Welcome to Evolve OT
Empowering Recovery.
Rewiring the Brain.
Evolving Practice.
At EVOLVE, we specialize in neurological rehabilitation for individuals recovering from concussion, stroke, brain injury, and other neurological conditions.
Our mission is to help you repair pathways, improve performance, and increase confidence so you can navigate your life by yourself again.
Our Services
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Evaluation
60-90 minutes 1:1 evaluation on-site. Includes in-depth patient interview, evaluation of skills impacting daily tasks. Assessments include vision, motor performance, movement, strength, and coordination. The therapist will also perform in-depth analysis of daily activities and performance.
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Treatment
45-60 minute sessions in-person or via Telehealth at your home, work, or in the community following a specialized treatment plan and interventions designed for your specific needs.
Available in New York and New Jersey
Note: additional fee may be added if greater than 30 min from therapist
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Coaching Calls
Have you been through therapy before and need some guidance for what to do next? Maybe you need help trying to find the right clinician to treat your condition. We are here for you to help you meet your goals!
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Clinical Consultation
Have a patient with a complex condition you aren’t familiar with? This is offered for individuals and groups wanting to learn more about the neurological rehabilitation field. Content delivered in-person, via zoom, or webinar.
Want to know more about the conditions we treat?
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Concussion
Concussions are head injuries that result from car accidents, sports, falls, and more. These types of injuries result in challenges with your visual, vestibular, and cognitive systems that limit how you live your life. If you are experiencing headaches, nausea, blurry vision, difficulty with screens, challenges returning to work or school, poor balance, anxiety and fatigue…we might be right for you!
We screen and treat a variety of vision, coordination, sensory, and balance issues contributing to these symptoms.
Dr. Arnella has nearly 10 years of experience working with concussion, and stays up to date on all concussion literature, assessments, and interventions.
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Stroke/Brain Injury
Stroke and Brain Injury cause damage to the areas of your brain responsible for moving, thinking, seeing, and more.
We screen for how the injury has impacted the way you move your arms, eyes, and body and how these impairments are limiting you throughout the day. We build a plan specific to you to strengthen these areas and get you back to the thins you love to do.
Dr. Arnella is a Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist (CSRS) and uses the most up to date tools and knowledge for assessment and treatment.
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Migraine/Complex Vision
We screen and treat various vision conditions that are impacting your ability to perform daily tasks and live your life comfortably and safely.
Issues with how your eyes move and work together can contribute to migraine, balance, and vestibular issues.
Addressing vision is a necessary component to a comprehensive care program for vestibular conditions and migraines.
Dr. Arnella specializes in complex vision disorders such as convergence insufficiency, binocular vision disorder, and other issue impacting smooth movements of the eyes.
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Movement Disorders
Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and other movement disorders impact how you move your arms, your mobility, and your independence. Addressing these areas early after diagnosis has been proven to maintain function and independence even as the disease progresses. However, no matter where you are in your journey, you can benefit from OT and rehabilitation.
Dr. Arnella is LSVT-BIG certified and has nearly 15 years of experience working with this population.
We are an out-of-network provider.
This means we do not take insurance, but we will help you file a claim with your insurance company with a Superbill.
This allows us to be flexible in how and where we provide therapy!
If you have a question regarding this please ask - we can help you navigate this.
What Sets us Apart?
We make getting better ACCESSIBLE!
Many adults who have had a concussion, stroke, or brain injury are returning to - or trying to continue living their everyday lives.
….Doing this while navigating the healthcare and rehabilitation system can be frustrating. An outpatient clinic may be too far for bi-weekly visits, or may be physically exhausting to travel to.
EVOLVE eliminates these challenges to get you the care you need!
Our evaluation and treatment sessions are always one-on-one, and where you need it most.
About the Therapist
Hi, I’m Dr. Kellianne.
I am a Doctor of Occupational Therapy who specializes in neurological rehabilitation. My passion and expertise are in rehabilitating those with stroke, brain injury, concussion, or other neurological diagnoses like PD or MS. I fell in love with this area of practice before I became an OT, because of the profound transformations I read about in the personal stories of Bob Woodruff and Dr. Jillian Bolte Taylor (to name a few).
I graduated with my Masters in OT in 2010 from The University of Scranton, and my Doctorate in OT from Boston University in 2024. I am a certified stroke rehabilitation specialist (CSRS), am certified in LSVT-BIG, and hold other clinical certifications (A-ONE, K-Tape).
I have spent my career working with this population, gaining experience from both the inpatient and outpatient models. I served as the Neurological Clinical Specialist at a major medical center, and have presented my work at multiple national conferences.
I aim to help my patients regain skills lost due to a neurological incident so they can return to living their lives. I specialize in assessment and treatment of issues related to vision, motor control, coordination, and cognition through evidence-based treatment strategies.
Kellianne Arnella, OTD, OTR/L, CSRS
Ready to Take Back Control of Your Life?
We would love to help you!
Contact us for a FREE screening call to see if this is right for you. If we can’t help you, we will try to find someone who can!