Dr Tara A Rado
BSc., PhD., DClinPsy., C.Psychol., HCPCReg.

Dr Rado has trained and worked in a number of centres for excellence in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. She began her Psychology career at Queen's University, Belfast, where she read Psychology, earning a First Class Bachelor of Science Degree. She went on to complete a doctoral PhD in Psychopharmacology at University College Swansea and further doctoral training, qualifying as  Clinical Psychologist from the Institute of Psychiatry, London in 1999.

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​Dr Rado founded Psychologia Ltd. in 2011 with the aim of providing specialist neuropsychology services to people with brain injuries. She has supported hundreds of clients with acquired brain injuries, as well as their wider systems including families, carers and professionals, delivering evidence-based, person-centred, tailored and effective interventions.

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Dr Rado is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and a Full Member of the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology and Division of Neuropsychology. She is an accredited Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. 

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With over twenty five years of clinical experience, she has acquired a wealth of knowledge and expertise during this time and has formed strong therapeutic relationships by placing her clients, their values and their goals at the centre of their rehabilitation. Dr Rado is highly regarded and well recognised as one of the leading providers of neuropsychological rehabilitation, primarily focusing her expertise in supporting clients who have experienced a catastrophic traumatic brain injury as part of ongoing neurorehabilitation delivered via medico-legal personal injury and clinical negligence claims. She works adeptly with professional systems around a client and their family, using an empowerment and values-based approach to understanding complex issues surrounding client's well-being and engagement in rehabilitation, to the benefit of ongoing multidisciplinary working.

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Dr Rado recognises the challenging experiences that families can often face after a loved one has experienced a life changing brain injury. This involves not only grief, loss, change and adjustment, but also the adaptation to a new way of life, a new way of doing things and more often than not, a raft of new professionals involved in the day-to-day life of a family's functioning. This can be a difficult time for many reasons, and Dr Rado has developed a specialism in working with families and clients in a compassionate and client-focused manner to support them in this process.
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Dr Rado also has an interest in developing innovative ways of working and translating theory into practice to help people with brain injury make the best possible recovery. She is recognised as an empathetic, approachable and knowledgeable clinician who skillfully works in a collaborative manner to empower clients from a holistic perspective with the goal of regaining maximal independence and return to a meaningful life following acquired brain injury.​

Academic and Publications

Academic Appointments:

Visiting Lecturer, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Surrey

Teaching Component: Executive Functions; Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Across Setting

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Publications:

Mawbey, C. & Rado, T (2021) Managing Emotional Changes After Encephalitis, a Self-Help Guide.​​​​. Encephalitis Society.

Rado, T & Mawbey, C. (2021) Managing Cognitive Changes After Encephalitis​​​​. Encephalitis Society.​