Psychology services for cognitive assessment, rehabilitation, therapy & brain health support
Welcome
I'm Rory Fischer, a registered psychologist with a special interest in cognition and the brain. At Sunshine Coast Cognitive Health, I help adults understand their cognitive strengths and difficulties, recover after injury or illness, look after their mental health and wellbeing, and take practical, evidence-based steps to protect their brain health as they age.
Whether you're seeking answers about a diagnosis, recovering from a brain injury or stroke, noticing changes in cognitive ability such as memory, language, attention, processing speed and problem solving, or simply want to look after your long-term brain health, I offer a clear, personalised, and unhurried approach.
How can I help?
My work spans connected areas of care: understanding how your mind is working (cognitive assessment), supporting you to manage cognitive changes (cognitive rehabilitation), helping you look after your cognition as you age (brain health support), and caring for your mental health and wellbeing (psychological therapy).
Cognitive assessment
A thorough evaluation of how your mind is working. Measuring domains of memory, attention, visual-spatial ability, fluid reasoning, processing speed, executive functioning, language, and more. Assessments can clarify your cognitive profile and be used to make or support the diagnosis of conditions such as intellectual disability, specific learning disorders, acquired brain injury, and dementia.
Cognitive rehabilitation
Practical, personalised support for living well with cognitive difficulties. Centred on strategies to retrain and compensate around cognitive problems such as memory, language, problem solving, processing speed, or attention in everyday life, alongside psychological support and working towards the goals that matter to you. This work also often draws on the same brain-health and lifestyle approaches used in prevention.
Psychological therapy
Evidence-based therapy for your mental health and wellbeing. Supporting you with difficulties such as anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and adjustment to change, drawing on approaches including acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and mindfulness. This can be your sole focus, or sit alongside assessment and rehabilitation when how you feel matters as much as how you think.
Brain health support
A forward-looking program focused on the modifiable lifestyle factors linked to improving and maintaining long-term brain health. Covering areas such as physical activity, sleep, alcohol, mood, stress, digital brain training, and staying mentally and socially active. Helping you build cognitive reserve and address the areas of risk and opportunity that matter most for you, through structured, supported, and achievable change.