Loop: Why IBS and Panic So Often Travel Together
IBS and panic attacks often travel together. How the gut-anxiety loop works, how it differs from health anxiety, and what treatment actually helps.
Kiesa Kelly
3 days ago15 min read
Emetophobia: The Fear of Vomiting and How Far It Shrinks Daily Life
Emetophobia is a specific phobia of vomiting, not squeamishness. What it costs day to day, how it differs from OCD, and what treatment involves.
Kiesa Kelly
3 days ago15 min read
Does Medicare Cover Therapy? Coverage, Telehealth Rules, and What You Pay Out of Pocket
What Medicare Part B covers for therapy, the telehealth in-person rule, and what you pay out of pocket in Tennessee. Verified against CMS, September 2026.
Ryan Burns
3 days ago14 min read
Teen OCD Therapy Cost in Tennessee: What Actually Determines Your Bill
No one can quote a flat price for teen OCD therapy in Tennessee. Four things set your bill — the rate, your network, your deductible, and your plan type.
Ryan Burns
4 days ago14 min read
When Anxiety Therapy Isn't Working: What a Plateau Means and What Comes Next
About half of people respond to CBT for anxiety. If yours has stalled, here's what the evidence says a plateau means and what usually comes next.
Kiesa Kelly
4 days ago14 min read
Imaginal vs In Vivo Exposure: What Actually Happens in PE Therapy for PTSD
Prolonged exposure uses two kinds of exposure — imaginal and in vivo. Here's what each one is, why PE uses both, and what a session actually contains.
Kiesa Kelly
4 days ago14 min read
Teen Trauma Therapy in Nashville: What Changes When the Client Is a Teenager
Teen trauma treatment in Nashville: what changes when the client is a teenager — the evidence, consent, and what first sessions look like.
Kiesa Kelly
4 days ago12 min read
Sunday Dread: When a Weekly Pattern Is Worth Treating Rather Than Tolerating
The Sunday scaries are common, but common is not the same as harmless. Use the duration, spread, and function test to know when dread needs treatment.
ScienceWorks Team
4 days ago16 min read
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