Our Services
Neuropsychological Consulting Australia specializes in comprehensive cognitive assessments, tailored rehabilitation strategies, and expert consultation for conditions such as dementia, brain injury, concussion, and stroke. Dr. Grima provides compassionate, evidence-based care to support cognitive health and quality of life.
Neuropsychological Assessment
Dr. Grima specializes in diagnosing cognitive impairments and brain injuries resulting from neurological, psychiatric, developmental, or acquired conditions. With over a decade of experience, she has worked with a wide range of conditions, including:
Dementia: Alzheimer's dementia, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Mild cognitive impairment
Acquired brain injuries: Stroke, traumatic brain injury
Autoimmune disorders: Multiple sclerosis
Metabolic conditions: Heart disease, diabetes
Developmental conditions: Intellectual disability, learning disorders, ADHD in adults
Psychiatric conditions: Major depressive disorder, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders
Dr. Grima also has extensive experience working with interpreters and tailoring assessments for individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Decision Making Capacity Assessments
Dr. Grima provides specialized assessments to determine whether a cognitive disability affects an individual’s ability to make informed financial, medical, or lifestyle decisions, such as choosing between aged care placement or remaining at home.
She also conducts assessments to evaluate testamentary capacity, determining an individual’s ability to create or amend their will.
Comprehensive decision-making capacity (DMC) reports can be prepared to support applications to VCAT or other relevant legal proceedings.
Sleep and Fatigue Management
Dr. Grima has extensive experience diagnosing and treating sleep disorders such as insomnia, shift work disorder, and delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD). Using cognitive-behavioral and acceptance and commitment therapy frameworks, she applies gold-standard treatments to improve sleep.
She also specializes in managing sleep and fatigue disorders following traumatic brain injuries and stroke, having served as a clinician in a world-first clinical trial at Monash University for patients with acquired brain injuries.
