Heike Dumke

Dr. Heike Dumke, PsyD — Mind Your Brain

Cognitive rehabilitation and neuro-informed counselling for adults affected by brain injury, physical injury, cancer-related cognitive changes, cognitive ageing, and caregiving challenges.

Dr. Heike Dumke at Mind Your Brain provides cognitive rehabilitation and neuro-informed counselling to help adults understand and manage cognitive, emotional, and everyday functioning challenges. Her services support people affected by acquired brain injury (ABI), including concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and stroke; physical injury; cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI); and people navigating cognitive ageing difficulties and memory concerns; or caregiving challenges. She also provides specialized rehabilitation counselling for people with concussion or physical injury related to ICBC claims.

Dr. Heike specializes in cognitive rehabilitation and has extensive experience in brain injury rehabilitation and neuro-informed care. Her clinical work began in January 2008 with a WorkSafeBC brain injury program. In 2013, she established her private practice, Mind Your Brain, to provide specialized rehabilitation services directly to the community. She later transitioned into a rehabilitation counselling role within another specialized WorkSafeBC program in 2022 and continues to provide community-based services.

Her expertise in cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CRT) draws on advanced training, including Brain Tree training in the United Kingdom, and extensive clinical experience. She applies cognitive rehabilitation principles to address difficulties with memory, thinking, and everyday functioning following brain injury and other conditions that can affect cognition, including cancer treatment.

Dr. Heike also has a research background in cognitive ageing, lifespan development, healthy and pathological ageing, dementia, mild cognitive changes, and brain health. She has published research in psychology and neuropsychology and writes about ageing and cognitive health on the Mind Your Brain website.

Her neuro-informed approach considers how cognitive changes can contribute to emotional challenges such as frustration, grief, anxiety, and social isolation. Depending on each person's needs, she integrates cognitive education, practical strategies, and counselling to support adjustment, coping, cognitive wellness, and everyday functioning.