New York Neurofeedback | About Catherine A. Boyer, MA, LCSW

About Catherine A. Boyer, MA, LCSW
New York Neurofeedback
New York, New York 10024

Catherine Boyer

Of course, nothing is as good as getting to know someone in person, but ideally I'd like you to feel comfortable even before you get here. I hope this web site will give you some sense of how I work. You’re also welcome to email me or call me at 212-877-6923 with questions or so that we can spend a few minutes getting to know each other over the phone. Meanwhile, here are some basic facts.

Experience

I have been a psychotherapist working with adults (18 and older) in a private practice setting for over twenty years. (If you’re not familiar with the term “private practice,” it means a private office where you have more privacy than in a clinic.) Prior to opening a private practice, I worked in organizational settings.

Although the results my clients and I obtained by working together in psychotherapy were very good, when I was introduced to neurofeedback several years ago I could see right away that it could be beneficial to many of my clients. I saw that neurofeedback could help with anxiety, problems with sleep, focus and distractibility, depression, obsessive thinking, etc. I introduced it first to some of my therapy clients and then made it available to people who wanted to come just for neurofeedback. I’m happy to tell you that my guess about the difference it could make proved to be correct.

I also teach and supervise beginners to the field and have found it extremely rewarding to be a part of neurofeedback and NeurOptimal™ (formerly NeuroCARE®) becoming more widely available.

Education

I have two Masters Degrees in the field of psychology. One is in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling from William Lyon University and the other is a Masters in Social Work from Fordham University (essentially, this means a Masters in psychotherapy.) In addition, I am a Zengar Institute certified Advanced Trainer. NeurOptimal™, developed by Zengar Institute, is the neurofeedback system I use.

The way I worked as a psychotherapist was always grounded in a firm belief and trust in each person’s ability to heal and grow. The Zengar NeurOptimal™ system is based on a similar principle – that the CNS (the central nervous system, your brain and spinal cord) has a powerful ability to renormalize itself, if it is just given the right information. That made it the perfect choice of system.