Navigating Neuropsychology

This conversation explores Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for people with brain injuries. The discussion covers the philosophical and theoretical grounding of ACT, its six core therapeutic processes, examples of cognitive defusion, metaphors to use with patients, cultura ...  Show more

Today we give you a role play where Dr. Daniel Mullin takes on the part of a neuropsychologist who is engaging in motivational interviewing with a patient who is considering a behavior change. The patient is played by Ryan and the behavior change is whether or not to use a contin ...  Show more

This conversation explores Motivational Interviewing (MI), a clinical communication style designed to help patients resolve ambivalence and find internal motivation for healthy behavior changes. The discussion contrasts MI's collaborative guiding style with the counterproductive ...  Show more

Today, we chat with Dr. Emily Rogalski about the Healthy Aging & Alzheimer's Research Care Center, or HAARC, at the University of Chicago. She also provides a brief update about her SuperAging research. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/189 _________________ If you'd l ...  Show more

This episode is a conversation about primary progressive aphasia (PPA). We discuss the definition of PPA, the three widely used subtypes, common clinical symptoms, neuroanatomy and proteinopathies, epidemiology, overlap/differences between PPA and Alzheimer's disease, neuropsychi ...  Show more