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Parents

In May 2014, I took my three adopted daughters (ages 7, 8 and 9 years old) for testing at the Neurofeedback Center. I have had the girls since they were born, all tested positive for methamphetamine’s, marijuana and received no prenatal care. The older two had normal development and did very well in school; however, the third one has had multiple problems.My youngest daughter was late in developing speech (in speech therapy since 3 years old), she had a difficult time cutting with scissors and writing (although she held a pencil correctly). She did not do well in kindergarten. At the end of first grade, I heard about Dr. McReynolds’ neurofeedback clinic. I read everything I could about neurofeedback so that I could make an educated decision regarding my girls.

I had the three girls assessed. The older two had minimal needs and received services for a few months. My youngest daughter’s test result showed that she was in need of much more help. The team explained to me what her assessment report meant. Her visual processing was practically nonexistent. Dr. McReynolds and the clinician explained that my daughter would probably need longer treatment than the others.

My youngest daughter began her treatment. She did not show much growth in the first few months. Week after week the commitment from the clinicians was always positive and encouraging. Every twenty sessions she was reassessed. When she wasn’t making progress the clinician and Dr. McReynolds worked with different areas of her brain. Finally, my youngest daughter started making some growth. In May of 2015, after a year of neurofeedback my youngest daughter had made tremendous growth, especially in visual processing.

Last week I returned to the center and requested a re-evaluation of my youngest daughter with concerns due to her lack of focus in school. Her assessment was incredible. In the year since her last assessment she has maintained her successful scores. Her visual processing scores are amazing. There was one area found that they will be working on to help her to be able to focus better in school. When we met after she was tested, Dr. McReynolds gave me suggestions to request from the school that will help her be more successful. As always, she gave me support and encouragement that once again left me hopeful for my youngest daugther’s success.As a parent, I cannot say enough wonderful things about the staff and work of the Neurofeedback team. I have recommended neurofeedback to many of my colleagues and friends who have children with special needs and/or other concerns. Dr. McReynolds and all of the clinicians at the center have encouraged, supported and helped my youngest daughter with her brain development.

To them I am grateful. Thank you! D.F.

Dear Dr. McReynolds,

This is a long due email from my part. My son was part of your neurofeedback program over a year ago. There are not enough words to thank you and your team for all the help you provided him. He was diagnosed with ADD last year and the only treatment that his pediatrician offered was ADD medicine. We contacted you in hope to find another alternative.

He received over 20 Neurofeedback sessions and those were the life-changing moment for him and for our family. His change was really amazing. He is now able to focus at school. He is more productive than ever, being able to complete more complex projects. His teacher was surprised with the huge progress he had last academic year.

I am a strong supporter of Neurofeedback now.

Thanks so much for providing such wonderful service to our community.

Sincerely,

Serena

Before and after neurofeedback:

A teen-aged boy was being considered for ADHD medication and special classes; now he’s mainstreamed in school without medical intervention.

A teen-aged girl had been on medication for ADD and was having difficulty concentrating at school; now she no longer needs her medication and is able to attend to classroom activities.‘Jesse’ said he has noticed at school he can concentrate on the board better, even when he doesn’t want to. After just 5 sessions of neurofeedback, he says ‘it is working.’

‘Sydney’ reported that when she is in her classroom, she is able to stay more focused. She feels that when kids are talking around her, she is able to determine they are a distraction. As she was doing the BrainTrain and taking her ADD medication, she began to feel as if she was on ‘speed.’ She has since stopped her medication for ADD and feels less hyperactive as a result.These are just a handful of clients who have benefitted and improved their lives through the use of neurofeedback technology.

Teachers

Elementary Teacher in the Inland Empire:

Thomas (age 8) had always been sweet and kind but he would often drift away in the middle of his work. He was so easily distracted. He had difficulty moving from task to task. He had very low work product and low energy. I felt at times that maybe he would just plateau in his progress and that would be it.

Then he started neurofeedback and everything changed. We would get to the end of the work morning and he proudly had completed all of his work. I was in shock!

I began watching him more closely in class and sure enough he was focusing. Then he started to gain momentum. He was able to take on larger projects and more involved work. At the end, he was confident and a leader in our class. I was amazed.

Nicole, Thomas’ Elementary Teacher in the Inland Empire

Reading Teacher Testimonial

While I was recovering from surgery, the parent of one of my reading students enrolled her son in Neurofeedback center. When I returned to work and engaged again in teaching her son to read, it was very obvious to me that something significant had occurred in his ability to learn. His ability to remember things was the first change I noticed; then his ability to absorb what I taught him clearly had improved. He had obviously enjoyed the Neurofeedback.

Before his Neurofeedback, I was VERY concerned that learning to read may take him well into his teenage years because he progressed so slowly. After Neurofeedback, he was able to progress at a level similar to other children. Later, this same mom enrolled her older son in the program because she, too, could see the positive impact on her younger son.

I was so amazed and curious that I enrolled myself. I saw my own improvements and was able to pass the information on to additional parents. In each case where a parent enrolled their child in the program at Center, significant changes occurred that allowed the student to learn with greater ease and efficiency. Neurofeedback is a game changer for children who struggle to learn.

P.S. My job at that time was to teach students to read. These students were the ones who did not learn to read in the school setting and had learning disabilities that made it especially difficult for them to master the skill of reading.

Sharon V. Retired Reading Teacher

Neurofeedback Client:

I can’t say Neurofeedback treatments gave me my life back, because I’d never had life. It instead has given me a life I never thought was possible, full of emotion and joy, rich and fulfilling. My mind after Neuro has the ability to process and understand so much better. There is clarity instead of noise. I can concentrate. I can think about a problem, situation, whatever, and reason it through. I am not constantly having recurring thoughts. I haven’t had a major PTSD flashback (one that takes me ‘back there’) for more than a year. I like being the person I am. A huge change for me is this feeling of confidence I have in myself.

Before Neurofeedback I didn’t feel emotions, just depression and anxiety. I constantly had voices in my head. I don’t remember feeling anything other than pain. I feared sleep because of nightmares. I mostly stayed home, afraid to even go out my door and terrified of going to the grocery store. I never took freeways. I couldn’t go into an elevator or be with a crowd. I was scared. I detested being in my own skin. I was a cutter and enjoyed selfinjury. The abuse I’d suffered had control of me.

My diagnoses included being suicidal (hospitalized under the 5150 law multiple times), Major Depressive Disorder, PTSD, Major Anxiety Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Multiple Personality Disorder and others I can’t think of. I was on large to maximum doses of several antidepressants and antipsychotics and an antianxiety medication, all of which caused significant side effects. I am now on a significantly lower dose of one antidepressant and an antianxiety, and no antipsychotics at all. I physically feel better now due to fewer meds.

I started Neurofeedback in November 2014 as a last attempt to get out of the dark (I’ve had depression and therapy most of my adulthood.) I feel like my brain slowly began to open up. It was a lot of work, but I could feel something happening. I had counseling with Neurofeedback after a couple of months, and that started put the things I was learning and sensations and feelings I was beginning to have in the right places … I needed help to understand the amazingly rapid changes that were happening to me. I could feel my awareness growing. The voices started to go away.There have been times when I have been completely overwhelmed by these new emotions, and struggled to deal with the rush of feelings that hit me. I started therapy again in January 2016 with a wonderful psychologist, and we are doing the hard work of putting the changes in the way I feel and see the world into perspective in everyday life. I feel Neuro and therapy have worked together beautifully. I needed therapy because this was all new to me.

I am now taking classes at SBVC. I go shopping without an escort. I have a service dog, but I don’t take her with me anymore. I can go to a Dodger’s game. I can make phone calls. I go out every day. I have a social life!

I love the way this life feels now, after 59 years of just wanting out. I feel peace and my mind can actually be quiet! Mind blown! Some people, family, are having trouble accepting how much I have changed. Others embrace it with joy. These people say they always knew this was me and that they are delighted at how strong and happy I am.

I am grateful to the entire staff for their support and encouragement, especially my clinician and Dr. McReynolds. I feel blessed to have found this program. I cannot express how differently I feel and act. I can handle life now. Bring it on! L.

Veteran:

Being a survivor of multiple traumatic and violent experiences throughout my childhood, looking back I never realized that as a result of those experiences I suffered from severe anxiety. Since I was a teenager I countered the anxiety I felt by acting out against everyone that cared for me or tried to understand me. Fortunately I was able to enlist in the Army which provided me with lots of ways to dispel the anxiety I felt and channel those feelings through years of rigorous training and deployments.

Twenty-two years later after retirement from the army, I found myself a civilian again without the fast paced, high tempo, structured military environment that I thrived in. Life as an Infantry soldier quenched the anxiety that I had been carrying around within me since childhood, successfully hidden away deep beneath layer upon layer of protective barriers in the form of achievements like high rank, leadership and command positions, multiple combat deployments and alcohol when not on duty.

Then suddenly after completing my obligations with the military, my life began to spiral out of control, I suffered from panic attacks, seizures, memory loss, and irritability that caused me to lash out verbally against those closest to me. I could not get the violence that I had experienced and witnessed out of my daily thoughts. I tried everything from counseling, medications, biofeedback training and eventually discovered psychology’s best kept secret Neurofeedback.

My first experience with Neurofeedback made me an instant believer. Because of the commuting distance I was unable to continue treatment at my original treatment location so I searched online and found Dr. Connie McReynolds’ program. I was administered a surprisingly comprehensive report that nailed most of the symptoms and deficits that I had dealt with for decades. Excited by what they were able to tell me about myself after a simple 15 minute test provided me with even more confidence in their program.

All my treatment sessions were very professional, accommodating and I was shown genuine concern with my progress throughout my 2x/week sessions over the last 20 weeks. In the first 10 sessions I could not really tell much of a difference with the anxiety I experienced but I was assured that I was making progress because the programs (video games) I worked with became more challenging and increasingly difficult.

It was around 20 to 25 sessions into the program that I noticed that I was smiling more often, the intensity of my facial expressions and the tension I felt all the time began to subside. I would catch myself just genuinely enjoying whatever it was I was doing, my outlook on life and the future improved as did my ability to sit still and just read a book. I used to drink beer or wine in the evenings to relieve stress and now I don’t even feel the urge to have a drink. I drank alcohol regularly for over 30 years and now not even feeling the urge to have a drink is amazing.

I definitely recommend anyone who suffers from anxiety, difficulty paying attention or is easily distracted to see what Neurofeedback training can do for you. I am probably one of the more extreme cases as far as being a candidate for Neurofeedback training goes but I’m positive that if the brain training programs worked for me I am certain that the results for others who suffer from the same symptoms or vices, it will work for them too.

Neurofeedback has given me control of my anxiety and improved my ability to live a more meaningful life.

N. H. 1SG (USA Retired)

Client Testimonial:

It has almost been 5 months since I completed my Neurofeedback training. The time has given me an opportunity to reflect on the results of the therapy in a more thoughtful way.

Initially when I began Neurofeedback and had the evaluation administrated, I was devastated. The fact was, I knew that something was wrong. Since I had removed myself from the traumatic circumstances of my years in Los Angeles I had felt so impaired that I wondered if I had had a stroke. Having been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Disorder in my 30’s, I was aware of certain dynamics of PTSD and knew this could also be the problem. When I heard about your Center I was intrigued but skeptical. When it became apparent I was going to be able to have the training myself, I was at a point I was amenable to trying anything.

My anxiety for the last few years was very difficult to manage despite over 20 years of conventional therapy. I was very aware of impaired cognition, my depression, my emotional pain, my exhaustion, my anger, my inability to let go. I was always on the verge of tears. I could not focus on my work. An avid reader, for the first time in my life I could not focus on reading and I could not write. Though I am not someone with the training you have, I think it is safe to say I was paranoid and inclined to over react. I was always fighting the urge to isolate. Being with people was a genuine chore. I felt that the coping skills I had learned while going through conventional therapy for 20 years were inadequate and I was drowning. I had been in sustained crisis since January of 2009. To make matters worse, I was terrified of my condition. For me, my ability to do my work, relate to people, and have a future was dependent on me getting better. Nonetheless, the good news was I really had no expectation. I was resigned that I was not going to recover like I had in the past; particularly after the evaluation. I honestly did not know what to expect so I started journaling.

Through the first 7 sessions I found I would get a headache and felt tired after each session. It was pretty rough initially but eventually the headaches and the tiredness dissipated. The training was very frustrating in the beginning. What had been easy before I had gone through my latest trauma, was now horribly difficult. It wasn’t until I started getting into my 12th session that I gradually started seeing some very subtle improvements. After 20 sessions, I began getting better at writing and began recognizing patterns. I was able to proofread and catch typos. I started getting calmer. I didn’t get as confused and I started getting less paranoid. My emotions did not feel so raw. I was actually dealing with things. After 20 weeks another evaluation was done and there was evidence of the improvement I was feeling. My training was adjusted accordingly. In the next 20 weeks my frustrations began melting away. I began writing with more complexity. I was able to articulate and track information better. I was able to begin focusing and problem solve with some facility.

Since completing my last session in September 2015, I have had some time to step back and assess the results. Neurofeedback therapy has had a profound impact on my life. I have struggled with PTSD literally all my life. I have spent enormous amounts of money and time on conventional therapy to understand how I could overcome a disorder that literally tormented me almost every day of my life. In truth, suicide was not an uncommon thought. As a result of Neurofeedback, I have come to realize now that I was closer than I ever had been to rationalizing such an act.

Because of Neurofeedback training, because of you and your staff, I do not feel the feeling of fear or dread any longer. I do not recall a day in my life when I did not have to tamp down the feelings of fear and dread. Given the extent of abuse I experienced growing up, I thought those feelings were embedded in me and I would never know a day without those feelings skewing my point of view. I was always compensating; at least that is what 20 years of conventional therapy taught me.

The clarity now I feel is so foreign I am still trying to process the experience. The things that happened to me resulting in PTSD I can only describe as seeing those things now from the outside looking in. They are not as painful; at least for me. I guess you could say the results of the Neurofeedback training has exceeded my imagination. Every aspect of my life has been literally enriched as a result of the Neurofeedback therapy you and your staff provided. Since September 2015, I feel a lot of my old self is back and I continue to see progress. I suspect benefits of Neurofeedback training will continue to reveal themselves for some time to come. In the meantime, thank you all for helping me reclaim my life while also facilitating a welcomed turning point in the healing of some very old and deep wounds.

Most Gratefully,

Parent:

I wanted to take a minute to thank all of you. I have been bringing my son, Jonathan, for 20 sessions now and the change in him is so impressive. Jonathan has Autism Spectrum Disorder. We had been trying for Jon to pass his written driver’s license test for 6 times prior to beginning neurofeedback therapy but he wasn’t able to pass. Thankfully, after neurofeedback he was able to pass and is so excited. I asked him if he felt the Neurofeedback had helped him, and he said “Yes” he felt the sessions helped him focus and concentrate on the test and therefore be able to pass the exam. For this reason, I will be forever grateful to you all and hope to continue to work with you so that my son can continue to improve his cognitive rehabilitation.

Thank you all so much.

Cesar B.

Interested in Learning More About Neurofeedback For Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Neurofeedback, also known as cognitive rehabilitation or EEG biofeedback, is a ground-breaking technique that challenges the brain to function better. It works by training the brain to function at its maximum potential, which is similar to the way the body is exercised, toned and maintained. The technology is safe and effective for children and adults ages 5 to 95.

This powerful brain-based technique has been successfully helping clients with autism spectrum disorder for numerous years. Neurofeedback reshapes brain networks to improve processing of social and sensory information, while reducing activation of emotional networks. The process is simple, painless, and non-invasive with dramatic results. The effectiveness of neurofeedback for adults and children with a wide variety of symptoms has been repeatedly concluded in numerous research studies.

Dr. McReynolds is a licensed psychologist and certified rehabilitation counselor with more than 30 years of experience in the field. Please contact us to learn more or book an appointment with Dr. Connie McReynolds.

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