Austin Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Center
Trauma Doesn't Just Live in Memory. It Lives in the Brain and Body.
Neurofeedback works at the level where the patterns live, helping the brain and nervous system reset the responses that keep trauma alive long after the event has passed.
BCIA-Certified | Licensed Professional Counselors | Austin, Texas | In Practice Since 1981
Why Talking About It Is Sometimes Not Enough
Psychiatrist and researcher Bessel van der Kolk, whose work has shaped how clinicians understand trauma, has shown that traumatic experience is encoded not just in thought and memory, but in the brain's own activity patterns and the body's nervous system responses. Talking through what happened can bring understanding and relief. But for many people, the nervous system keeps reacting as though the threat is still present, regardless of how much insight they've gained.
That gap between knowing and feeling is where neurofeedback works.
Brain training doesn't ask you to revisit what happened. It works directly with the brain networks involved in threat response, emotional regulation, and nervous system arousal, helping them return to more balanced, flexible functioning. When those networks learn to regulate more effectively, the reactivity, the hypervigilance, the emotional flooding, and the disconnection that trauma leaves behind can learn to shift, whether neurofeedback is part of a broader treatment plan or the foundation of one.
Neurofeedback doesn't process trauma, it helps the brain become capable of processing it.
Working at the Level Where Trauma Lives
Trauma is rarely simple, and our approach reflects that.
Trauma and PTSD almost never arrive as a single, isolated issue. They come layered with anxiety, depression, sleep disruption, emotional reactivity, and a nervous system that has been running on high alert for so long it has forgotten how to rest. Our clinical intake process is designed to understand all of those layers — not just the presenting symptoms, but the full picture of what your nervous system has been carrying.
For most clients, a QEEG brain map is the foundation of the training plan. Our clinicians personally review your raw and analyzed data to identify the specific networks and patterns involved in your trauma responses — the brain regions governing threat detection, emotional regulation, memory integration, and nervous system arousal. Your neurofeedback protocol is then built around what we find, not a standard trauma template.
Depending on what your assessment shows, we may also incorporate HRV training, EMG biofeedback, or PEMF to support nervous system regulation more broadly. And because many of our trauma clients are also doing concurrent EMDR or talk therapy, we are experienced in working alongside those approaches — neurofeedback addresses the brain patterns underneath that other therapies don't directly reach, which often makes the work you're doing elsewhere more effective and more tolerable.
YOUR ASSESSMENT
We Map What's Actually Happening
Our clinicians personally review all of the raw and analyzed data from your QEEG; no algorithm, no automated output. Forty years of clinical experience means we know what we're looking at, and what to do with it.
YOUR TRAINING PLAN
Built Around Your Nervous System
Your training plan isn't pulled from a standard trauma protocol. It's built from scratch by a licensed clinician who understands your history, your patterns, and what your brain map actually shows.
YOUR QUESTIONS
A Clinician Who Actually Talks to You
Every session is with a licensed therapist — which means when you have questions about what's happening or why, you get real answers. Not a front desk. Not a technician. Someone who knows your whole picture.
Ready to ask a question or find out if we're the right fit?
You Might Be in the Right Place If...
The best way to find out if neurofeedback is right for you is a conversation. That's exactly what the intake session is for - no commitment, no pressure, just an honest discussion about where you are and what might help.
You carry the weight of past experiences in ways that feel physical, hypervigilance, reactivity, a body that won't fully settle.
You've done talk therapy and gained real insight, but still don't feel like yourself.
Your nervous system feels stuck in a pattern your mind knows isn't necessary anymore.
You're currently in EMDR or talk therapy and want to support that work at the level where the patterns live.
You find it difficult to stay present, regulate emotions, or feel safe in your own body.
You want to understand what's happening in your brain before deciding on a path forward.
If any of this sounds familiar, an intake session is the right next step. It's a conversation — not a commitment.
Your Nervous System Can Learn Something New
Neurofeedback is both an art and a science, and for over 45 years, our clinicians have practiced both. The brain that learned to survive is also capable of learning to rest. We'd like to help with that.