ESA letters and PSD evaluations from licensed professionals

An ESA letter is a licensed clinician's written opinion that you have a disability-related need for an assistance animal where you live. It is the document a landlord, HOA or campus housing office actually evaluates under the Fair Housing Act — and the reason pet rent, pet deposits and breed or weight limits generally stop applying once the accommodation is approved.

• Written for a reasonable-accommodation request, not for public access
• Names the clinician, license type and jurisdiction
• Requires no training of the animal — your existing pet usually qualifies
• Covers dogs, cats and other ordinary household animals

A PSD evaluation documents a psychiatric disability and the specific work a dog has been trained to perform because of it — interrupting a panic episode, retrieving medication, performing a room search, applying deep pressure on command. Under the ADA it is the training that creates service-dog status; our evaluation supports the disability side of that equation.

• Assesses functional limitation, not a diagnosis label alone
• Records the specific trained tasks you report
• Deliberately kept separate from emotional-support wording
• Never trains, tests or certifies the dog — no such certification exists