A Journey Where Neuroscience Meets Healing

Christopher Rossilli

 Psy.D., MSCP, ABMP

Taking an individualized, root cause approach to mental health.

Cognitive Care was founded in 2015 with a simple but powerful vision: to blend the neuroscience with the art of healing. For Dr. Rossilli, this vision grew from a lifelong belief that true mental health care must see the whole person not just a diagnosis and not just symptoms but honoring the experiences of his patients.
Cognitive Care is a place where neuroscience meets inner healing. Founded in 2015, our practice blends clinical precision with heart-centered healing.
Dr. Christopher Rossilli is not only a Board-Certified Medical Psychologist, but also a listener, a meaning-maker, and a fellow traveler. With advanced training in neuropsychology, psychopharmacology, and trauma recovery, he brings over 28 years of integrative expertise.

Professional Training & Credentials

  • Board-Certified Medical Psychologist (ABMP)
  •  Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ) by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB). 
  • Passed the national Psychopharmacology Examination for Psychologists (PEP)
  • Post-Doctoral Master’s in Psychopharmacology – Nova Southeastern University
  • Post-Doctoral Residency in Neuropsychology – Lynn University
  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) – Carlos Albizu University (Neuropsychology)
  • Masters in Mental Health Counseling – Nova Southeastern University
  • Bachelor of Psychology – Radford University
Dr. Rossilli has treated nearly tens of thousands of patients across hospital systems, outpatient clinics, and private practice.

Professional Facts

  • First Psychology Influence: Karl Pribram’s Language of the Brain
  • Daily Mantra: “If you want change on the outside, then turn your eye inward.”
  • Fascination in Psychophysiology: The HPA Axis the body’s stress-response system, regulating how we adapt to trauma and pressure. Balanced, it fosters resilience. Dysregulated, it fuels anxiety, depression, and burnout.
  • Personal Philosophy: “The path to healing is not in the avoidance of wounds, but in the courage to face them.”

Early Influence

Studying under neuroscientist Dr. Karl Pribram at Radford University, Dr. Rossilli was introduced to the holographic brain theory the idea that memory and perception are distributed across patterns of brain activity, much like a hologram stores an image in every fragment.

To grasp this, he studied Fourier transformations the math that converts complex patterns into their underlying waveforms. This revealed that the brain does not just “record” life like a machine; it encodes experience through vibrations and oscillations.

That insight shaped his belief: we are more than chemistry and circuits  we are patterns of meaning, energy, and story. Healing is about helping people rediscover the healthy rhythms already inside them.

“The brain encodes life in waves healing is about finding your rhythm again.”

In the late 1990s, Dr. Rossilli worked in psychiatric inpatient locked units, and residential treatment centers for abandoned youth where he witnessed the tragedies of humanity and the poor care many patients received. Those experiences shaped his lifelong commitment: to always show deeper respect, dignity, and compassion to those who suffer.

Formative Experiences

His doctoral training further reinforced this commitment through an emphasis on cultural competence recognizing that people from different parts of the world respond to illness and healing in unique ways

After graduating with his Doctorate Degree, he pursued a post-doctoral masters in psychopharmacology fulfilling an earlier desire in 1997 when he saw a news report about The Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project (PDP) formally concluding and submitted its final report to Congress. It was concluded that the PDP graduates were safe, effective, and well-received prescribers. Data showed no evidence of harm, and patient outcomes were positive. Dr. Rossilli training at Nova Southeastern University which was Department of Defense inspired and approved post-doctorate psychopharmacology program. This training has assisted Dr. Rossilli in identifying dangerous drug-drug interactions from polypharmacy and medications that could contribute to cognitive dulling. After 28 years, Florida has yet to pass any legislation.

From Hospitals to Private Practice

Before founding Cognitive Care, Dr. Rossilli led outpatient and inpatient neuropsychology services in many of Jacksonville’s hospital systems, supporting patients facing stroke, brain aneurysm, brain tumors, dementia, brain injury, and medical crises.

In 2015, he opened Cognitive Care to provide comprehensive, integrative, and respectful care for patients and families across Florida without being emboldened

A Philosophy of Healing

“Healing is not correcting what is wrong it is finding out what is right.”

Patients describe Dr. Rossilli as both a skilled neuropsychologist and a guide, someone who helps them find strength, perspective, and healing in the very painful places they felt abandoned.