Comprehensive Brain Health Assessment & Consultation

A Comprehensive Assessment of Your Son’s Brain Health

This process is a comprehensive assessment of the biological, psychological, relational, and lifestyle factors that may be influencing your son’s brain health and daily functioning.

Through detailed conversations with parents and their son, targeted questionnaires, health and developmental history, clinical observation, and a review of relevant records, Kyle develops a whole-person picture of the young man—not simply a list of symptoms or diagnoses.

Kyle’s Clinical Elite Brain Health Certification through Amen University provides an additional framework for examining how sleep, nutrition, exercise, stress, attention, emotional health, relationships, technology use, substance use, medical history, and daily habits may be affecting the way your son thinks, feels, relates, and functions.

The goal is to identify both the factors that may be placing strain on his brain health and the strengths that can support healing, resilience, and healthier development.

What the Assessment Explores

A Brain Health Assessment looks beyond symptoms to consider the different factors that may be influencing how a young person thinks, feels, and functions.

Emotional & Psychological Health
Mood, anxiety, stress, emotional regulation, thought patterns, and other mental health concerns.

Attention & Executive Functioning
Focus, organization, impulsivity, motivation, follow-through, and decision-making.

Sleep & Energy
Sleep quality, sleep patterns, fatigue, recovery, and how rest may be affecting daily functioning.

Nutrition & Physical Health
Diet, hydration, movement, medical history, physical symptoms, and other factors that may influence brain and emotional health.

Medications & Substances
Current and past medications, supplements, caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, or other substances that may be relevant.

Technology & Digital Life
Gaming, social media, screen habits, online activity, and the role technology may be playing in mood, attention, relationships, and sleep.

Relationships & Family Dynamics
Family relationships, friendships, dating, communication patterns, conflict, connection, and social support.

Development & Life History
Developmental history, significant life experiences, school history, transitions, losses, trauma, and other factors that may have shaped current functioning.

Identity, Purpose & Environment
Values, confidence, belonging, faith or spirituality when relevant, school demands, athletics, responsibilities, and the broader environment surrounding the young person.

Brain Health & Function
When appropriate, information related to brain function and other biological factors is considered alongside the rest of the assessment—not in isolation.

Thoughtful, Thorough, Personalized

The Information Matters. So Does Understanding Your Son.

For more than a decade, Kyle Cruze, LMFT, has specialized in working with adolescent boys and their families. His experience includes residential treatment, private practice, parent support, and speaking to schools and community groups. Kyle understands the challenges young men face—and the importance of creating a space where they feel understood, respected, and able to speak honestly.

As a Marriage and Family Therapist, Kyle approaches each young person within the larger context of his family, relationships, experiences, health, and environment. His Clinical Elite Brain Health Certification through Amen University adds another layer to this whole-person perspective, helping him consider how emotional health, brain health, physical well-being, and daily habits may be working together. The result is an approach that looks beyond isolated symptoms to better understand the complete story of your son.

Fee and What’s Included

Comprehensive Brain Health Assessment & Consultation

Total package fee: $2,500

This package includes the time we spend together, the assessment and review completed between meetings, and a personalized plan for your son and family.

Parent consultation: A 90–120-minute conversation about your son’s history, strengths, current concerns, and your family’s questions.
Individual meetings: One or two meetings with your son to understand his experiences, daily habits, and goals.
Brain-health assessment: Parent and adolescent questionnaires and a review of emotional health, attention, sleep, lifestyle, relationships, and other relevant factors.
Review of relevant records: Consideration of available medical, psychological, educational, and treatment information.
Personalized written roadmap: A summary of findings, priorities, and recommendations tailored to your son and family.
Recommendations meeting: Time to review the roadmap, ask questions, and discuss practical next steps, with your son included when appropriate.

Ongoing counseling, outside evaluations, lab work, and brain imaging are not included in the package fee.

Already Working With Me?

If we are already working together, a Brain Health Assessment would not mean starting over.

Our previous work may already provide a meaningful understanding of your history, current concerns, family dynamics, treatment experiences, strengths, and areas where progress has been difficult. The assessment builds on that foundation while stepping back from the normal rhythm of therapy to examine the larger picture more systematically.

This may include reviewing and organizing what we already know, exploring areas that have not yet received enough attention, incorporating relevant records or assessment measures, and considering factors such as sleep, physical health, medications, previous illness or injury, lifestyle, relationships, and prior treatment.

Unlike an ordinary therapy session, the assessment is a defined process that concludes with a written Brain Health and Treatment Roadmap containing individualized priorities and recommendations.

Because some of the foundational work may already have been completed, established clients may qualify for a more focused assessment process and an adjusted fee. The specific scope and cost are determined individually before the assessment begins.

If you are curious whether this process could add something meaningful to our current work, you are welcome to ask about it during an upcoming session.

Is This the Right Fit for Your Family?

Reach out to discuss your concerns, ask questions, and explore whether this assessment is an appropriate next step for your son.

Ask About the Assessment

Frequently Asked Questions

The consultation includes a 90–120-minute meeting with parents, one or two individual meetings with your son, selected parent and adolescent questionnaires, and a review of relevant medical, psychological, educational, and treatment records. Your family will also receive a written Brain Health and Treatment Roadmap and a 60–90-minute recommendations meeting.
No. This consultation is not formal psychological, educational, or neuropsychological testing. It is a comprehensive clinical consultation designed to bring together the information your family already has, identify meaningful patterns, clarify priorities, and develop practical recommendations.
Diagnosis may be discussed when it is clinically appropriate and within Kyle’s professional scope. However, the primary purpose of this consultation is not simply to assign another diagnosis. The goal is to develop a clearer understanding of your son’s needs, strengths, and most helpful next steps.
In most cases, meeting directly with your son is an important part of understanding his experiences, concerns, strengths, and goals. Kyle will work with parents to determine how to introduce the process and how much the young person should participate in the final recommendations meeting.
No. Brain imaging is not included or required. If imaging appears worth considering, Kyle can discuss that option with your family. Any SPECT scan or other medical imaging would be completed and interpreted separately by qualified outside medical professionals.
Most consultations are completed within approximately three to five weeks after the interviews, questionnaires, and requested records have been received. The timeline may vary depending on scheduling and the amount of information being reviewed.
No. This service is intended to complement—not automatically replace—your son’s existing care. The consultation may clarify how current services fit together, identify gaps, and offer questions or recommendations to discuss with his providers.
With appropriate written authorization, Kyle may coordinate with existing therapists, physicians, school professionals, or other providers when doing so would support the consultation. More extensive collaboration or ongoing case coordination may require a separate agreement and fee.
Ongoing counseling may be possible when clinically appropriate and when Kyle has availability. The consultation does not guarantee an opening for continued therapy, but recommendations will include appropriate options for ongoing support.
Kyle does not participate directly with insurance companies. Documentation may be provided for families who wish to pursue possible out-of-network reimbursement, but reimbursement is determined by each insurance plan and cannot be guaranteed.