Dr. Pontillo’s Concierge Practice

Dr. Pontillo’s Concierge Practice is an exclusive, premium service that is only offered to a limited number of families at a time, offering the highest level of care and service. Due to her very small caseload, Concierge families are afforded expedited, tailored, and extremely thorough, individualized care from Dr. Pontillo personally. In-home appointments are also available to allow for the utmost in privacy, convenience, and comfort.

Dr. Pontillo’s concierge clients benefit from scheduling availability/flexibility (same-week appointments are often possible), as well as greater accessibility to Dr. Pontillo. She communicates personally and directly with each of her clients via emails or calls in between sessions. This allows families to obtain more direct contact with Dr. Pontillo, and receive intensive and comprehensive care with shorter wait times.

Customized Services

Customized services are available in a variety of settings allowing for increased privacy, convenience, and clinical service types in environments that may foster more success, or provide less resistance from the young client.

This allows Dr. Pontillo to utilize a highly individualized approach that might otherwise be limited by the confines of a typical therapy office (and a full-time caseload). While all psychotherapeutic interventions and assessments performed by Dr. Pontillo are rooted in evidence-based practices, no two children/teens are alike. This approach allows her to provide truly personalized evaluation and treatment plans that work best for each child/teen and family.

Dr. Pontillo offers her concierge clients:

1. Single-Visit Clinical Consultations
2. Parent/Caregiver Action Plan: Includes Parent Interview, Record Review and Formal Individualized List of Prioritized Recommendations for your Child/Teen
3. Focused Assessment with Action Plan: Includes Parent Interview, Record Review, Clinical Assessment with your Child/Teen, and Formal Individualized List of Prioritized Recommendations for your Child/Teen
4. Individualized Psychotherapy Services
5. In-home Services

Collaborative Care:

With Dr. Pontillo’s expertise in leading interdisciplinary teams, she will be able to act as your treatment team leader with other professionals involved in your child’s care – from teachers to other clinicians, if you wish. She will also be able to serve as the “quarterback “ for your team, reviewing your child’s history, previous evaluations, previous therapies, and current concerns, and providing you the optimal direction for his / her best outcome. This is designed to afford parents the peace of mind that all professionals and educators involved are on the same page, and utilizing the most effective plan towards your child/teen’s goals and well-being.

Office, In-Home and Virtual Appointment Options

Services are offered at any location of your choosing or at our conveniently located office in Carmel Valley. Phone and secure video sessions are also available. Appointment slots are given the full 60-minute hour, rather than the 50-minute session typical of most practices and clinics.

Our in-home clients typically reside in the Rancho Santa Fe, Fairbanks Ranch, Solana Beach, Del Mar, and Carmel Valley areas. For areas outside this radius (e.g. La Jolla), please contact our office for additional travel fees.

For more information on Dr. Pontillo’s availability or to be placed on the waitlist to be added to Dr. Pontillo’s exclusive list of clients, please email  contact@sdkidsfirst.com or call 858-692-4187.

*Dr. Pontillo continues to offer consultations and training to the following individuals and agencies/companies: Clinical Therapists, Psychologists, ABA clinics, Medical Providers, Schools/Teachers, Media (news, TV, children’s publications), Child Product Development and/or Child-Focused Software Companies. Please contact our office for more information.