Navigating Neuropsychology

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 "fixing reflex," where providers mistakenly try to pressure or dictate solutions to patients. We outline the four core processes – engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning – while emphasizing the use of OARS skills: open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries. A significant portion of the discussion provides practical strategies for neuropsychologists to adapt these techniques for patients with cognitive impairments or during feedback sessions. Ultimately, we highlight how MI is a humanistic approach that respects patient autonomy and aligns recommendations with an individual's personal values.
Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/190
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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
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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, neuropsychiatric symptoms in PPA, neuropsychological assessment of PPA patients, and current available treatments.
Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/188
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Today we give you our discussion with Dr. Yana Suchy about her role as Editor-in-Chief for the journal, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, or TCN.
Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/187
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Today we give you our discussion with Dr. Yana Suchy about executive functioning and everyday living, centering on her work with the Contextually Valid Executive Assessment (or ConVExA) model.
Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/186
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