Neuropsychological Assessment

Pacific Brain Health & Wellness offers neuropsychological testing in West Seattle for adults experiencing changes in memory, attention, language, problem-solving, or daily functioning. Evaluations are designed to clarify cognitive strengths and weaknesses, support medical decision-making, and provide practical recommendations for next steps.

What is neuropsychological testing?

Neuropsychology is a specialty within psychology that focuses on understanding brain-behavior relationships. Neuropsychological assessment is a comprehensive evaluation that helps you understand personal strengths and weaknesses in different thinking skills like memory, attention, and language.

These evaluations can help you understand your current cognitive abilities and get tailored recommendations to improve your daily life. Neuropsychological assessment is also sometimes used to help your medical providers better understand your medical conditions and whether your symptoms might fit with certain disorders (e.g., dementia) or to establish a baseline if there are concerns about future worsening of symptoms.

Who should get a neuropsychological assessment?

Anyone who is noticing significant changes in their thinking abilities or their ability to complete their normal daily tasks might benefit from a neuropsychological assessment. Some conditions where people commonly benefit from a neuropsychological assessment include:

• Concussion/Traumatic brain injury

• Alzheimer’s disease/Dementia

• Parkinson’s disease

• Stroke

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

• Chronic illness

• Long COVID

• Cognitive changes in aging

You are encouraged to talk about the possibility of getting a neuropsychological assessment with your current medical providers to get their input on whether a neuropsychological assessment is a good fit for you at this time.

What are the benefits of getting a neuropsychological assessment?

Neuropsychological assessment can help you, your loved ones, and your medical team better understand your cognitive symptoms and how to address them. This type of evaluation can help your medical team clarify any diagnoses related to your cognitive concerns and recommend appropriate interventions. This evaluation can also help you learn targeted strategies to improve your thinking skills through addressing things like mental health symptoms, sleep difficulties, and pain. Our clinic also offers Cognitive Rehabilitation services which focus developing specific tools to compensate for the difficulties you are having.

What does a neuropsychological assessment include?

1. Review of medical records.

2. An intake appointment to learn about your concerns. If you would like to have a family member or friend join you to share their perspective on your symptoms, you are welcome to do so.

3. Several hours of standardized testing to evaluate your thinking skills in areas including memory, attention, language, problem solving, rapid processing of information, visual processing, and motor coordination.

4. A feedback session/discussion of your results including tailored recommendations to help improve your symptoms.

Consultation with referring providers and a comprehensive testing report is also included the evaluation.

At Pacific Brain Health & Wellness, cognitive testing occurs in-person at our office in West Seattle, but all other portions of the evaluation are available via telehealth, if preferred.

Conditions neuropsychological testing can help evaluate

Neuropsychological assessment can be helpful for people with cognitive changes related to concussion, traumatic brain injury, stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, ALS, chronic illness, Long COVID, and other neurological or medical conditions.

It may also be useful when someone is experiencing changes in memory, attention, language, organization, problem-solving, or the ability to complete normal daily tasks.

What happens during a neuropsychological evaluation?

A neuropsychological evaluation usually includes an intake interview, review of relevant medical or educational records, several hours of cognitive testing, scoring and interpretation of results, and a feedback session to review findings and recommendations.

Testing is tailored to the referral question and may include measures of memory, attention, language, processing speed, executive functioning, visuospatial skills, mood, and daily functioning.

Neuropsychological testing for adults in Seattle

Our neuropsychological assessment services are offered in person in West Seattle. Intake and feedback appointments may be available virtually when appropriate. We commonly work with adults who are seeking a clearer understanding of cognitive changes, neurological symptoms, recovery after injury, or changes in daily functioning.

Memory, dementia, concussion, stroke, and brain injury evaluations

Neuropsychological testing can help clarify the pattern and severity of cognitive changes after concussion, traumatic brain injury, stroke, dementia, or other neurological conditions. Results can help patients, families, and medical providers better understand what is happening and what supports or treatment recommendations may be appropriate.

How long does neuropsychological testing take?

The total time depends on the complexity of the evaluation and the questions being addressed. Most evaluations include an intake appointment, several hours of in-person testing, record review, report writing, and a feedback appointment to discuss results and recommendations.

Cost and insurance

Neuropsychological assessments typically range from $3,500 to $5,500 depending on the complexity of the evaluation. Pacific Brain Health & Wellness is not currently in-network with most insurance plans, but we can provide a bill that you may submit to your insurance for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Coverage is not guaranteed, and payment is required at the time of service.

How to schedule a neuropsychological assessment

Call our clinic at (206) 880-1851 or click the button below to schedule a free 15-minute consultation. During the consultation, one of our providers can learn more about your concerns and help determine whether neuropsychological testing is the right fit.