Counseling & Neurofeedback Service

At CNS, we're a group of independently licensed professionals with a passion for helping others overcome life's challenges. With over 40 years of combined counseling experience, we're committed to providing the highest standard of care in mental health. Our diverse team of skilled therapists offers a range of innovative and traditional therapies to address a wide range of issues, from anxiety and depression to ADHD and autism. Our approach is centered on compassion, empathy, and a deep understanding of the complexities of the human experience.

Our Expertise

Our team includes Anne Marie Cook, a seasoned Clinical Social Worker with expertise in working with adolescents and young adults. She specializes in providing psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families, with a focus on mind, body, and spirit. Her areas of expertise include attention deficit disorder, grief and bereavement, anger management, mood disorders, and spirituality.

Michele Ward, a Licensed Professional Counselor and neurotherapist, brings a unique set of skills to the table. She combines traditional talk therapy with alternative treatments to achieve remarkable results. With extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and adults, Michele has valuable expertise in treating a wide range of issues, including ADD/ADHD, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, autism, anger management, and more.

Services We Offer

At CNS, we believe that everyone deserves a chance to thrive. We offer a range of services designed to support individuals, couples, and families through life's ups and downs. Our services include:

• Couples/Family Counseling: We work with blended families to promote better interaction through Systems Thinking. We also offer counseling for marital and relationship issues, grief, cognitive behavioral therapy, adjusting to divorce, dealing with difficult children, infidelity, and anger management.
• Individual Counseling: We work with children, adolescents, and adults, addressing issues like depression, substance abuse, relationship issues, anxiety, divorce, adoption, ADD/ADHD, and more.
• Neurofeedback: This non-invasive treatment helps train the brain to function more efficiently, addressing conditions like ADD/ADHD, autism, depression, sleep disorders, learning disabilities, and anxiety.
• Biofeedback: We use HEG biofeedback to treat learning disabilities, and offer The Listening Program, an auditory stimulation program for auditory processing difficulties. Biofeedback can also be used to manage anxiety through relaxation techniques.
• Group Therapy: We offer ongoing and short-term group therapy sessions, including a women's group and junior high groups.

What is Neurofeedback?

Neurofeedback is a computer-assisted learning therapy that helps train brain behavior. It's a painless, non-invasive treatment that uses sensors to detect brain waves, which are then monitored by an electroencephalogram (EEG) monitor, amplifier, and computer-based instrument. During treatment, you use your brain waves to control a video game on the computer screen. This process helps train your brain to function more efficiently, resulting in improved self-regulation and better overall functioning.

Why Does It Work?

Neurofeedback addresses cognitive symptoms by training the brain to become more efficient in areas such as attention, emotional regulation, and cognitive processing. Our brains are wired to respond to external stimuli, and neurofeedback helps rewire the brain to respond in a more positive, adaptive way.

What is It Used For?

Neurofeedback is used to address a wide range of conditions and symptoms in which the brain is not working as efficiently as it could. These include ADD/ADHD, autism, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, learning disabilities, and more. Our goal is to help individuals, couples, and families develop the skills and strategies necessary to live happy, fulfilled lives.