Training brains, changing lives.

“A diverse range of people – from young children through to senior citizens – are retraining their brains with the help of a revolutionary EEG biofeedback treatment.”

“A golden pyramid-like object is pulsating on the screen in front of David Ackerman as he sits in the Brain Care therapy room, tiny sensors attached to his scalp. A keen musician, one of his favourite tunes is playing through earphones as he focuses on the screen. As therapist Paul Moorhead-Read scans David’s brainwaves and other data on a monitor, the prism expands (good) or contracts (bad), depending on the responses his brain is sending.”

“Known as EEG biofeedback training, it’s sending a subliminal, subconscious message to his mind to try and keep the pyramid as large as he can for as long as he can. (Some clients may choose to watch a movie or play a computer game, with the picture becoming clearer or the game progressing more smoothly when their brain produces the target outcomes).”

“David, a northern NSW chiropractor who suffered serious head injuries in a cycling accident 25 years ago, is one of a diverse range of people – from young children through to senior citizens – that Brain Care is helping to retrain their brains. Based in a newly-established clinic in the Riverside Professional Centre at Tweed Heads, the practice was founded more than 20 years ago by a senior psychologist and former president of the Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia.”

“With a motto of ‘train your brain, change your life’, It’s one of the few facilities of its kind in Australia, offering drug-free therapies to assist those who have suffered from acute brain injuries, autism, ADHD and other learning difficulties, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression.”

“Brain Care, which also has a clinic at Robina, was established in the early 1990s after its founder sensed a desperation in the community for alternative brain therapies.”

“People with brain injuries and neurodiverse issues were looking for new and sustainable options,” Paul says.”

To continue reading the article about David, as featured in Ocean Road Magazine, click here.

This entry was originally published in January 2022.