Sadar BCIA Case Study Groups 2023

Sadar BCIA course Alumni Pricing: $500.00
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Time: Tuesdays 12p – 2p EST

Course Platform: Virtual – Zoom

Group 1 CSG Dates:Sep 5, 2023 – Leader Shari Johansson

• Sep 19, 2023- Leader Shari Johansson
• Oct 3, 2023- Leader Shari Johansson
• Oct 17, 2023 – Leader Shari Johansson
• Oct 31, 2023 – Leader Linda Walker
• Nov 14, 2023 – Leader Linda Walker
• Nov 28, 2023 – Leader Linda Walker
• Dec 12, 2023 – Leader Linda Walker

After completing the BCIA approved Introduction to Neurofeedback; didactic training for Neurofeedback certification, students continue to the Case Study Group (CSG) program which is facilitated by a BCIA Certified neurofeedback mentor. The goal of the Case Study Group program is to provide the guidance needed to integrate neurofeedback into your clinical practice. The CSG consists of eight 2-hour meetings.

Objectives

Ongoing discussions about training to include;

• 2 channel training
• understanding/ identifying artifacts
• Wide inhibits and down training vs. traditional inhibits
• Have a plan for fortune training

Presentation and discussions of individual cases. In the ensuing weeks, students will report responses to training and discuss and implement protocol changes.

Prerequisites:

Must be licensed in a clinical or medical field.
Must have completed the Didactic part of the Sadar Neurofeedback Certificate Program OR must be a neurofeedback clinician who has completed the BCIA Neurofeedback Course elsewhere and want to further your neurofeedback expertise in working with patients with trauma histories.
Must have equipment that is FDA cleared compatible with BCIA Blueprint by the time CSG begins

Who is this course for

Anyone who meets prerequisites

BCIA Certification Requirements:

Satisfactory completion of the Case Study Group will have met the BCIA requirements of 5 contact hours and 10 case studies

Group Leader:

Linda Walker, PhD, LPC

From the time I emerged from college (the first time), prepared for a career in journalism, I felt driven to find ways to be part of the solution to the challenges I saw in the world.

Not quite satisfied with what I contributed as a writer, I pursued a master’s degree in human relations and counseling through University of Oklahoma and began my career as a helping professional in the mid 1990s. I later added post graduate certificates in addiction studies and school counseling, and a doctorate in psychology with an emphasis in psychophysiology from Saybrook University.

In my early work, I helped adults who had developmental disabilities find ways to live independently and experience life to their fullest. Since then, I’ve had the privilege to work with people from diverse backgrounds and circumstances seeking to find their balance, wellbeing and optimal function. Along the journey, I’ve spent time working in community mental health, juvenile justice, private practice and corporate health.

I added neurofeedback and biofeedback to my practice in my work within a residential treatment facility for juvenile delinquents in 2000. Assessment using qEEG came a short time thereafter.

As a counselor, I was seeing young adults who had one last chance at remediation. They had trauma, mental health and behavioral conditions, learning disorders, substance use problems, post concussive incidents and toxic chemical exposures — and usually all rolled up into a single young person! They had tried practically every medication and therapy in the book.

I began to question what more I could offer these young men and women to help them toward a better future.

That answer came in the form of neurofeedback and biofeedback. With a structured curriculum integrated into the residential treatment program, the number of restraint interventions decreased, medication need decreased and kids began reporting they made honor role in school — the first time for most of them. The program was documenting these changes and tracking data. Sadly the economic downturn spelled an end to the program in 2010.

Having witnessed the power of psychophysiological therapies to effect change in those I helped, I moved forward professionally within my own private practice. The past decade has indeed been busy!

I continued seeing children with challenges. In addition, I began to see adults and children with chronic disorders, such as pain and epilepsy. With an institute for performing arts nearby, I also began to expand my knowledge in working with optimal performers.

I have been privileged to direct assessment for a neurotherapy group that had clinics throughout Michigan, develop and teach biofeedback for Western Michigan University, and work with Bio-Medical, Thought Technology, and Biofeedback Federation to teach courses, mentor and develop software. I’ve had the opportunity to advise best practice in the field of psychophysiology and to participate in research efforts.

These accomplishments have been very gratifying and it’s a privilege to make a contribution to the advancement of helping therapies. That said, my heart still lives in the opportunity to work with others, to meet them where they are in their journey and to use the tools and skills I have to help them along their way. That goes for those whom I mentor and teach, as well as those who come to me as clients.

Shari Johansson, RDH, MA, LPC, NCC, BCN, QEEG-D

Shari has been a therapist and LPC Supervisor for nearly 30 years, both in private practice and in the University setting. Always a student of science, Shari dove into neurofeedback in 2015 after seeing how this modality effectively resolved her son’s ADHD symptoms and her daughter’s temporal lobe seizures.

Only 2 weeks into her quest, she attended the ISNR conference in Denver and naively enrolled in a QEEG class. She met Jay Gunkelman at that conference as he was throwing a big bash to celebrate his birthday. With the fascination of neuroscience and meeting the larger-than-life personalities, Shari was thoroughly hooked. These years later, she still considers herself a novice that has only touched the tip of the monolithic iceberg of neuroscience and neurotherapy. She currently teaches didactic courses and is a certified mentor for both BCN and QEEG certification.

Neurofeedback and neuromodulation has been a game changer personally and professionally with her most challenging, treatment resistant clients. So, although the learning curve is steep with no plateau in sight, Shari is grateful to be on this path.

Shari has been a therapist and LPC Supervisor for nearly 30 years, both in private practice and in the University setting. Always a student of science, Shari dove into neurofeedback in 2015 after seeing how this modality effectively resolved her son’s ADHD symptoms and her daughter’s temporal lobe seizures.
Only 2 weeks into her quest, she attended the ISNR conference in Denver and naively enrolled in a QEEG class. She met Jay Gunkelman at that conference as he was throwing a big bash to celebrate his birthday. With the fascination of neuroscience and meeting the larger-than-life personalities, Shari was thoroughly hooked. These years later, she still considers herself a novice that has only touched the tip of the monolithic iceberg of neuroscience and neurotherapy. She currently teaches didactic courses and is a certified mentor for both BCN and QEEG certification.
Neurofeedback and neuromodulation has been a game changer personally and professionally with her most challenging, treatment resistant clients. So, although the learning curve is steep with no plateau in sight, Shari is grateful to be on this path.

• I am well versed in Nexus 4, 10, 32 & Q32 with Biotrace software.
• I have trained with ClearMind’s Richard Souter and know ClearMind fairly well.
• I am comfortable with BrainMaster Atlantis & Discovery.
• I feel somewhat confident with all Neurofield Amplifiers and Stimulation, PEMF and Light as well as the software.
• I’m comfortable with Daymed and Tru Scan.
• I am comfortable with Mitsarz1 Champ and WinEEG.
• I am fairly comfortable with the Neuro AMp and BeeLab
• I have level 1 training with LENS but do not use it.
• I am comfortable with iSync Wave and iSync software.
  While I have used QEEG Pro in the past, I do not currently hold a subscription.
• I am currently utilizing WinEEG, iSync, and Neuroguide software.
• Additionally, I use the following in my office
  ° ISF
  ° Photobiomodulation with Neurofield, iSync, Vielight
  ° DC Stim/ AC Stim/ Noise/ PEMF
  ° Audio Visual Entrainment