About Us
Bitterroot Psychological Services PLLC is a Missoula-based practice providing psychological assessments for children, adolescents, and young adults.
Hello! My name is Dr. Kaoru (kah-oh-ru) Powell. I am a clinical psychologist serving the Missoula and Bitterroot Valley area. I completed my doctoral training at the University of Montana, my predoctoral internship in Minnesota at Hennepin Healthcare, and my postdoctoral training in New Hampshire at Lifestance Health. After several years away, I returned to settle in Montana with my family.
Throughout my training and clinical practice, I have worked in emergency rooms, medical inpatient units, community mental health, and specialty clinics, treating and assessing a variety of psychological and psychoeducational concerns. I focus my current practice on psychological assessments because I have found incredible meaning in assessment’s ability to provide a unique sense of clarity, hope, and direction to families and individuals seeking to understand their children or themselves.
I primarily work with children and adolescents, but also take adult clients. I provide psychological assessments for a wide range of behavioral, socioemotional, academic, and developmental questions and I have particular expertise with Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.