PSD letter guide
How to Get a PSD Letter
A psychiatric service dog letter documents your disability-related need for a task-trained dog. Here’s the honest version of how to get one — what it involves, what it costs, and what it actually does.
The four-step process
1. Take the free assessment
A two-minute questionnaire covering your mental health history and what you need from your dog. Select "psychiatric service dog letter" as your goal — there’s no charge until you choose to proceed.
2. Meet your licensed clinician
A telehealth evaluation with a mental health professional licensed in your state. They assess whether your condition rises to a disability and whether a task-trained dog would mitigate it — the clinical standard a PSD letter rests on.
3. Receive your letter in 24–48 hours
If approved, your PSD letter arrives with the clinician’s license type, number, state, and signature — everything a housing provider or employer needs to verify it.
4. Use it where it matters
Housing accommodation requests, workplace accommodations, and supporting documentation alongside the DOT form for air travel. Our verification desk confirms authenticity whenever someone checks.
What a PSD letter does — and doesn't do
It documents your disability-related need from a licensed professional — the piece housing providers, employers, and (as supporting evidence) airlines care about. It does not train your dog, and no letter can. Task training is the other half of the equation, and the ADA allows you to do it yourself. Beware of services selling “PSD certification” or “registration” — neither exists in law.
Legally, the ADA doesn’t require documentation for public access — your rights come from your disability and your dog’s training. In practice, a letter from a licensed clinician is what housing providers and employers request, and it’s strong supporting documentation for the DOT air travel form.
No — and any service claiming otherwise is misleading you. The letter documents your disability-related need. Your dog becomes a service dog through task training, whether professional or owner-led. Both pieces together are what the law recognizes.
You receive a full refund. In some cases the clinician may find an ESA letter fits your situation better — housing protection without the task-training requirement — and you can proceed with that instead.
The same transparent pricing as our ESA evaluations: $149 Standard or $199 Priority (same-day scheduling), one-time, refunded in full if you don’t qualify.
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Licensed clinicians in all 50 states — full refund if you don’t qualify.