Barbara Couvadelli, Clinical Neuropsychologist — therapist at ThriveTalk

Barbara Couvadelli

Clinical Neuropsychologist

20+ years

Updated August 20, 2026 How we verify

About

Barbara Couvadelli, PhD, is a fellowship-trained adult and pediatric clinical neuropsychologist and founder of Neuro-Psychology Practice, with offices in New York, NY and Iselin, NJ. She holds a PhD in Behavioral Medicine/Clinical Health Psychology with a specialization in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, completed an APA-approved internship in clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation, a predoctoral fellowship in cognitive rehabilitation at the NYU Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation, and a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in adult and pediatric neuropsychology at JFK Medical Center. She previously headed Pediatric Neuropsychology at JFK Medical Center, NJ and holds an appointment as Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences. Her practice focuses on neuropsychological and educational testing, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and cognitive rehabilitation for children, adults, and older adults.

Services

  • Neuropsychological Testing and Evaluation
  • ADHD
  • Autism
  • Cognitive Rehabilitation
  • Health and Sports Psychology
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Depression
  • PTSD/trauma
  • Insomnia
  • Executive dysfunction
  • Developmental disorders
  • Learning disabilities
  • Behavioral issues
  • Dementia
  • Chronic pain
  • Oppositional defiant disorder
  • Relationship issues
  • School issues
  • Epilepsy
  • Concussion/traumatic brain injury
  • Brain tumors
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Mindfulness-based interventions
  • Executive functioning coaching
  • Neuropsychological testing
  • Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

State licenses

  • New York · License #019337 · Psychologist Active

    expires 2029-08-31

Reputation

4.6 / 5 across 57 reviews Mixed
  • Healthgrades Rated 3.4 / 5 5 reviews
  • Sharecare Rated 5 / 5 1 review
  • RateMDs Rated 4.9 / 5
  • Vitals Rated 4.7 / 5 51 reviews

What clients praise

  • Calm, empathetic demeanor
  • Explains conditions clearly
  • Strong clinical/testing skill
  • Easy scheduling (per some reviewers)

Common critiques

  • Scheduling difficulties reported by a minority of reviewers
  • Lack of follow-up contact cited in at least one review

In the field

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 17 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Identity anchor: name, credentials, practice name, locations, contact, specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, insurance, languages, photo (psychologytoday.com)

NPPES registry

provider website (practice bio)

provider website (contact)

web search aggregation

web search snippet (NJ Board of Psychological Examiners minutes)

  • 2011 mention of failed oral exam and active three-year supervised temporary permit; could not confirm via direct PDF parse (njconsumeraffairs.gov)

OpenSanctions aggregator

Healthgrades directory

  • 3.4/5 rating from 5 reviews; scheduling/follow-up complaints noted; generic photo (no real photo hosted) (healthgrades.com)

Sharecare directory

WebMD directory

  • 0 ratings; conflicting bio (University of Virginia School of Medicine, 15 years experience) inconsistent with practice-site bio (doctor.webmd.com)

web search snippet (RateMDs)

  • 4.9/5 rating (page itself returned HTTP 403, unverified directly) (ratemds.com)

web search snippet (Vitals)

  • 4.7/5 rating from 51 ratings (page itself returned HTTP 403, unverified directly) (vitals.com)

web search snippet (npiprofile/docbios aggregator)

LinkedIn

  • Professional profile exists for Dr. Barbara Couvadelli, New York City Metropolitan Area (linkedin.com)

Facebook

  • Profile exists under matching name (identity not independently confirmed beyond name match) (facebook.com)

publisher record (Springer)

organization webinar listing

  • Webinar appearance on neuropsychological functioning in neurofibromatosis (nfmidwest.org)
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