Brainwave training for focus, sleep, and regulation
A gentle, non-invasive form of brain training for kids, teens, and adults. We work with focus and attention, sleep, emotional regulation, and recovery after concussion.
Brooklyn Heights · In-person sessions only
How it works
Neurofeedback is a gentle, non-invasive form of brain training. Sensors on the scalp measure your brain activity. Specialized software shows that activity back to you in real time, so the brain can see what it’s doing and practice new patterns.
Over time, this practice helps the brain settle into healthier patterns. For many people that shows up as steadier focus, better sleep, more even-keeled emotion, and a nervous system that gets back to regulation more readily.
Neurofeedback at Middle Way runs alongside the same relational, trauma-informed approach that guides our work in individual therapy, trauma therapy, and EMDR.
Who neurofeedback helps
Many people come to neurofeedback because talk therapy alone hasn’t fully reached the patterns they’re stuck in. Others want a way of working with the nervous system that doesn’t depend on language. Either is a good starting point.
Attention that drifts, distractibility, and focus that slips just when you need it most.
Trouble falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, or waking up unrested. The daytime weight that follows.
Strong reactions that are hard to slow down, or a nervous system that struggles to settle after stress.
Patterns that have settled in over time and feel heavy in the body as much as the mind.
Stuck places in school, sports, or creative work, when it feels like the brain is working against you.
Support for the cognitive and regulatory after-effects of concussion or other brain injury.
Neurofeedback can be especially supportive for kids and teens who feel frustrated with traditional talk therapy, or who don’t yet have the language to describe what they’re experiencing. It’s also used by adults who want to work with their nervous system and attention from a different angle.
Meet your practitioner
LMSW · Neurofeedback at Middle Way
Neurofeedback sessions at Middle Way are led by Matthew Word, LMSW. Matthew sits with you in the room, places the sensors, runs the session, and connects the work to the broader picture of how you’re feeling and what you’re working through. Sessions are unhurried. The pace is set by what your nervous system can use, not by a script.
A note on our partnership with Sadar Psychology and Sports Center. Middle Way partners with Sadar Psychology and Sports Center for the analytical side of neurofeedback — specifically, the review of your brainwave patterns by trained clinicians, and in some cases evaluation by a neurologist. That review helps inform the session plan Matthew works with you on. Sadar handles the pattern analysis; the in-room therapy is Matthew’s.
Neurofeedback gives the brain a way to practice what regulation feels like, until that becomes a little easier to find. It isn’t about overriding who you are.
Neurofeedback is a gentle, non-invasive form of brain training. Sensors on the scalp monitor your brainwaves, and specialized software shows you that activity in real time. Over time, this feedback helps the brain learn healthier patterns. People often notice better focus, improved sleep, less reactivity, and more steady regulation.
With consistent neurofeedback, many people notice changes in focus and attention, sleep, reactivity, emotional regulation, and performance in school, sports, or creative work. Some people notice shifts within a few weeks. For others it takes longer. What you experience depends on your individual brain patterns, what brought you in, and how consistently sessions fit into your life. There’s no expectation about timeline.
Neurofeedback at Middle Way is offered for kids, teens, and adults. It supports people working with attention or focus challenges (including ADHD), sleep difficulties, emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, chronic stress, performance blocks (school, sports, creative work), and recovery from concussion or other brain injury. Athletes and creatives also use it to find more clarity and steadiness in their work.
Neurofeedback is generally considered safe and non-invasive, comparable in risk profile to practices like meditation or relaxation training. It is designed to help the brain work more efficiently, supporting regulation, focus, and calm. It is not designed to alter who you are. Your personality and identity are not the targets of the work. More from the International Society for Neurofeedback & Research →
Neurofeedback at Middle Way is offered in-person only, at our Brooklyn Heights office at 15 Monroe Place. We start with a consultation. From there, sessions repeat on a schedule tailored to your brainwave patterns and your goals. Brainwave data is reviewed in partnership with Sadar Psychology and Sports Center, and in some cases a neurologist, to inform a plan that fits you.
In person, Brooklyn Heights
Neurofeedback at Middle Way is in person only, at our Brooklyn Heights office. The room is quiet. Sessions feel more like a settled hour than a clinical procedure.
Our office at 15 Monroe Place is close to Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Downtown Brooklyn, and DUMBO.
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Read more →If neurofeedback feels like it might fit, we’d be glad to talk it through. The consult is fifteen minutes, free, no pressure, no commitment. We’ll listen, answer your questions, and help you decide whether this is the right next step for you.