What Can I Expect?
Preliminary Consultation
Reaching out to ask for help takes courage, and sometimes you may find you're not even sure what to ask for. For this reason, a first step is a compliment phone consultation to help you on your way, and clarify what your particular needs may be. In an initial phone consultation, Dr. Laura can help to clarify what you may need, and start the process forward to gaining your fresh start.
Initial Evaluation
Therapy is guided by a comprehensive evaluation that lasts from 1 to 1 1/2 hours, depending on the client. Your personal needs and priorities are central, and while the evaluation provides clear clinical guidance, we determine your goals together and choose actionable, real-life applications at the start of treatment.
Therapy Program
Each person's therapy program is tailored, but in general, will begin with therapeutic training and instruction in specific techniques, strategies, and exercises that are designed to help you meet your goals as quickly as possible. Treatment approaches, frequency, and timing will depend on your needs, and your individual availability and requirements.
Family/Caregiver Education and Training
For some, having family come alongside you in treatment is a crucial element to improvement. This is particularly true in patients with neurologic disorders that may require a family member to serve as an advocate and therapeutic training partner throughout the process. Depending on diagnosis and severity, options for gaining the help of other family members as therapeutic surrogates can be extremely beneficial.
Individual Home Exercises
For all patients and clients, a daily regimen of exercises and application tasks is fundamental and crucial for success in therapy. From day one, Dr. Laura will give you the steps you need to make your fresh start.