Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

I attend practicum training and have clinical experience working with adults diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injuries at Bancroft, an Outpatient Rehabilitation facility in New Jersey.

I have worked with individuals and families recovering from traumatic brain injury for over 20 years. I offer online psychology services designed to connect your recovery plan to your home environment and help you heal, grow and re-engage with your life. I am happy to work with you individually, but also work with a team of allied health professionals to help with complex neurological and orthopedic injuries with a full suite of outpatient telerehabilitation services.

I am a Clinical Trauma Professional (CTP) that utilizes evidence-based approaches such as CBT to assist clients with Traumatic Brain Injuries to navigate the physical and psychological symptoms of their injuries.

TBI's have been vastly overlooked and downplayed in their affect on individuals lives. I've seen it firsthand with clients I have helped, and I'm here to provide that validation, as well as concrete action steps to increase your cognitive functioning. TBI's can be tough, but with the right support and guidance, I'm confident you can overcome those limitations to enjoy life again with your friends and family and overall functioning. Let me help you and bring you some hope on this journey!

There can be many causes of Traumatic Brain Injury, and can result in long lasting effects. I provide accommodations in therapy personalized to the individual to reduce the stress and physical symptoms someone might be experiencing as a result of a TBI. I participate in the Ohio Brain Injury Advisory Committee, collaborate with the Ohio Domestic Violence Network's TBI initiatives, and provide education on TBIs and accommodations in professional settings.

At Nelmar Centers, we approach the diagnostic process with extreme dedication and determination. Our first and primary goal in working with a concussion is to establish what cognitive domains have been compromised and how the injury has affected the overall psychological functioning. We also use a qEEG brain scan as a supplemental measure to examine the areas of the brain that are functionally out of balance.

Navigating the world after acquiring a brain injury is no easy process. Everything about the way that you feel to the new life-style accommodations can flip your world upside down. I help my client's process their new challenges, and act as a teammate to create a new plan for success while adapting to their new needs.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can show up in a variety of different ways, and can often be accompanied by changes in mood, self-concept, and social functioning even years after the injury occurs. I take a strengths-based feminist approach to understanding how disability and neurodivergence as a result of TBI might be showing up in your life. I believe that co-creating clear, practical skills, and integration of identity changes can be deeply healing in the therapy space.

I work with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivors - with an understanding there is more to human beings than being labeled "brain injury". I have experience as a therapist in outpatient neurology and inpatient/ICU. I created/facilitated the THINK B.I.G. Brain Injury Group weekly Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) group for Brain Injury Survivors , am connected with Center for Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT) & LoveYourBrain Foundation. [I am a Brain Injury Survivor myself]