Neuropsychological Associates

about neuropsychological associates

Neuropsychological Associates is comprised of 1 licensed psychologist with 2 years of post-doctoral training in neuropsychology and 2 Master's level practitioners. As the primary clinician, Dr. S. W. Anderson provides psychotherapeutic services from a Cognitive-Behavioral and eclectic perspective.

Dr. S. W. Anderson is available to perform comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations, provide cognitive remediation following stroke and other brain injuries, perform school assessments for specific Learning Disability and ADHD, dementia evaluations, and forensic evaluations. Populations served include children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric consumers. Individual and Group psychotherapy is also offered.

CURRENT RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS

Anderson, S. W. & Jackson, C. R. (2009). Differential diagnoses and treatment of behavioral disturbances associated with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: The case of T. R. Clinical Case Studies, 8(1), 14-24.

Anderson, S. W., Sutton, M. J., Brown, K. L., & Francis, N. (2009). Assessment of older driver abilities: The negative impact of anxiety on risk-taking behaviors. Manuscript submitted for publication in The Journal of Psychology.

Wilson, D. E., Foster, J. & Anderson, S. W. (2009). Racial socialization's moderating effect between poverty stress and psychological symptoms for African American youth. Journal of Black Psychology, 35, 102-124.

Anderson, S. W., & Moore, P. A. (2009). The impact of education and school-based counseling on children and adolescents’ views of substance abuse. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 18(1), 16-23. Research funded by Career Development Mini-grant provided by the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center and the PVAMU College of Juvenile Justice & Psychology.

Anderson, S. W., Sly, K., Hart, K., & Alexander, K. (2006). Differentiating between chronic and nonchronic juvenile offenders using the MMPI-A. Manuscript submitted for publication in Journal of Offender Rehabilitation (revisions pending).

Anderson, S. & Booker, M. (2006). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy versus psychosurgery for a refractory case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 18(1), 129.

Anderson, S. W., Gontkovsky, S. G., Sherer, M., Nakase-Thompson, R., High, W., & Sander, A. (2004). The effects of intrastate location on treatment compliance for TBI survivors. Journal of Cognitive Remediation, 22(4), 6-10.

Anderson, S. W. (2004, November). Self-esteem and racial identity of African American students attending predominantly white versus historically black institutions: Implications for institutions. Journal of African Studies. University of Houston: Houston, TX.