One coordinated team.

Dr. Rials specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of neurodivergent children and adolescents, including presentations of ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, disordered eating patterns, anxiety, and academic differences. She offers therapeutic services for individuals, groups, and families and conducts neurodevelopmental, diagnostic, and psycho-educational evaluations. She also provides consultation services, clinical oversight, trainings, and APA continuing education presentations for providers in the community.

As a Florida Licensed Psychologist, Dr. Rials subscribes to a holistic approach to treatment, incorporating social, emotional, academic, nutritional, and physical health components into her clinical recommendations and interventions. With compassion and understanding, she works with a child's entire system to help build strengths and attain individualized growth.

Dr. Everson specializes in the psychotherapy and assessment of children, adolescents, and families, and has worked with people diagnosed with autism since 2006. Her experience spans group therapy with adolescents and parents, individual therapy, and family therapy. She says she feels renewed every time she sees change in a client, particularly a social victory.

Alongside autism, she works with ADHD, mood disorders, peer pressure, and bullying. She has extensive experience completing full psychological and psycho-educational evaluations, and she often attends Individualized Education Plan meetings alongside the families she works with.

Dr. Everson is a certified facilitator in John Gottman's Bringing Baby Home program for new parents, and she regularly holds parenting workshops in the community.

He completed his residency in adult psychiatry and his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital in Boston. He earned his medical degree and his Master of Public Health at New York Medical College, and his bachelor's degree at Swarthmore College.

Before NorthStar Day, Dr. Stevens was Chief of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Chief of Outpatient Services at the Menninger Clinic in Houston, and held a faculty appointment in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine. Earlier he was medical director of a pediatric psychiatry inpatient unit in Massachusetts and the physician in charge of an outpatient clinic for a Michigan health system.

Dr. Stevens treats mood disorders, ADHD, anxiety, OCD, and the behavioral presentations that come with autism and other developmental differences. His own practice runs past the ages NorthStar Day serves, to adults and to cases that pair a psychiatric diagnosis with addiction.

He has published peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on psychopharmacology, several of them on stimulant treatment and medication levels in children. His clinical interest is in how an individual metabolizes a psychiatric medication, and in managing the side effects that come with one.

James's career has been defined by a consistent pattern: identifying where young people and families lack access to specialized care, then building the solution. After gaining extensive experience as a counselor and clinical director, in 2014 he founded a Palm Beach Gardens residential treatment center specializing in complex trauma. He grew the boutique program, built on a family systems approach that treats substance use and mental health concerns as issues affecting the entire family unit rather than the individual alone, into one of the most respected adolescent behavioral health companies in the country. Over nine years, James led it through sustained growth, culminating in the company's successful sale, while maintaining an unwavering commitment to high ethical standards and strong relationships with payers and colleagues.

With NorthStar Day, James is applying that same proven approach to a younger population. Where that program addressed a gap in adolescent care, NorthStar Day addresses a similarly urgent and underserved need: comprehensive multidisciplinary support for neurodivergent children.

James holds a Bachelor's degree from Florida State University and a Master's degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University. He began his clinical career at the Caron Foundation's Hanley Center, where thousands of hours of individual, family, and group therapy shaped the treatment philosophy that would later become the foundation of the program he went on to found.

James is widely regarded as a highly ethical, empathic, and visionary leader in mental and behavioral health. His work has always been driven by a deep commitment to ensuring that young people and their families, regardless of age or diagnosis, have access to the specialized, compassionate care they deserve. NorthStar Day represents the next chapter in that lifelong mission: bringing a first-of-its-kind, multidisciplinary model of care to Florida's neurodivergent children and the families who support them.

Taylor earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Nova Southeastern University with specialized training in psychiatry. She began her nursing career in emergency-department acute care before moving into adolescent mental health, where she found her focus. She then spent five years in a progressive leadership role at a Palm Beach Gardens residential treatment center specializing in complex trauma, serving as Director of Nursing and later Director of Psychiatric & Health Services.

She is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.

Carina earned her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lynn University and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Florida Atlantic University. She completed her clinical training at a community counseling center, providing individual counseling under licensed supervision to clients working through autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, anxiety, OCD, depression, and difficult life transitions, drawing on CBT, DBT, person-centered therapy, and trauma-informed care.

Her clinical work includes intake assessments, individualized treatment planning, group facilitation, and evidence-based psychotherapy. She is certified in FARS and Psychological First Aid, with additional training in risk assessment, trauma-informed care, LGBTQ+ support, and secondary traumatic stress.

Her practice is built on collaborative relationships with families: the goal is to leave parents with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to support their child during therapy and after it.

Diandra earned her Doctorate of Occupational Therapy, Master of Occupational Therapy, and Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training with a minor in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University. Her work as an occupational therapist began in 2017, when she completed her master's degree. She went back for the post-professional doctorate to widen what she could do in a clinical role.

For her doctoral capstone she became a subject-matter expert in health literacy, developing and implementing an education program for clinical and non-clinical healthcare staff to improve how they communicate with each other and with families, from the initial evaluation through discharge. The program focused on caregiver understanding and on carrying therapeutic strategies over into home, school, and community settings.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Florida and a Master's degree in Communication Disorders from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her clinical work has included push-in and pull-out therapy in early childhood school settings, and both high-tech and low-tech augmentative and alternative communication programs. She is a Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) trained professional.

Lindsay is committed to clinical supervision and has supervised both graduate students and a clinical fellow. Her work has consistently run alongside the rest of a child's week rather than apart from it — in classrooms as well as therapy rooms, and in partnership with the families and teachers who are with that child the rest of the time.

She holds a Master of Education in Curriculum Design and Instruction from Florida Atlantic University and a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education and Care with a concentration in Psychology from CUNY Brooklyn College. She also holds a Florida Educator's Certificate and a CPR certification, and she is trained in IMSE Orton-Gillingham.

He has specialized in helping families navigate complex mental health and substance use treatment systems while building strong referral partnerships with healthcare providers, schools, and community organizations. His background spans behavioral health admissions, client advocacy, case management, business development, and operational growth within outpatient behavioral health and psychiatric practices.

Christopher is Crisis Prevention Institute certified, with extensive training in behavioral health admissions, crisis intervention, motivational interviewing, and client engagement, and ongoing professional development in autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, trauma-informed care, and behavioral health operations.

Dr. Thomas's clinical training spans juvenile corrections, community mental health, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, in-home and outpatient therapy, an adolescent residential facility, and a therapeutic day school. Her clinical work has drawn on psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and family systems theories, with a focus on developing healthy coping strategies, gaining insight, and understanding family dynamics.

Dr. Thomas believes in the importance of diversity and representation in the therapeutic relationship, and in continuing to build cultural competence so that the people she works with find a safe, open, and trusting environment.

Her leadership background spans finance, HR, IT, and systems integration, and she has hands-on mergers and acquisitions experience, having served on the acquisition team during the sale of a major South Florida brokerage to a publicly traded firm.

Kim holds degrees in Psychology and Accounting from Stetson University and Florida Atlantic University.

He has led cross-functional teams and worked alongside software engineers to build tools that solve operational problems in healthcare rather than adding complexity to them.

Kate's developing clinical interests include trauma-informed care and working with neurodivergent children and their families. She is especially interested in understanding how trauma, attachment, emotional regulation, relationships, and family systems influence a child's well-being. As she continues her clinical training, Kate hopes to specialize in trauma and neurodivergent care while developing approaches that support both the individual child and the family system surrounding them.

Kate is excited to grow within the NorthStar Day team and contribute to an environment where children and families feel understood, supported, and empowered to thrive. Her long-term goal as a Marriage and Family Therapist is to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families through compassionate, individualized, and family-centered care.

Kate earned her Bachelor of Arts, with a minor in Psychology, from Southern New Hampshire University.