VivianAkerib, M.A.
Member of the Order of Psychologists of Québec (OPQ)
Our Services
- Clinical Psychologist with specialization in Neuropsychology.
- Member of the Order of Psychologists of Québec (OPQ).
- Clinical training at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Jewish General Hospital Family Psychiatric Institute, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Concordia University and McGill University.
- Extensive clinical and research experience from pre-school children to seniors diagnosed with various neurological and psychiatric conditions.
- Children, adolescents, adults.
- French and English Testing.
Assessments
- Psycho-educational Neuropsychological
- Attention Problems with or without Hyperactivity (ADD/ADHD)
- Learning Disabilities (e.g., reading and language, math skills)
- Autism (e.g., ADOS & ADI-r for Autism, PDD, Autism Spectrum Disorder)
- Memory problems
- Traumatic brain injury (e.g., road collisions, sports injuries, work related accidents, stroke, cerebral-vascular disease)
Psychotherapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Anger Management
- Panic attacks
- Agoraphobia and other
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
A clinical neuropsychologist…
- Determines how functional skills change and impact daily life as a result of cognitive limitations or brain dysfunction from injury and/or disease.
- Brings together psychosocial history, personality, medical and physical health history, and mechanisms of brain injury in order to make sense of present mental functioning and clinical presentation.
- Uses scientifically validated, objective tests to formally examine mental processes such as:
- Attention
- Complex Reasoning
- Language
- Reading
- Memory
- Problem-Solving
- Visual-Spatial Analysis
- Motor Performance
Parenting skills & Coaching
- Coaching to manage behavioral issues, reduced arguing and improve attention and compliance.
Psychotherapy Approach
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is based on the idea that how we think (cognition), feel (emotion), and act (behavior) interact together.
- Certain thoughts or ways of interpreting the world can cause emotional distress or result in behavioral problems.
- The object of CBT is to discover the biased and irrational thinking that leads to emotional problems and to help the client take control over his or her thinking processes and perceptions in such a way that will lead to increased well-being.