QEEG BRAIN MAPPING · AUSTIN, TEXAS
See Exactly What's Happening in Your Brain
So You Finally Have Real Answers
Your brain map is personally read by a licensed, board-certified clinician, not a software algorithm. Your training plan is built from your data, your history, and your goals by someone who has been doing this for decades
BCIA-Certified | Licensed Professional Counselors | In Practice Since 1981 | Austin TX
A Detailed Map of Your Brain's Electrical Activity
Quantitative EEG (QEEG) brain mapping records the electrical activity of your brain using a sensor cap placed gently on the head. It measures how different brain regions are functioning- which areas are overactive, under-active, or not communicating efficiently with each other.
The result is a detailed, data-rich picture of your brain's patterns at rest. This is the foundation of everything we do at Austin Biofeedback. Rather than guessing at what approach might help, we look first and let your brain's data guide the plan.
A brain map without clinical context is just data. Clinical context is what turns data into a plan.
That context comes from your intake conversation with one of our licensed clinicians who then personally reviews every detail of your map before writing a single line of your training plan.
The software isn't the expert. Your therapist is.
Brain mapping has become more accessible in recent years, and more varied. "Q-EEG brain mapping" now describes a wide range of processes, from a brief EEG recording packaged into a software-generated report, to a full clinical analysis conducted by a licensed therapist who has personally reviewed your data from multiple angles.
Both get called a brain map. They are not the same thing.
Some practices use proprietary systems with AI-generated reports, meaning the software itself is doing the interpreting. The output may look thorough. But a proprietary algorithm has no independent peer-reviewed research record. You are trusting the company's claims about what their system concludes. There is no way to verify the methodology, and no published studies to evaluate.
Other practices use a legitimate normative database but rely on automated analysis. The report is generated by software, reviewed briefly, and used primarily to assign software-recommended protocols or as a sales tool. The database may be valid. The interpretation step is where the clinical depth gets compressed.
At Austin Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Center, your brain map is read by licensed, board-certified clinicians with over 125 years of combined clinical experience, not produced by an algorithm. We use the NeuroGuide normative database, which has over 35 years of published, peer-reviewed research behind it, including studies by the NIH, the Department of Defense, and VA medical centers worldwide. And we analyze your data ourselves, through multiple analytical methods, before building your training plan.
The database tells us where your brain's patterns differ from typical. It takes a clinician to understand what that means for you- given your history, your symptoms, your nervous system, and your goals.
The map is only as helpful as the person reading it, and the database behind it.
THE AUSTIN BIOFEEDBACK DIFFERENCE
YOUR BRAIN MAP
Human Eyes. Clinical Judgment.
Every QEEG at Austin Biofeedback is read by a licensed clinician, start to finish. No algorithms. No auto-generated report. What you receive is a real interpretation from someone who has been reading brain maps for decades.
YOUR QUESTIONS
A Clinician Who Actually Talks To You
When you have questions about what the map shows, why a protocol changed, or what to expect next, you're talking to the clinician who read your map. Not a technician. Not a front desk coordinator.
YOUR TRAINING PLAN
Built For You, Not From A Template
Your plan isn't pulled from a library of standard protocols. It's built from scratch by a licensed clinician who has read your map, knows your history, and will be with you every session.
We Read And Analyze Every Map Ourselves
A Window Into How Your Brain Is Organized
The QEEG captures multiple dimensions of brain activity simultaneously, giving us a much richer picture than any single measure alone. Here's what we're looking at:
BRAINWAVE FREQUENCIES
Delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma: Each frequency band is associated with different states of attention, relaxation, arousal, and sleep. We look at whether your brain is producing the right frequencies in the right places.
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
How well are different brain regions communicating with each other? Connectivity patterns can reveal dysregulation that isn't visible from any single site measurement and often explains symptoms that have been hard to pin down.
REGIONAL ACTIVATION
Different regions of the brain handle different functions. The QEEG shows us which areas are overactive, underactive, or dysregulated — and how that pattern relates to what you're experiencing.
COMPARISON TO NORMS
The normative database is a reference point, not a target. We use it to identify where your brain's patterns differ from typical, and by how much. From there, the goal is not to train your brain toward some average. It is to restore flexibility in the areas where your brain may be stuck in a rigid or inefficient pattern.
How We Analyze Your Brain Map
The database tells us where your brain's patterns differ from typical. It takes a clinician to understand what that means for you given your history, your symptoms, your nervous system, and your goals. Here is exactly what that process looks like.
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We begin with your history, not the equipment
A thorough clinical intake before any recording. The same electrical pattern in two different people can mean very different things depending on history and goals.
We record your brain's electrical activity
A 19-sensor cap, eyes open and closed, across standardized frequency bands. 20–30 minutes of raw EEG data.
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We artifact the data by hand
EEG recordings contain interference, like eye movement, muscle tension, jaw clenching, and sometimes electrical noise. While automated systems rely on algorithms to filter this, we review the raw signal manually. This removes contamination more carefully while preserving meaningful brainwave activity that automated tools can accidentally discard.
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We analyze using NeuroGuide, the field's most rigorously validated database
Developed by Dr. Robert Thatcher at the University of Maryland over more than 35 years. Cross-validated in peer-reviewed research by the NIH, the Department of Defense, and VA medical centers worldwide. Your brain's patterns are compared against carefully screened, age-matched normative recordings using statistically validated z-scores, not a proprietary shortcut.
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We read the results from multiple analytical angles
Surface topographic maps viewed through multiple montages, each revealing a different perspective. Like looking at the same landscape from different altitudes.
3D LORETA source analysis estimates where inside the brain activity originates, not just what appears on the scalp surface.
NeuroNavigator network analysis examines how brain regions communicate across functional systems. Networks, not just isolated sites.
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This is where the real clinical work happens
This is the step no software can replicate. Your brain data is evidence. Your history is context. Your symptoms, your goals, your nervous system patterns: these are the case we are trying to solve. We piece together the clinical picture from multiple sources of evidence until the right path becomes clear.
The Intake Comes First, For Good Reason
The brain map is a clinical tool, not a first step. Before we ever record your brain's activity, we spend a full 50-minute intake getting to know your history, what you have already tried, what is working, and what you are hoping to change.
That conversation is what makes the map meaningful. And it is what allows us to tell you honestly, before any further commitment, whether a Q-EEG makes sense for your situation and what the process would look like.
Some people come in expecting to buy a brain map. What they find instead is a clinician who wants to understand them first. That is not a detour. That is the process.
If you have questions before you are ready to book, call us. We will give you a straight answer about whether this is the right fit.
Ready to See What Your Brain is Actually Doing?
Start with a 50-minute clinical intake. We will cover your history, your goals, and what you have already tried and tell you honestly whether a brain map makes sense for your situation.
No pressure. No package sales pitch. Just an honest clinical assessment of whether we can help.