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"Neurofeedback is on the cutting edge of the mind-body revolution. I believe it is one of the treatments that will keep us moving toward an era of new approaches of naturally managing our health. Deborah Stokes is an extremely gifted therapist who is on the forefront of her profession."
Candace B. Pert, Ph.D., former chief of Brain Biochemistry at the National Institute of Mental Health and author of Molecules of Emotion and Your Body is Your Subconscious Mind.
Staff
Left to right seated: Paula Milano, Senior EEG Technician, Susan Moore, M.S., R.D, Dietitian, Deborah Stokes, PhD, Director, Heather Keating, Receptionist, Kathy Bonner, RN, intern. Rear standing: Anastasiya Jex, EEG technician and physician, Jason Mathison, M.S., School Psychologist, Rita Shadevich, EEG Technician, Lorraine Faherty, Senior EEG Technician. Not pictured: Joan Ordmandy, LPC, Heide Rokni, LCSW and Dawn Perez.
Our Team of Health Professionals From Left to Right, Heide Rokni, LCSW, Joan Ordmandy, LPC, Deborah Stokes, PhD, Dawn Perez, counseling supervisee. Not shown- Jason Mathison, School Psychologist
Deborah Stokes is a licensed psychologist and licensed professional counselor with twenty five years in the mental health field. She holds a PhD in Psychology with an emphasis in Psychophysiology from the Union Institute. Dr. Stokes was a traditional psychotherapist for eighteen years prior to starting her neurotherapy practice. It wasn't until she experienced two healings in her own life using traditional biofeedback and neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback) that she began investigating these methods. She has been practicing neurofeedback and other neurotherapies fulltime since 2000.
Dr. Stokes has completed well over 1000 hours of workshops, conferences and case consultations with experts in the area of Neurofeedback. She has provided mentoring and internships to many new professionals in the field since 2003. She has presented her migraine study results at several international biofeedback and neurofeedback conferences since 2004.
Degrees
Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in Psychophysiology The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio - 2002
M.Ed. in Counseling George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia - 1987
B.S. in Behavioral Science University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland - 1983.
Continuing Education
Dr. Stokes has received over 1000 hours of continuing education and professional consultations in the area of biofeedback and neurotherapy
Licenses & Certifications
Licensed Psychologist in Washington D.C. since January 2007
Licensed Professional Counselor since 1994 in Washington, D.C. and in Virginia since 2001
Certified in EEG Biofeedback by The Biofeedback Certification Institute of America in December 2003.
Certified Addictions Counselor since 1994
Professional Affiliations & Memberships
Affiliate of EEG Spectrum International, Inc
Affiliate of EEG Associates
American Headache Society
Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback International Society of Neuronal Regulation
American Psychological Association
American Counseling Association
Biofeedback Certification Institute of America.
Media Events and Special Presentations
Discussion Leader on "Working with Pain" at the third Annual LENS Conference (Low Energy Neurofeedback System), April 24, 2009, Los Gatos, California
Discussion Leader on "Training/Mentoring New Clinicians" at the third Annual LENS Conference (Low Energy Neurofeedback System), April 25, 2009, Los Gatos, California
Presented 2 hour lecture on "Pain and Migraine" at the EEG Spectrum International Clinical Exchange Conference, April 25-27, 2008, Arlington, VA
Appeared on NBC local news (Channel 4 at 11 pm with Doreen Gentzler) November 19, 2007 Health Report entitled "Mind Games".
Appeared on ABC local news (Channel 7 at 5 pm with Kathy Fowler) February 23, 2007 Health Report entitled Migraine Treatment.
Mentioned in the January 2007 issue of Men's Vogue in article entitled Wired for Victory.
Featured in the January 2006 issue of Washingtonian magazine in story entitled Pumping Neurons.
Featured in the June 29, 2004 Washington Post Health section story on alternative mental health treatments.
Featured in the April 2004 issue of Alternative Medicine magazine in story on alternative treatments for ADHD.
Presented on panel devoted to "Recent Advances in Biofeedback for Migraine Headaches" at the International Society for Neuronal Regulation's Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL - August 26, 2004.
Presented "Fifteen Migraine Case Studies Using Neurofeedback with or without Peripheral Measures" at Winter Brain Future Health Conference, Palm Springs, CA - February 7, 2004.
Presented on panel devoted to "Recent Advances in Biofeedback for Migraine Headaches" at Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback Conference in Colorado Springs, CO - April 3, 2004.
Guest on Z-104's "Speaking of Women" radio show Topic:"Neurofeedback" - June 17, 2001.
Guest on "Metro Magazine" television show Topic:"Neurofeedback" - September 1, 2001.
Guest on the Judy Templeton radio show "It's Only Natural", WCBN Topic:"Neurofeedback" - March 16, 2002.
Conferences, Workshops, and Training Completed
Dr. Stokes has received over 1000 hours of continuing education and professional development from a wide variety of experts and sources in the field of neurotherapy, biofeedback, medicine and psychology. See below for a partial list:
1) Conference on Neurofeedback with Margaret Ayers, Ph.D. from Neuropathways October 20 and 21, 2000; Washington, D.C.
2) Introductory Course on Beta/SMR Neurofeedback with Siegfried Othmer, Ph.D. & Susan Othmer (EEG Spectrum, International) January 18 – 22, 2001; Warner Hills, CA
3) Winter Brain Conference January 31 – February 6, 2001; Miami, FL
4) Neurofeedback lecture with Kathy Forti, Ph.D. at the Family Therapy Networker Conference March 30 – April 1, 2001; Washington, D.C.
5) Learning and the Brain Conference May 1, 2001; Washington, D.C.
6) STENS General Biofeedback Training with Tony Hughes May 12 – 16, 2001; Denver, Colorado
7) Neurofeedback and Brain Functioning Consultation Group with Angelo Bolea, Ph.D. May 23, 2001; Washington, D.C.
8) Alpha/Theta Neurofeedback Training with Neil King, LCSW June 18 & 19, 2001; Northampton, MA
9) Neurofeedback and Brain Functioning Consultation Group with Angelo Bolea, Ph.D. June 27, 2001; Washington, D.C.
10) Mid Atlantic Society for Biofeedback and Behavioral Medicine Conferencewith Karl Pribram, M.D. (Part I) September 9, 2001; Washington, D.C.
11) Advanced Alpha/Theta with William Scott, BSW, CCDP October 19, 2001; Oxnard, CA
12) Neurofeedback Clinical Interchange Conference (EEG Spectrum International) October 19 – 23, 2001; Oxnard, CA
13) Mid Atlantic Society for Biofeedback and Behavioral Medicine Conferencewith Karl Pribram, M.D. (Part II) November 11, 2001; Washington, D.C.
14) Lecture entitled “Brain Imaging in Depression: Implications forAntidepressant Treatment” with Wayne Drevets, MD, Chief of the MoodDisorders Imaging Branch at the National Institutes of Mental Health April 9, 2002; Alexandria, VA
15) Conference on “A Diversity of Bio/Neurofeedback Applications”by the Mid-Atlantic Society for Biofeedback and Behavioral Medicine June 8, 2002; Bethesda, MD
16) International Society for Neuronal Regulation Annual Conference September 11-15, 2002; Scottsdale, AZ
17) Training on NeuroCarePro and the Roshi (EEG disentrainment) with Grant Bright, Ph.D. December 9-12, 2002; Alexandria, VA
18) Advanced Neurotherapy Practicum with Sue Othmer (EEG Institute) April 12 &13, 2003; Alexandria, VA;
19) Advanced Neurotherapy Assessment Techniques with Peter Van Deusen June 14 & 15, 2003; McLean, VA
20) Meeting with Valdeane Brown, Ph.D. and the Alpha Prime Group July 3, 2003; Washington, D.C
21) Workshop on the NeuroCarePro with Alan Bachers, Ph.D. July 12 &13, 2003; Olney, MD
22) International Society for Neuronal Regulation Conference September 18-21, 2003; Houston, TX
23) Mid Atlantic Society for Biofeedback and Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference- Workshop with Thomas Brownback, M.Ed. on QEEG-Guided Neurofeedback Protocols October 18, 2003; Baltimore, MD
24) Protocol Summit – EEG Spectrum International with Michael Cohen November 16, 2003; Alexandria, VA
25) Advanced Theory & Practice EEG Biofeedback Course with Susan and Siegfried Othmer April 12 & 13, 2003; Alexandria, VA
26) Association of Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback’s 35th Annual Conference “Launching New Mind-Body Paradigms” April 2-4, 2004; Colorado Springs, CO;
27) International Society for Neuronal Regulation’s 12th Annual Conference August 26-29, 2004; Ft. Lauderdale, FL
28) Winter Brain Conference January 31- Feb 8, 2005; Palm Springs, CA
29) Menninger Conference “Feeling Crazy/Looking Normal: Psychodynamic Milieu Treatment” April 22, 2005; Washington, D.C.
30) Conference sponsored by The Amen Clinic “Lessons from Neuroscience on Hard to Treat Patients” with Daniel Amen, MD September 15, 2005; Bethesda, MD
31) Workshop sponsored by The Recovery Center of Northern Virginia with Robert Bishop, MD “Treating Substance Abuse and Trauma” September 21, 2005; Herndon, VA
32) Mid Atlantic Society for Biofeedback and Behavioral Medicine’s Annual Conference “Childhood Mental Health Disorders” October 15, 2005; Columbia, MD
33) International Society for Neuronal Regulation’s 14th Annual Conference September 5-10, 2006; Atlanta, GA
34) Conference Sponsored by The Meadows “The Effects of Trauma on the Self” with Bessel van der Kolk, MD April 18, 2007; Washington, DC
35) International Society for Neurofeedback and Research’s 15th Annual Conference September 6-9, 2007; San Diego, CA
36) EEG Spectrum International Clinical Exchange Conference April 25-27, 2008; Arlington, VA
37) Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback’s 39th Annual Meeting May 13-18, 2008; Daytona Beach, FL
38) International Society for Neurofeedback and Research’s 16th Annual Conference “Connecting Applied Neuroscience to the World” August 26-31, 2008; San Antonio, TX
39) 6 hour Course on “Ethical Pitfalls: Avoiding Professional Hazards” September 24, 2008; Alexandria, VA
40) Three Day Introductory Course for the Low Energy Neurofeedback System (LENS) September 19-21, 2008; Olney, MD
41) Conference Sponsored by The Meadows with John Bradshaw “On the Shadow Self” October 17, 2008; Washington, DC
42) Annual Headache Research Summit at the National Institutes of Health October 29-30, 2008; Bethesda, MD
43) Mid Atlantic Society for Biofeedback and Behavioral Medicine’s Fall Conference “Clinical Biofeedback: Applications for PTSD and Trauma” November 1, 2008; Columbia, MD
44) Talk sponsored by Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences By Paul Rapp, PhD entitled “Psychoanalysis, Cognitive Neuroscience and Dynamical Systems Theory” December 15, 2008; Bethesda, MD
45) Third Annual LENS (Low Energy Neurofeedback System) Conference April 24-26, 2009, Los Gatos, California
Jason Mathison, MA, CAGS, NCSP is a full-time Licensed School Psychologist with extensive experience working with students and families. He specializes in neuropsychological testing to better diagnose brain and behavior relationships for various impairments that affect academic and social/emotional functioning. Comprehensive testing utilizes a variety of assessment techniques and instruments to evaluate ability, achievement, social/emotional development, and adaptive functioning for interventions at home and school.
Joan Odum Ordmandy is a Licensed Professional Counselor, nationally certified by the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA) in both general and EEG biofeedback. In 2007 she moved to Virginia to take the position of Clinical Director at Human Bionics and in 2008 joined Neurofeedback Consultants. During the 10 years prior to moving to Virginia, she owned and operated the Idaho Institute of Biofeedback at two locations. There she provided neurofeedback and general biofeedback training to a wide range of clients including those with AD/HD, addictions, autism, depression, anxiety disorders, stress related disorders, chronic and muscle pain, trauma related disorder, closed head injury and reactive attachment disorder.
Ms. Ordmandy received her training in biofeedback, neurofeedback, and quantitative electroencephalography at the University of North Texas. In addition to providing neurofeedback services to her clients, she also administers and interprets quantitative EEGs.
Ms. Ordmandy has over 14 years of administrative experience in both agency and college settings. Her background encompasses program development, grant writing, developing and monitoring budget, and hiring, supervising and training staff. Most recently she has been on the faculty of Boise State University as an Adjunct Professor, teaching graduate and undergraduate classes in addictions studies as well as biofeedback and neurofeedback
In her more than twenty years of experience as a counselor, Ms. Ordmandy has worked in agency, clinical, in-patient and school settings. She received her training as an addictions counselor in the states of New York and Texas, and worked as an addictions counselor in a Texas based inpatient drug/alcohol treatment facility with a court ordered dual diagnosed population. Her background in counseling also includes mental health, crises, career, family violence (court ordered abusers and victims) and general counseling. In addition, Ms. Ordmandy has provided counseling services at the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi where she also taught. In 1997, she began her independent private practice specializing in biofeedback and neurofeedback. Ms. Ordmandy has a M.S.Ed. in Counselor Education from State University College at Oneonta, Oneonta, New York. She has presented 2 papers at the Society for Neuronal Regulation on her neurotherapy work:
Papers presented at the Society for Neuronal Regualtion 2002 Confernce. Abstracts published in the Journal of Neurotherapy.
Ordmandy, J. O. (2003). Increase in Visual Acuity in a Male with Amblyopia: A Single Case. Journal of Neurotherapy, 7, 70-71.
LaRiviere, S., & Ordmandy, J. O. (2003). Effects of EEG Biofeedback on A Male Polysubstance Abuser: A Single Case Study. Journal of Neurotherapy, 7, 70-71.
Heide Rokni, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker who has worked in the health and mental health fields for over seven years. She holds a Master's of Social Work from Catholic University. The majority of Heide's clients are people living with depression, anxiety, life-limiting illness and grief. In her practice, she incorporates traditional psychotherapy with mind-body techniques such as imagery, meditation, breathing and biofeedback. Her work with neurotherapy (EEG biofeedback) began two years ago after experiencing excellent results as a client.
Prior to beginning her neurotherapy work, as a hospice social worker Heide provided therapy and counseling services to hospice patients living in the Washington, DC area and their families. She has counseled individuals and facilitated groups of children, teens and adults grieving the loss of a loved one. She has also led wellness groups with adults, focusing on the mind-body connection as a key resource for healing and growth. Having worked with people of all backgrounds and ages (3 to 103) has offered Heide many enriching and rewarding opportunities to provide therapeutic interventions to people in need, and she looks forward to continuing this work at our practice.
Susan Moore, M.S., R.D is a registered dietitian with over 25 years experience in the field of weight management and disordered eating. She is the former Program Manager for the George Washington University Weight Management Program where she led weekly cognitive-behavioral groups and coordinated the clinic's other nutritional classes. Prior to this position she co-led the Woman's Bulimia Group in Tampa, Florida and was a behavioral program leader for the Institute of Health Maintenance also in Tampa. In addition to her private practice, Ms. Moore is currently the Site Director for the Virginia Dietetic Internship Program in Northern Virginia.
Ms. Moore's professional memberships include the Virginia and American Dietetic Associations. She served on the Board of Directors for the Washington Society for the Study of Eating Disorders and Obesity from 1990-1997. She currently serves on the Legislative and Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors the American Dietetic Association.
Ms. Moore has a B.S. degree in Clinical and Community Nutrition from the University of Florida and a M.S. degree in Adult Education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is also a Certified L.E.A.P therapist (LEAP test measures sensitivities to food and chemicals).
EEG Technicians Clockwise from left to right: Senior EEG Technicians Paula Milano and Lorraine Faherty, EEG Technician and physician Anastasiya Jex, EEG Technician Rita Shadevich.