About the Doc
Dr. Sydney Skaggs (she/her) is a licensed psychologist (in the State of Arkansas!) and residency- and fellowship-trained clinical neuropsychologist.
Sydney has a special interest in people and turned that curiousity into a passion for providing equitable mental healthcare and improving diagnostic accuracy (because context matters!). She has extensive training in identifying and diagnosing a broad range of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral conditions, diseases, and disorders — especially in folks who have historically been underserved and underrepresented. Sydney loves a good puzzle and specializes in complex differential diagnoses.
Her current clinical focus includes providing affirming care, increasing acceptability of late diagnoses of ADHD and autism, and compassionate evaluation services for serious mental illness and neurodegenerative disease.
In her never-enough free time, Sydney is an outsidey, aspiring cat lady who frequently forgets just how much she loves being a nerd.
What is a neuropsychologist?
A neuropsychologist is a diagnostician at heart. We are problem-solvers and puzzle-masters. We have extensive training in brain-behavior relationships where we take observed patterns of your behavior and map it onto what we know about brain function to identify differences and diagnose damage. We also use objective measures to measure cognitive skills to determine impairment. This means that we measure different thinking skills and compare those to how you should be performing and how other people similar to you perform.
Our diagnoses aren’t based on feelings or vibes. They are data-driven and evidence-informed.
Sound like what you’re looking for? Give us a call.
What People Are Saying
“astute observer of behavior”
“big sister energy”
“has a positive outlook and a healthy attitude towards life and her fellow human beings…optimistic but not naive”
“exceptional, ethical, and conscientious”
“a woman of strong composition”
“could be an enigma”
“a dedicated and perceptive individual who has a real commitment to helping others and insuring social justice”