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Education:
Master's Degree in Mental Health Counselling, Medaille College, New York
Bachelor of Science degree specializing in Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Toronto, Ontario
Post-Graduate education course in Advanced Counselling Techniques, George Brown College, Ontario
Professional Experience:
Neurofeedback Trainer and Administrator with the ADD Centre for the past 6 years
Counsellor for clients experiencing difficulty with attention issues, anxiety, asperger's and depression
Certification:
Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC), Canadian Counselling Association
Certified EEG biofeedback Practioner (BCIA-EEG), Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
Biofeedback Institute of Toronto Certification (BITC) - For completion of supervised time, required readings, self-training, written examination and more than 300 hours of EEG-Biofeedback and physiological biofeedback training experience.
Child Abuse Prevention Workshop, New York Mental Health Counselors Association
Published Work & Presentations: Student Scholarship Award, International Society for Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR), Indianapolis, Indiana - Awarded the scholarship at the 16th annual conference for a paper titled "Incremental Gains in Self-Regulation Skills: Comparison after 20 and 40 sessions of neurofeedback training"
Student Scholarship Award, International Society for Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR), Denver, Colorado Awarded the scholarship at the 13th annual conference for paper titled "Results of Neurofeedback training in Clients with Asperger's Syndrome" Abstract published Journal of Neurotherapy, 9, Number 4, 2005,83-84
· Lynda Thompson, Ph.D., Michael Thompson, M.D., James Thompson, Ph.D, Andrea Reid, M.A (In Press for 2010). Biofeedback Interventions for Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Biofeedback: A Practitioner’s Guide (4th Edition), Mark S. Schwartz Ph.D. & Frank Andrasik, Ph.D. (Editors), Guilford Press.
· Thompson, M., Thompson, L., & Reid, A.(2010) Functional Neuroanatomy and the Rationale for Using EEG Biofeedback for Clients with Asperger’s Syndrome. Journal of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol. 35, #1, March, pp 39-61.
· Thompson, M., Thompson, L.& Reid, A. (2010) Neurofeedback Outcomes in 150 Clients with Asperger’s Syndrome and 9 Clients with Autism. Journal of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol. 35, #1, March, pp 63-81.
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