WHAT IT IS
What is clinical neuropsychology?
Clinical neuropsychology looks at how memory, attention, reasoning and processing work. We start with assessment, then put the findings to use: clear reporting that helps justify support, and cognitive intervention where it's the right next step. Under the NDIS, it's funded under Capacity Building, Improved Daily Living.
Memory
How information is taken in, stored and recalled.
Attention
How focus is held, shifted and shared between tasks.
Processing speed
How quickly information is taken in and used.
Executive function
Planning, organising, problem solving and decision making.
WHAT WE WORK TOWARDS
What a good assessment gives you
For you, or for the person you support.
Clarity
Understanding what's behind the difficulties, instead of guessing.
Evidence for support
Objective findings that help justify NDIS supports.
Practical recommendations
Recommendations matched to how you process information.
Confident decisions
Clear evidence for decisions about capacity and independence.
Strengths as well as challenges
A full picture of how you think, learn and remember.
A clear next step
Whether that's cognitive rehabilitation, therapy or behaviour support.
Not sure where to start?
Send us the details and our clinical team will tell you how we can help, within 24 hours.
ASSESSMENTS
Assessments we provide
Comprehensive testing, written up so it can be used.
Diagnostic clarification
Is it ADHD, an intellectual disability, or the cognitive effects of severe depression? Conditions overlap, so we use comprehensive testing to separate them, and give the clarity needed to plan the right support.
Decision-making and capacity assessments
Clinical evidence for legal and medical decisions, including VCAT hearings, financial management orders and independent living.
Cognitive and learning assessments
Memory, processing speed, attention and executive function, with recommendations matched to that profile.
NDIS-aligned reporting
Cognitive barriers mapped to functional domains, in line with the NDIS operational guidelines, so the evidence supports funding decisions.
Cognitive rehabilitation
Ongoing intervention for specific needs, case by case, using your pattern of strengths and challenges to guide support.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Who is a neuropsychological assessment for?
Adults who need to understand how they think, learn and remember, with or without an NDIS plan.
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LED BY OUR DIRECTOR
Assessments led by a Clinical Neuropsychologist
Our neuropsychology service is led directly by our clinical director, a registered Clinical Neuropsychologist.
We look beyond the surface to measure how someone thinks, learns, remembers and decides, and where support is needed after the assessment, our psychology and behaviour support teams can put the recommendations in place.
Julian Vilsten, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Specialist Behaviour Support Practitioner, founder and clinical director
QUESTIONS
Questions we're often asked
Why would I need a neuropsychologist instead of a psychologist?
Psychologists mostly work on mental health and wellbeing through therapy. A clinical neuropsychologist asks a different question: how is the brain working, and how is that shaping everyday life? We measure skills like memory, processing speed and executive function (the planning, organising and switching-between-tasks side of thinking), so the assessment can explain why some things are harder than others and point to what's likely to help. We also provide cognitive rehabilitation, built around your own pattern of strengths and challenges.
Do you take non-NDIS referrals?
Yes. We accept private referrals for diagnostic and capacity assessments.
Is neuropsychology funded under the NDIS?
Yes. It's funded under Capacity Building, Improved Daily Living. Neuropsychology doesn't need to be named in your plan. If you have funds available in that category and an assessment would help with your goals, such as understanding your learning profile or showing the support you need, you can use your funding for it.
Do you provide ongoing therapy?
Sometimes. This service is mainly assessment, and we offer cognitive rehabilitation and ongoing work for specific needs, case by case. When longer-term support is needed, our psychology and positive behaviour support teams can pick up the recommendations and put them into practice with you.
How long is the wait?
Capacity for this service is limited. We review every referral by clinical urgency. If we can't see you within a clinically appropriate time, we'll tell you straight away.
Do you take every referral?
No, and we'd rather tell you early. Before we say yes, we check that our team has the right skills and experience for what's needed. If we don't, we'll say so straight away, so you're not left waiting on a provider who was never the right fit.
