Full Service List

Assessments

• Initial psychological and neuropsychological consultation
• Psychological assessment
• Neuropsychological assessment (includes psychological evaluation)
• Adult ADHD diagnostic assessment
• Medicolegal evaluation – plaintiff and defendant
• Independent medical examination (STD and LTD insurer, employer, professional organizations)
• Baseline neuropsychological assessment in sport
• Post-injury neuropsychological assessment to inform return to play
• Neuropsychological assessment and/ or consultation to retired professional athletes who experience ongoing or newly emerging psychological and/or cognitive symptoms, including after 65+ years of age.

Treatment

Sport Concussion Management and Treatment:

• Consultation/ education on concussion diagnosis, prognosis, and maintaining factors of persistent symptoms for athletes.
• Consultation / education about common concerns in high performance and professional athletes, including repeat concussions or subconcussive hits, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and dementia risk.
• Identification and treatment of barriers to recovery to expedite return to play / learning.
• Treatment may include behavioural, emotional and/or cognitive rehabilitation, tailored to an athlete’s specific needs and clinical profile to address:
  • Persistent symptoms such as light, screen or sound sensitivities;
  • Post-concussive headaches or migraines (where cervical injury does not or only in part accounts for persistent / triggered headaches);
  • Low stress or cognitive exertion tolerances after injury;
  • Low physical exertion tolerances in conjunction with physical therapies;
  • Cognitive difficulties (memory, attention, fogginess, slowed processing);
  • Sleep problems, insomnia;
  • Irritability, anger;
  • Low mood, lack of motivation;
  • Anxiety, nervousness, panic attacks;
  • Resurgence of or development of psychological trauma response;
  • Resurgence or worsening of OCD;
  • Fatigue; and /or
  • Dizziness, if maintained by behavioural and/or psychological factors in conjunction with vestibular therapy.
• Collaboration with the existing clinical team and/or referral to our multidisciplinary network, as needed, who have specialized knowledge and skills in concussion and/ or cervical management.
• Treatment, including targeted therapy, cognitive rehabilitation, future or transition planning, for retired professional athletes with ongoing or newly emerging psychological and/or cognitive symptoms.
• Sport career and/ or life transition support to retiring professional athletes or high-performance athletes transitioning out of sport, or facing sudden retirement from sport-related injury.

Cognitive rehabilitation or remediation interventions:

• Dealing with distractions
• Initiation and motivation
• Goal management
• Learning and study strategies
• Planning and organization
• Prioritization and productivity
• Problem management and decision making
• Procrastination
• Mobile technologies and apps to enhance memory functioning and learning
• Return to school strategies and accommodations (for adults aged 18+)
• Return to work strategies and accommodations
• Training in smartphone use/apps for moderate to severe memory impairment
• Wayfinding

Psychological treatment approaches

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Client-Centered Therapy
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Emotion Focused Therapy
• Humanistic Therapy
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• Strategic Solution Focused Therapy
• Biopsychosocial approaches to chronic pain, somatoform disorders and medically unexplained symptoms

Neurological / Neurodivergent Conditions

(not an exhaustive list)

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Aneurysm rupture
• Anoxic or hypoxic brain injury (oxygen deprivation due to cardiac arrest, drowning, suicide attempt, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
• Arterial venous malformation (AVM)
• Brain tumor
• Cerebral infection/abscess
• Cerebrovascular disease
• Chemo fog/brain
• Concussion
• Frontotemporal dementia
• Healthy aging cognitive complaints
• Herpes encephalitis
• HIV encephalopathy
• Learning disabilities
• Long COVID
• Lupus
• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Multiple sclerosis
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Post-concussion syndrome or concussion with persistent symptoms
• Primary Progressive Aphasia
• Seizure disorder
• Stroke
• Traumatic brain injury – mild, moderate, severe
• Vascular Cognitive Impairment
• Viral Encephalitis
• Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

Psychological conditions / personal development

(not an exhaustive list)

• Adjustment to and coping with life/health changes
• Assertiveness
• Anxiety
  • Panic disorder
  • Agoraphobia
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social anxiety secondary to medical condition
  • Generalized anxiety disorder
  • Health anxiety
  • Specific phobias
• Boundaries / personal development
• Care partner stress / caregiver burden
• Conversion disorder / Functional neurological disorder
• Depression
• Insomnia / sleep difficulties
• Mind-body syndrome / psychophysiological disorder / medically unexplained symptoms
• Obsessive compulsive disorders
• Pain / chronic pain / headaches or migraines
• Perfectionism
• Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)
• Post-concussive syndrome or concussion with persistent symptoms
• Post-traumatic stress disorder / trauma
• Somatic symptom disorder
• Stress and burnout