A. Cassandra Golding, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist | Co-Owner & Clinical Director | Clinical Supervisor
Dr. Cassandra Golding is a licensed clinical psychologist, co-owner, and Clinical Director at Learning Solutions, where she provides psychological and neuropsychological assessments across the lifespan, with a primary focus on children and adolescents, as well as professional development, supervision, and training. She oversees Learning Solutions school contracts and provides professional development and training both for the Learning Solution’s doctoral and post-doctoral training program and for outside organizations and school districts. She is also sought out for her expertise in assessment, parenting and mental health and has been a guest on psychology-focused podcasts.
Cassandra’s assessment expertise includes learning, executive functioning, and social-emotional development. She has specialized experience with diagnostic clarification, anxiety, autism, learning disorders, ADHD, the effects of trauma, parenting, and family functioning including the interplay between these. Her approach considers the whole person within the context of their relationships, family, school, and community.
Through the evaluation process, Cassandra helps individuals and families understand the patterns underlying their challenges while recognizing their strengths. She combines scientific knowledge with a thoughtful, collaborative approach, offering clear explanations, thorough feedback, practical recommendations, and resources that help families put assessment findings into action.
Cassandra earned her B.S. from Saint Mary’s College of California and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Rhode Island. She completed her predoctoral internship at the VA Palo Alto and a postdoctoral clinical fellowship in Stanford University’s Department of Psychiatry, where she evaluated children and adolescents as part of the DSM-5 field trials.
Her experience includes serving as adjunct graduate faculty at Santa Clara University, directing an early detection and intervention program for psychosis, and conducting clinical trials related to sleep and suicide risk assessment at Stanford University. Before joining Learning Solutions, she provided evaluation services at a nonprofit education center and a private behavioral health agency, working closely with public and private schools. She has also served as an adjunct professor in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program at UMass Amherst.
Cassandra brings both professional and personal experience to her work. Her experiences navigating childhood adversity and her Mexican and Native American heritage inform her perspective and connection with others. As a mother of three children, including twins, she continues to learn from parenting in ways that enrich her work with children and families.