Being at the leading edge of Neuropsychology for over 20 years, we have witnessed firsthand the incredible advancements in neuroscience. Despite profound progress in understanding the brain and its relationship with behavior, there remains a gap in taking academic knowledge and translating it into practical therapeutic, educational, and long-term life solutions.
It is with this pervasive challenge in mind that we have built the foundational pillars of our Neuropsychology practice and the core approach to our assessment and therapeutic intervention. Simply put, NeuroSense takes complex principles and translates them into tangible, pragmatic, and actionable steps. Academic understanding alone and conclusions of the “what” without a deep dive into the “why” and “how” can result in expensive testing or therapeutic interventions that can potentially hold limited value.
At NeuroSense Psychology, we target healthy brain development by bridging innovative advancements with individualized behavioral change. It is our pleasure to offer a central resource hub for emerging knowledge and relevant approaches.
Our Philosophy
First and foremost, we entered this field with the passion and commitment to make a difference in people’s lives. We pride ourselves on our “Super Powers” of immeasurable patience, flexibility, transparency, intuition, accuracy, attunement, expertise, and innovative thinking.
It is our ultimate goal is to clearly explain and use what we learn about the brain to create actionable solutions that make sense in the scheme of a whole life. Because we strongly feel we have a problem of “generalization” in our field — one of figuring out the “how to” of applying insight and awareness gained through testing and therapy into real-time daily life — we have needed to become experts at thinking creatively when solving for the limitations and barriers people face in making more significant progress.
Our first priority is to ensure that referral questions are clearly addressed, priorities established, and real-time actions taken toward healing and growth.
Our Approach
To Assessment…
Based on precise assessment results, we create personalized recommendations and road maps for our clients. These “growth journeys” serve as a progressive guidepost to help our clients evolve and are intended to establish a lifetime foundation for balance and health. We recognize that understanding test results, what drives behavior, learning to make changes, and pursuing recommended solutions is an evolving and dynamic process requiring oversight and guidance. Therefore, our assessments do not end with a single testing event. It is our job to ensure follow-through and ongoing collaboration.
To Therapy…
At NeuroSense Psychology, the approach to treatment is goal-oriented and solution focused. When treating children and adolescents, there is close collaboration with family members, and their involvement is expected so that the entire system and all moving pieces can be addressed. Parent coaching is always weaved in. The process of forming goals is collaborative, and progress toward goals is regularly reviewed with deliberate and informed fine-tuning toward success.
Our Team
Jonine Nazar-Biesman, Psy.D., ABPdN
Chief NeuropsychologistDr. Jonine Nazar-Biesman specializes in assessing and treating children, adolescents, and young adults with neuro-developmental disorders such as Autism, ADHD, and learning differences and associated social-emotional and educational challenges.
Shirly Barnaj
Office ManagerShirly Barnaj is an experienced office manager for NeuroSense working with Dr. Jonine Nazar Biesman since 2010. Driven by passion she takes pride in providing the best experience possible for parents and kids. As a office manager, she is your go to person for all scheduling, billing, and any questions or any concerns you may have. Her goals are to make sure all Neurosense clients are happy and feel as if they are taken care of like family.
Outside the office, Shirly Barnaj is a mother of 3 and understands the joys and hardships of parenthood.
On her personal time, she enjoys yoga and relaxing on the couch watching movies.
Michelle Inga, PsyD, MA
Clinical PsychologistDr. Michelle Inga is a licensed clinical psychologist and current Neuropsychology Fellow at NeuroSense Psychology, where she works with children, adolescents, and adults across a broad range of neurological and psychological presentations. Her clinical focus is rooted in pediatric neuropsychology, with extensive experience evaluating and supporting individuals with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), learning differences, depression, and anxiety. She also brings experience in forensic psychology and traumatic brain injury (TBI) assessment.
Dr. Inga approaches her work through an integrative, whole-person lens, drawing on a range of evidence-based frameworks including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to tailor her conceptualization and care to each individual client. She believes that understanding the full context of a person’s life, history, and strengths is essential to meaningful and effective treatment.
Dr. Inga earned her Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD) from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. She completed her doctoral internship through the Mid-Atlantic Internship Consortium in Washington, D.C., gaining experience across diverse clinical settings. Throughout her practicum training, she worked in both private practice and inpatient psychiatric hospital settings, informing her clinical foundation across levels of care.
Known for her warm and thoughtful approach, Dr. Inga is committed to providing culturally responsive care and is conversational in Spanish, allowing her to connect with a broader range of families and clients.
Outside of the office, Dr. Inga enjoys spending time with friends and family, attending live events, exploring the outdoors through hiking, and enjoying the beaches of Southern California.
Lea Perry, M.S., M.A., LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family TherapistLea Perry is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with master’s degrees in both Counseling Psychology and Clinical Psychology. Lea is currently completing her doctorate at The Chicago School with an emphasis in neuropsychology. Lea’s training has centered around care of the whole of a person, not merely their symptoms. Her experience spans therapeutic intervention in both private practice, in-home services, and community mental health, interdisciplinary medical rehabilitation, and neuropsychological assessment across all ages and presentations. She is a certified yoga-teacher and has specialized clinical training in the brain-body interplay.
As a part of her clinical work, Lea specializes in working with a range of individuals including but not limited to those navigating life transitions, grief and loss, anxiety, relational complexity, trauma processing, neurodivergence, and those navigating functional and chronic illnesses. Therapy with Lea moves beyond the surface and aims to not only help with coping and cultivating tools but to actually generate lasting change. She is particularly attuned to the ways experience shapes who we become and the patterns we often unknowingly repeat. Rather than offering a predetermined roadmap, Lea works collaboratively with each client to understand all parts of an individual so that she can aid them in becoming the author of their own story and developing a more integrated and cohesive sense of self. Her training in the way the body and brain communicate, further informs a distinctive perspective on how psychological experience manifests somatically, deepening therapeutic work in ways that extend beyond traditional talk therapy alone.
Beyond her clinical practice, Lea serves as adjunct faculty at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles, where she teaches undergraduate psychology. She is an active member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and holds memberships across several APA divisions, including the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology and the Society for Health Psychology.
Currently, Telehealth services are available throughout California.