Dr. Fox uses her decades long experience in neuropsychology to help you leverage your natural wiring to find pursuits that fit—and fulfill.
Strengths-Based Assessment and Bespoke Career Counseling
Stop guessing your path. Start understanding it. Research-backed insight to help you align your strengths, passions, and purpose.
Your strengths are your direction.
- What are you truly good at?
- Where do you want to invest your time?
- What motivates and energizes you?
- What brings you joy?
- What do you value most?
- When do you perform at your best?
- Which path is right for you?
At key moments in life, we’re asked to make important decisions: what to study, which career to pursue, or what comes next. These choices require clarity, insight, and intention. Dr. Fox provides objective, evidence-based answers to these questions, helping you move forward with confidence.
Whether you’re preparing for college, exploring career options, navigating a transition, or launching something new, Dr. Fox’s empirically validated assessments measure your values, interests, personality, and strengths—so you can make decisions with clarity and purpose.
About
Who is Dr. Laurie B. Fox?
Based in Los Angeles, and serving clients globally, Dr. Fox has specialized in neuropsychological assessment for adolescents and young adults for over twenty years. She has taught Adolescent Development at University of Southern California and owned a private neuropsychology practice specializing in mental health evaluations, specifically for teens and young adults.
Her approach is comprehensive and highly individualized. By identifying each client’s unique combination of values, interests, personality, and strengths, she provides a clear roadmap toward career satisfaction and personal fulfillment. Her evidence-based, bespoke evaluations offer deep insight into who you are, and how to align that with the right educational and career paths.
Beyond assessment, Dr. Fox takes a hands-on and relational approach to job seeking. She uses kindness, compassion, and positivity to help clients foster authentic, genuine connections to optimize their unique career objectives.
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Education & Areas of Expertise
Dr. Fox earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Southern California.
During her time at USC, she served as chief research assistant on an interdisciplinary study of reading disabilities, collaborating across psychology, linguistics, and computer science to examine subtypes of dyslexia in elementary school students. She also acted as an adjunct professor, teaching courses in adolescent and developmental psychology.
Following her doctoral training, Dr. Fox completed postdoctoral work in educational, attentional, and psychological assessment in Los Angeles. In 2004, she founded her private practice, specializing in psychological assessment for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use challenges, working with treatment centers including Visions Adolescent Treatment Center and The Canyon Treatment Center.
Since 2022, she has served as an assessment psychologist at Whole Child Neurodevelopment Group in Encino, where she specializes in diagnosing ADHD, learning disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and other mental health conditions in adolescents.
Her hobbies include playing tennis, and spending time with her husband, two college-age daughters (attending the University of Michigan and Georgetown University), and her miniature long-haired Dachshund, Winston.
Academic Publications
Freedman, L.B. (2001). The educational potential of the Internet: An analysis of adolescents’ abilities to search the Internet, gather, evaluate and retain health-related information. Dissertation. USC
Manis, F.R., Seidenberg, M.S., Stallings, L., Joanisse, M., Bailey, C., Freedman, L.B., Curtin, S., & Keating, P. (1999). Development of dyslexic subgroups: A one-year follow up. Annals of Dyslexia, 49, 105-134.
Sussman, S., Stacy, A.W., Ames, S.L., & Freedman, L.B. (1998). Self-reported high-risk locations of adolescent drug use. Addictive Behaviors, 23(3), 405-411.
Services
Strengths-Based Assessment
Every engagement begins with a comprehensive intake to understand each client’s goals and needs. Dr. Fox then designs a customized assessment battery tailored to the individual.
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Clients complete the assessments independently or together with Dr. Fox. She then analyzes the results and delivers a detailed report, followed by a feedback session outlining clear, actionable next steps.
These insights can guide decisions around college majors, career paths, job and internship opportunities—grounded in a deep understanding of who you are.
Bespoke Career Counseling
Dr. Fox approaches career development through the lens of relationships. Rather than relying solely on online applications, she helps clients build authentic, meaningful connections with potential employers.
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Her approach is hands-on, strategic, and highly personalized. She works with clients to:
- Clarify goals and priorities
- Identify and target aligned organizations
- Develop authentic outreach strategies
- Build and maintain professional relationships
Through compassionate, practical guidance, Dr. Fox empowers clients to navigate the job search with confidence—and to pursue opportunities that truly fit.
Kind Words
“Dr. Fox provided expert career counseling and academic guidance that helped me confidently choose my college major and minor. Her personalized approach gave me clarity about my educational goals and helped me feel excited and confident about my future career path.”
– College Student
“Dr. Fox’s supportive and approachable coaching style completely changed the way I view the job search process. She helped me define clear career goals, create a strategic job search plan, and feel empowered every step of the way. I now feel confident, focused, and in control of my professional future.”
– Job Seeker
“I reached out to Dr. Fox because I felt stuck in my current job and wanted to explore a more fulfilling career path. Through her career assessments and insightful coaching, I gained valuable clarity about my strengths, interests, and long-term goals. I’m incredibly grateful for her guidance and support during my career transition.”
– Considering a Career Change
“Working with Laurie was grounding and encouraging during a transitional moment in my career. She brings a warm and thoughtful energy to coaching conversations and helped me feel more confident navigating next steps.”
– Looking for a New Job
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