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Meet Our Team
Dr. Jessica Hogan, PsyD, LP
My Pronouns are: She/Her
Dr. Hogan earned her Master’s Degree and her Doctor of Psychology Degree from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, an APA-Accredited program. Dr. Hogan completed her doctoral training at a college counseling center, outpatient clinics, a community mental health center, and an inpatient psychiatric hospital. Dr. Hogan then went on to complete her APA-Accredited Pre-Doctoral Internship at the Indian Healthcare Resource Center of Tulsa. She completed her Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System, an inpatient psychiatric hospital.
Dr. Hogan has now been doing autism and ADHD assessments for over a decade. Her primary passionate interest for many years has been autism identification in women, trans/non-binary folks, and marginalized communities. As a therapist, she loves working with high-achieving auDHD and autistic folks that are navigating developing a positive autistic identity, building a sustainable and balanced life, and preventing burnout.
After moving to Los Angeles, she served as the Assistant Director of Training at Pediatric Minds Medical Center, and she was the Testing Coordinator at the Early Childhood Treatment Center. She founded Neuron & Rose in 2021, developing a safe space to provide comprehensive neurodiversity-affirming care and training programs for psychologists-in-training. She continues to give back through her work as an adjunct professor, teaching assessment in Clinical PsyD programs at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and Alliant International University. She is thrilled to serve on several dissertation committees, and to be conducting a research study of her own on autistic therapists. In 2024, seeing the need to spread what she had learned to other clinicans and folks supporting neurodivergent people, she founded the learning wing of the company, The Divergent Clinician.
When not meeting with clients or her students, Dr. Hogan enjoys aerial arts, learning the art of war via a chess board, cups of herbal tea while reading the latest BOTM pick, and (much to their dismay) smothering her dog and two cats with love. She is the type of person who can easily fall in to a peaceful sleep to a true crime podcast. She feels extremely uncomfortable in environments where talking about Star Wars is socially inappropriate. Dr. Hogan can also occasionally be found frolicking about on roller skates, rocking out in the car to nu-metal artists from the 2000s, fantasizing about getting new tattoos, and pretending like she knows how to rock climb.
FOUNDER AT THE DIVERGENT CLINICIAN AND NEURON AND ROSE PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES, LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST IN CALIFORNIA (PSY30429) AND MINNESOTA (LP6893)
Dr. Hogan is an AuDHD, cis-gender, queer, chronically ill, and hard-of-hearing psychologist. She is a proud citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.
Dr. Hogan has always felt a little bit different and quirkier than everyone else, which led her to develop a deep empathy and understanding for those who feel marginalized or misunderstood. This sense of being different naturally drew her towards the field of psychology and a focus on working with autistic individuals.
Ashley Copperstone, MSE
My Pronouns are: She/Her
COMMUNITY MANAGER
Ashley Copperstone holds a Bachelors of Science in Education Studies, a Masters of Science in Special Education, and is certified in Early Childhood Special Education, Childhood Special Education, Early Childhood Education, and Childhood Education. She is trained in Culturally Responsive Practice as well as Bank Street College and Leslie Koplow’s Emotionally Responsive Practice. Besides maintaining day to day operations for our practice, Ashley also provides Parent Coaching and IEP Coaching, providing parents with support and guidance as they grow alongside their neurodivergent children, while advocating for the families to achieve optimal outcomes.
Ashley has spent the last decade in childhood and early childhood special education settings, both integrated and self contained classrooms, where she worked with students to help them grow and learn. She is skilled in IEP writing, providing parents support and guidance in growing with their neurodivergent children, and advocating with families for the best outcomes.
Her research includes work such as benefits of Musically Rich Classrooms in Early Childhood Education, Using Authentic Assessment in Early Childhood, the Impact of Culturally Relevant Read Aloud in Classroom Settings, and the Effects of Citizen Education and Service Learning. She is passionate about the integration of music, hands on learning, process based learning, and using socio-emotional supports with young children.
In her free time, Ashley enjoys spending time with her little one, hiking with her husband, daughter, and dog, cooking and trying new foods, and traveling.