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About Us

The Stixrud Group is a group of neuropsychologists and clinical psychologists who specialize in the evaluation of children, adolescents and adults with learning, attention, social or emotional difficulties. We are committed to the alleviation of suffering for our clients and their families by removing any blocks to their experiencing happiness and fulfillment in life. We believe this is accomplished by helping our clients understand themselves. Our goal is to use our professional knowledge and skills to help people achieve educational and professional success, emotional healing and interpersonal harmony in their relationships.

Our founder, Dr. Bill Stixrud, has said, “It is my belief that people are always doing the best they can at any given time.”

This principle underlies the work we do at The Stixrud Group. We begin with the assumption that our clients, including children, adolescents, and adults, are doing the best they can, and that they come to us when, despite doing their best, they are not reaching their goals, whether those goals are broad (feeling happy, satisfied, or effective) or specific (succeeding in school or the work environment, having a rewarding home life, gaining new skills).

We further believe that the people who surround and support our clients, including parents, other family members, teachers, and any professionals with whom they work, also are doing the best they can, and that it is painful to see your child, spouse, parent, student, or friend struggle. Our evaluations are intended to help our clients identify their own strengths, which they can use to grow and move forward, as well as the factors which are interfering with their success. In addition, we provide our clients with personalized, actionable strategies for moving forward, including identifying supports which can be provided by those around them.

Finally, we prioritize staying at the forefront of research, and integrating scientific advances into our practice.

As a group we understand that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We nourish wholeness by nourishing our sense of community and honoring the individual parts that create the whole. We honor differences in opinion as a key to creativity in the practice. While each individual psychologist has his/her own style, we are also able to benefit from a varied skill and interest set that each individual brings to the group.  We meet together monthly for discussion and presentations often by the leading researchers and clinicians in the Washington metro area; we also have the benefit of informal peer mentoring on a daily basis.  We believe that this dynamic interplay allows us to stay at the “cutting edge” of our field.

The Primary Components of the Stixrud Practice

• NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
  Neuropsychological evaluations determined by a client’s needs and particular problems. Our Clinical Care Managers will often consult with our neuropsychologists, to determine what type of evaluation is needed.
• CONSULTATIONS
  Meetings to discuss concerns. We will spend time meeting with you, allowing us the opportunity to come up with the best course of action.
• EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
  Staying on the forefront of research and committing to educating the community about the latest developments in our field. We are guided by a strong sense of moral responsibility to disseminate knowledge which we aim to fulfill by providing lectures and trainings, as well as through publishing our findings and insights.

Allied Services

• SCHOOL ADMISSIONS TESTING
  Conducting sufficient testing to equip parents to proceed with the school application process with all the necessary documentation. We provide this service in a timely manner, which includes the written report.
• EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING
  Helping families navigate pathways from early childhood through young adulthood.