Dr. Amber Schaefer, Ph.D.

Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow*

Dr. Amber Schaefer is a bilingual (Spanish) postdoctoral fellow who specializes in providing neuropsychological evaluations for children, adolescents, and young adults. She has trained in a variety of settings, including children’s hospitals, academic medical centers, community clinics, and private practice. Dr. Schaefer specializes in assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), learning and communication disorders, and intellectual developmental disorder. She is skilled in assessing children with complex medical histories, including prematurity, stroke, epilepsy, brain tumors, cardiac transplant, and genetic conditions such as Turner, Klinefelter, and 22q11.2 deletion. Dr. Schaefer also has extensive experience delivering evidence-based individual and family therapy to clients across the lifespan.

Dr. Schaefer earned a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Arizona State University. She completed her predoctoral internship and a year of postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She also has an M.S. Ed. in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Miami and bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Florida.

Currently accepting referrals for neuropsychological evaluations and therapy.

*Dr. Schaefer is a pre-licensed professional providing services under the supervision of a licensed psychologist at The Nicholls Group.