Assessment-Guided Neuromodulation
Train Your Brain Toward Healthier Patterns
We combine QEEG brain mapping, ERP, and focused cognitive assessment with personalized neurostimulation to help the brain function with greater consistency, efficiency, and regulation.
What Is Neurotherapy?
Neurotherapy is a process of measuring brain activity, identifying patterns that may relate to symptoms or functional challenges, and using targeted training to support more adaptive regulation.
Think of it like learning to ride a bike. Neurostimulation provides the initial guidance — the training wheels — while repeated practice helps the brain become more consistent on its own.
At Mighty Village, treatment is never based on a brain map alone. We integrate QEEG and ERP findings with cognitive performance, symptoms, developmental history, and clinical goals to design and refine each protocol.
Explore the Brain's Rhythms
A QEEG reads the brain's electrical rhythms, grouped into frequency bands from slow and large to fast and fine. Every rhythm is healthy in its place; trouble comes from too much or too little of one at the wrong time, so the aim is restoring balance rather than turning a rhythm up or down. Select a band to see its rhythm, what it looks like in daily life, what happens when it falls out of balance, and how neurotherapy relates to it.
Hover a band to set its rhythm in motion · slow and large on the left, fast and fine on the right
Alpha 8–12 Hz
The brain's idling rhythm — calm, relaxed wakefulness. Alpha rises when you close your eyes and settles the moment you engage with something.
- In daily life
- The unhurried, ready state: sitting quietly, listening to music, the pause before you begin. Healthy alpha is flexible — present at rest, stepping aside for action.
- Out of balance
- Too much alpha can leave the brain disengaged from the world around it. The engine is running, but the car remains in neutral. At its best, this inward orientation can support imagination, creativity, and a rich inner life. But there is a shadow side: excessive inward focus, relentless rumination, and a mind that struggles to shift its attention outward. Elevated alpha in certain brain regions, including frontal networks involved in attention and self-regulation, may accompany patterns of anxiety, obsessive thinking, and attentional difficulties. Such patterns can appear in generalized anxiety, social anxiety, OCD, and ADHD, although they are not specific to any one condition. Too little alpha presents a different challenge: a nervous system that struggles to find its idle. The mind stays alert, the body holds tension, and the ability to slow down, relax, and settle into restorative sleep becomes more difficult.
- How neurotherapy relates
- The aim is flexible alpha, not simply more of it: training may help the brain shift out of neutral, easing excess frontal alpha that keeps the mind turned inward, or strengthen the resting alpha an over-activated nervous system cannot produce.
This explorer illustrates common associations for educational purposes. Brainwave patterns are interpreted together, in the context of a full assessment, and do not independently establish a diagnosis or explain functioning in isolation.
One Plan. Multiple Ways to Support the Brain.
Neurostimulation is our primary approach. It uses carefully selected electrical, light-based, or electromagnetic inputs to influence targeted brain networks. Neurofeedback may also be incorporated selectively when real-time feedback is a useful fit for the individual. The specific modalities, frequencies, placement, and timing are chosen according to assessment findings, treatment goals, tolerance, and response over time.
Measure
QEEG, ERP, and cognitive performance
Personalize
Clinical interpretation and individualized targets
Refine
Progress monitoring and protocol adjustment
Neurotherapy in Action
A look inside a typical session at our Santa Monica clinic.
Data-Driven Precision — Advanced brain visualization helps us identify networks of interest and develop a more individualized starting protocol.
Comfortable & Relaxed — Clients can watch a show, play a game, or listen to music during treatment. Sessions are noninvasive and designed to feel comfortable and manageable.
Designed Around the Way Your Brain Works
Neurotherapy may be considered when patterns of attention, regulation, sleep, cognition, or performance are interfering with daily life.
Attention & Executive Function
May support improved focus, planning, and impulse management through targeted training of frontal networks.
Anxiety & Overactive Brain States
May help calm patterns of overactivation and support more regulated responses to stress.
Sleep & Nervous-System Regulation
Can be relevant when sleep architecture or autonomic regulation patterns are contributing to difficulties.
Emotional Regulation
May support individuals who experience frequent mood shifts, reactivity, or difficulty managing strong emotions.
Learning & Cognitive Efficiency
May help improve consistency in processing speed, working memory, or sustained attention during cognitive tasks.
Peak Performance & Recovery
Used by athletes, students, and performers seeking to optimize focus, reaction time, and cognitive resilience.
Outcomes vary by individual, protocol, and condition. Our approach is always guided by the latest evidence and tailored to each person's specific needs.
Your Journey with Neurotherapy
Our process is designed to be clear, data-driven, and collaborative from start to finish.
Initial Consultation
We learn about your concerns, history, goals, and whether neurotherapy may be an appropriate fit.
Brain Mapping & Assessment
QEEG, ERP, and focused cognitive measures help us understand patterns of brain activity and functioning.
Personalized Protocol Design
Assessment findings are integrated with clinical history, symptoms, and treatment goals to develop an individualized plan.
Targeted Training Sessions
Carefully selected neuromodulation approaches are used to support more regulated and efficient patterns of activity.
Reassessment & Refinement
We monitor symptoms, daily functioning, cognitive performance, and follow-up data, adjusting the protocol as needed.
Initial Consultation
We learn about your concerns, history, goals, and whether neurotherapy may be an appropriate fit.
Brain Mapping & Assessment
QEEG, ERP, and focused cognitive measures help us understand patterns of brain activity and functioning.
Personalized Protocol Design
Assessment findings are integrated with clinical history, symptoms, and treatment goals to develop an individualized plan.
Targeted Training Sessions
Carefully selected neuromodulation approaches are used to support more regulated and efficient patterns of activity.
Reassessment & Refinement
We monitor symptoms, daily functioning, cognitive performance, and follow-up data, adjusting the protocol as needed.
The Intensive Model
A traditional course of neurotherapy may be spread across several months. For many families, a concentrated period of training is more practical and gives the brain repeated opportunities to practice new patterns with less time between sessions.
Like focused physical training, closely spaced sessions can support repetition and consolidation. Progress is reviewed throughout the intensive, and the protocol is adjusted according to response.
10 Sessions in 5 Days
Two sessions per day, with a break in between.
Flexible Scheduling
Sessions may be spread across two to three weeks when needed.
Faster Consolidation
Closely spaced training provides repeated opportunities to reinforce targeted patterns.
Carefully Selected. Closely Monitored.
Each protocol is selected conservatively based on age, history, assessment findings, treatment goals, and individual tolerance. We monitor symptoms, functioning, comfort, and objective measures throughout care, adjusting the protocol as needed.
Neurotherapy is a training process rather than a cure, and we coordinate with other healthcare providers when appropriate.
The Science Behind Neuromodulation
Neurotherapy draws on a fast-growing body of research in neuromodulation: techniques that use gentle electrical signals, light, electromagnetic fields, or real-time feedback to help the brain shift toward healthier patterns. The evidence now reaches well beyond attention. Controlled trials and meta-analyses report benefits for working memory and learning, mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and sleep. Below, the research is organized two ways: by the techniques we use, and by what families come in asking about.
How We Apply the Research
Modalities may be used individually or in combination according to assessment findings, goals, tolerance, and response. We monitor progress and refine the protocol rather than assuming that one approach fits everyone.
Precision Technology. Personalized Care.
Our protocols are guided by QEEG, ERP, cognitive findings, symptoms, and goals, not selected from a generic menu or determined by software alone. We also consult regularly with experienced neuromodulation specialists to review and refine treatment when appropriate.
This is where the research is heading. Work from Martijn Arns's group and others shows that a person's EEG can forecast which treatment they are likely to respond to. One marker, the alpha peak frequency, predicted which children would remit on medication versus neurofeedback in a blinded validation across thousands of records; frontal alpha asymmetry predicted antidepressant response in the 1,008-patient iSPOT-D study; resting EEG separated TMS responders from non-responders; and QEEG-informed neurofeedback protocols reproduced their results across centers. A brain map does not decide treatment on its own. We read it alongside history, cognitive findings, and goals to shape an individualized plan.[62, 75, 76, 77]
The Techniques We Use
How each modality works, what the research shows, and what shapes the result.
What the Research Shows
Select a goal to see the strongest findings for it: which technique was studied, in whom, and what changed. Labels describe the kind of research behind each finding; the numbers point to the References list.
The most studied application, with several routes to the same goal
tACS. In a 2026 double-blind trial, 56 adults with ADHD received 20 sessions over four weeks; inattention improved roughly twice as much as with sham (d ≈ 1.0), with gains still present a month after the course ended. In children, 24 sessions matched or exceeded methylphenidate on parent ratings in a small head-to-head study.[5, 6]
Controlled studiestRNS. In a double-blind, sham-controlled trial, ten sessions of tRNS paired with cognitive training produced a large reduction in parent-rated ADHD symptoms in unmedicated children aged 6–12 (d ≈ 0.9), with 55% responding versus 17% on sham after treatment and 64% versus 33% three weeks later. An earlier randomized trial in children found tRNS outperformed tDCS on both symptoms and working memory, with gains holding a week later.[21, 22]
Controlled studiestDCS. A review of 14 studies found gains in working memory, inhibition, and attention in most, with no serious adverse effects across 747 sessions; a 2025 meta-analysis of seven randomized trials pooled improvements in inattention and impulsivity, and a separate pediatric meta-analysis found the impulsivity benefit clearest at one-month follow-up.[34, 37, 38]
Research reviewsNeurofeedback. The longest track record: large effects on inattention and impulsivity in the first meta-analysis, gains that held six to twelve months after training ended, and 70% response and 55% remission with QEEG-informed protocols in a 114-patient multicenter study. Blinded trials confirm that children genuinely learn to shift their own EEG, and are sharpening the picture of where that learning helps most.[61, 62, 63, 64]
Research reviewstVNS. Meta-analyses across more than 1,500 participants show small but reliable gains in attention and cognitive control from the ear-based device, a gentle option that suits younger patients.[57, 58]
Emerging research
How we apply it
ADHD is not one brain pattern, which is why assessment comes first: excess slow activity, frontal alpha, and beta spindling suggest different starting points, and the most durable results in this literature come from protocols matched to the individual and refined against symptoms, history, and goals.
Sources 5, 6, 21, 22, 34, 37, 38, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64 in the References list below.
Research continues to clarify which approaches work best for different goals and individuals. We use these findings to inform personalized care and track progress in symptoms, cognitive performance, and everyday life.
Frequently Asked Questions
Related Services
Our services are designed to work together. Explore how other parts of our approach may support your family's goals.
Start with Understanding
Neurotherapy begins with a clearer picture of how the brain is functioning and what may be getting in the way. Schedule a consultation to discuss whether assessment-guided neurotherapy may be appropriate for you or your child.