Erik Lande, Ph.D.
Clinical Neuropsychologist | Founder, Insight Neuropsychology
Dr. Lande is a licensed clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist specializing in comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations, dementia assessment, decision-making capacity, brain injury, and cognitive disorders. He is the founder of Insight Neuropsychology, a group practice serving Ventura County and surrounding communities.
His clinical work helps patients, families, physicians, attorneys, hospitals, rehabilitation programs, Adult Protective Services, and courts better understand cognitive functioning, establish accurate diagnoses, determine decision-making capacity, and develop practical treatment recommendations.
About Dr. Lande
Dr. Lande is recognized for his expertise in evaluating complex medical, neurological, psychiatric, and legal questions involving cognition and decision-making. He serves as a consulting neuropsychologist for the Ventura County Adult Protective Services Rapid Response Expert Team, where he assists with cases involving elder abuse, financial exploitation, self-neglect, undue influence, and questions of medical and financial decision-making capacity. He also collaborates with physicians, attorneys, hospitals, rehabilitation programs, and community agencies throughout Southern California.
Before founding Insight Neuropsychology, Dr. Lande served as a neuropsychologist at Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara and with Pacific Neuroscience Medical Group. He has also held academic appointments as a continuing lecturer in the graduate Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), as Director of the UCSB Psychology Assessment Center, and as a lecturer at California Lutheran University.
Dr. Lande is an educator and frequent invited speaker on topics including dementia, neuropsychological assessment, cognitive aging, brain injury, decision-making capacity, elder abuse, and behavioral management. He has provided professional training for physicians, psychologists, attorneys, Adult Protective Services, law enforcement agencies, and other healthcare and community organizations, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice.
Dr. Lande's clinical practice emphasizes evidence-based neuropsychological evaluation combined with compassionate, patient-centered care. His work helps patients, families, physicians, attorneys, and community agencies better understand cognitive strengths and weaknesses, clarify diagnoses, determine decision-making capacity, and develop practical recommendations that improve independence, safety, and quality of life.
Areas of Expertise
Neuropsychological Evaluation
Dementia Assessment
Capacity Evaluation
Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion
Stroke and Neurological Disorders
Forensic Neuropsychology
Rehabilitation Neuropsychology
Personal Injury Evaluation
Professional Highlights
Founder
Insight Neuropsychology
Utilizing Comprehensive Neuropsychological Assessment in Adult Protective Service Intervention Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 2022
Transnational Scam Predators and Older Adult Victims: Contributing Characteristics of Chronic Victims and Developing an Effective Response Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice 2018
Consulting Neuropsychologist
Ventura Co. APS Rapid Response Expert Team
Publications
Former Director
Psychology Assessment Center, UCSB
Former Lecturer
UC Santa Barbara & California Lutheran University
Author
Published Researcher & Author of Several Books on Dementia
Books
Does My Mom Have Dementia? A practical guide for families explaining dementia diagnosis, treatment options, caregiver strategies, and what to expect throughout the course of illness.
A Roadmap for Dementia: A Workbook for Families An interactive workbook helping caregivers improve communication, understand behavioral symptoms, organize care, and build personalized memory books for loved ones with dementia.
Professional Education and Trainings
Dr. Lande is a frequent invited speaker on:
Dementia and aging issues
Decision-making capacity
Elder abuse
Financial exploitation
He has provided continuing education programs for psychologists, physicians, Adult Protective Services, law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the Department of Justice, attorneys, and community organizations throughout California.