Information for clients

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A neuropsychological assessment is a comprehensive test of a person’s cognition or ’thinking skills‘. It provides a measure of cognitive strengths and weaknesses, and helps explain how these may impact a person’s daily functioning. 

This is different from psychological assessments, which primarily assess emotional and behavioral functioning. Instead, neuropsychological assessments assess cognitive abilities such as memory, attention, language, and executive functioning skills.

A neuropsychology assessment can play an important role in:

• Determining the underlying cause of cognitive difficulties.
• Establishing or clarifying a diagnosis,
• Determining what can be done to treat or minimisecognitive difficulties.
• Providing strategies and recommendations to help in day-to-day life.

Cognitive skills, like attention or memory, play a crucial role in shaping our identity and our ability to learn new things. 

When we find our thinking skills aren't working as they should, it becomes harder to complete daily tasks or live independently.  Many mood and neurological conditions can impact our cognition, making it harder to carry out daily activities. 

Sessions are designed to help you better understand your cognition, how it’s affected, and what changes you can make to improve it. Depending on your cognitive complaints, we can also help you learn and practice strategies to aid your cognition.  

During the program, you will attend six weekly 1-hour sessions  in person, and be asked to complete some homework tasks.