Dr Rekha Barthélémy — Clinical neuropsychologist
A practice grounded in neuroscience and clinical experience.
Attention, memory, learning, neurodevelopment, acquired cognitive disorders, degenerative disease: I assess, I explain and I support — from childhood to old age.
Consultations
A neuropsychological assessment is not a verdict: it is a map. It shows how your brain — or that of someone close to you — works, where the strengths lie, where the obstacles are, and what to do next. Above all it gives us the starting point for tailoring the support that follows, and building it with you.
What I offer
Understanding is already progress. Every assessment brings clear answers, then concrete solutions: accommodations, strategies, and bearings for the person and for those around them. It is this support — grounded in neuroscience and clinical experience — that turns a finding into real change.
01 Assess
The starting point: measuring what works, what is limited, and understanding where it comes from.
Learning difficulties, attention, memory, language. Identification of ADHD, specific learning disorders, autism spectrum conditions and developmental delay.
Get in touchMemory complaints, stroke or traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, neurodegenerative disease, and cognitive difficulties linked to stress or burnout.
Get in touch02 Support
Results become concrete actions, measurable progress and a lighter daily life — for the person and for those around them.
Rehabilitation and stimulation sessions, compensatory strategies, psychoeducation. We work on what gets in the way day to day, not on a score.
Get in touchParent guidance, practical adjustments at home, support for those close by: understanding what has changed, adapting without burning out, putting relief in place.
Get in touch03 Intervene
An opinion that holds up before an institution, an employer or a court.
School and workplace adjustments, job retention, team awareness: the support given to schools, employers and local authorities in adapting a pathway.
See collaborationsAssessing performance validity, distinguishing genuine impairment from exaggeration, and producing a reasoned opinion. A practice shaped by a doctorate devoted to response bias, by the law of expert assessment, and by formative experience within a forensic assessment practice in California.
See the researchA question about one of these services, or unsure which would suit you?
Talk it through with mePatient journey
A path designed so that every appointment moves things forward, never a formality: at any moment you know what has just been done, what comes next, and what each conclusion rests on.
01
You write or call, and I reply within three working days. I take stock of your concerns, check what you need, tell you how I can help, and propose a plan of action.
02
An exploration of your history: development, life course, schooling, medical background. It provides the anchor point that will guide the reading of every analysis that follows.
03
The testing itself, one to one. The battery of cognitive tests is chosen according to age and to the difficulty already identified, then adjusted along the way as I observe. From one to several sessions, always at your own pace.
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After an in-depth statistical analysis of every result and its clinical interpretation, we meet again: with the detailed written report in hand, I answer your questions and propose a plan of action.
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Targeted exercises and compensatory strategies to retrain what can be retrained and work around the rest. Alongside these: school or workplace adjustments, practical recommendations for home, support for the family, and referral to the right health professionals.
Would you like to begin this journey?
Request an appointmentNeurêkha! podcast
“A dopamine dealer, ready to inject your dose of serotonin and spice up your curiosity.” Two seasons already, with a third arriving in September. Produced by Tann Audio.
An Apple Podcasts Editors’ Choice in January 2025, the show reached no. 1 in the Life Sciences category on the platform, and made the top 10 in Switzerland, Belgium and Madagascar.
All episodes
An episode idea, or a collaboration around the podcast?
Contact meCollaboration
Companies, public institutions or local authorities: pick a topic and I will propose a format — workshop, seminar, talk, training or consulting. Sessions are delivered in French or English, in person or remotely, and every format is built around your objectives and your audience.
Training
Medical, allied-health, educational and social teams: spotting neurodevelopmental disorders, understanding cognitive functioning, and the stance to adopt when supporting someone. From half a day to three days, with clinical cases.
For: healthcare providers, schools, social services, training organisations.
A training need, a talk to schedule, a project needing scientific grounding?
Request a programmeEvents
For the general public, families, clinicians, students, companies and professionals, as well as at cultural events — in Martinique and abroad — I share my passion for neuroscience.
Dubai Arbitration Week 2025
Ritz-Carlton DIFC · Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFrench title: L’autisme au-delà de l’évident
Hoopfull · onlineThis list gathers publicly documented engagements. Are you organising a study day, a festival, a training course? Write to me
Are you organising a study day, a festival, a public event?
Propose an engagementMedia
A press enquiry, a studio appearance, a podcast?
Press enquiriesResearch
Les biais de réponse en neuropsychologie : de l’évaluation à l’identification. Université de Lille, laboratoire SCALab (UMR CNRS 9391).
Reference: 2018LILUH031
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A scientific collaboration, a review, a research project?
Discuss itThe notebook
Short briefings on cognitive functioning, memory, attention, executive functions, development and ageing, as well as on support — to guide you through your own cognitive health.
Signposts
Forgetting an appointment is not alarming in itself. What matters is repetition, day-to-day disruption and what those close to you notice. Three simple signposts for knowing when to seek advice.
Childhood
An assessment is not looking for a “disruptive” child. It measures sustained attention, inhibition and working memory — and separates what stems from a disorder from what stems from context.
Carers
Supporting someone whose brain has changed takes energy, and above all relief. What research says about carer burden, and what actually helps.
A topic you would like to see covered?
Suggest a topicBackground & expertise
A clinical neuropsychologist of Martinican origin, with a PhD in neuropsychology. I learned this profession on neurology wards, taught it at university, and now share it with the widest possible audience.
Professional experience Education
Since 2020
CEMEDIPP — Centre médical et psycho-pédagogique · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
General management — business development and partnerships, human and financial resources, operations, supervision of the administrative team, and coordination of the clinical team and the care pathway.
Clinical — neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents and adults, cognitive rehabilitation, family guidance and interdisciplinary coordination of follow-up.
7 years
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Hospital · Lille, France
Assessments in general neurology and in the memory clinic: multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, ADHD, and support through neurodegenerative disease. Clinical research (NILVAD, BICAMS) and supervision of trainees.
7 years
PARCSeP — plateforme régionale · Lille, France
Assessment and support for patients and families, coordination of the mental health pathway, and talks for the public and for clinicians.
7 years
Institut catholique de Lille · Lille, France
Cognitive psychology, psychometrics, statistics, forensic neuropsychology, neuroscience of neurodegenerative disease, psychopathology of MS and Parkinson's.
Doctorate
Université de Lille, SCALab laboratory (UMR CNRS 9391) · Lille, France
Thesis on response bias in neuropsychology: from assessment to identification.
University diploma
Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie · Paris, France
The legal framework of expert assessment, alongside clinical training.
Master’s degree
Université de Lille · Lille, France
Specialising in cognitive rehabilitation and peri-surgical assessment.
Bachelor’s degree
University of California · Santa Barbara, USA
Undergraduate degree
Université Victor-Segalen · Bordeaux, France
My areas of expertise
A path built across hospital, university and international practice — including several years of multicultural, English-speaking work with families from all over the world.
A question about my background, or a collaboration in mind?
Contact mePrendre contact
Describe your request in a few lines. I reply within three working days to arrange a first conversation, in which we will discuss your concerns and the plan of action I can propose.
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