Neurofeedback • Psychotherapy • Hypnotherapy • Meditation •
Offering an approach that combines psychotherapy, brain science, and somatic experiencing. Working at this dynamic intersection of brain, body, and mind we help clients resolve long-standing issues using drug-free and non-invasive therapies. While psychotherapy opens the mind and calms emotions, neurofeedback regulates the brain. Hypnotherapy and meditation can help clients integrate changes.
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Locations
923 Laguna St., Suite B
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
2565 Puesta Del Sol, #201 Santa Barbara, CA 93105
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805-395-8848
Eating Disorders
Headache / Migraine
Insomnia
Memory Issues
Pain
Peak Performance Training for Athletes, Musicians and Meditators
ADHD
Addictive Disorders
Anxiety
Bipolar Dssorder
Depression
Developmental Trauma
We help:
PTSD
Post Concussion Syndrome
Stress / Overwhelm
Tinnitus
Traumatic Brain Injury
And More…
What is a session like?
During the Neurofeedback session, we modify brainwave activity subconsciously using a painless, non-invasive treatment approach that allows us to gain information about the patient’s brainwave activity and use that information to produce positive changes in brainwave activity. During a session patients are trained through the use of computerized biofeedback equipment to change their brainwave activity.
Neurofeedback Therapy
Every brain is a masterpiece of complexity and individuality. With approximately 100 billion neurons, each connected by up to 10,000 synapses, the brain operates at speeds that are beyond our perception—firing at a rate of 1/1,000 of a second. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by strong emotions or suddenly triggered, you've witnessed just a small glimpse of the incredible power and intricate systems at work beneath the surface.
When the brain is healthy, balanced, and in a state of relaxation, it functions optimally. However, when this delicate balance is disrupted—whether due to stress, trauma, or ongoing emotional challenges—the effects can be felt as anxiety, depression, and a host of other conditions.
Neurofeedback offers a path to restore control and bring balance back to the brain. By helping the brain regulate itself and create new, healthier neural pathways, it provides the opportunity to resolve long-standing issues—potentially for good. What makes Neurofeedback so powerful is its ability to harness the brain's innate intelligence and healing capacity, all without the need for medication or invasive procedures. It’s a journey toward mental clarity, emotional stability, and lasting well-being.
Psychotherapy
As a trauma-informed, client centered practice, we use a variety of psychotherapeutic modalities to meet each client where they are.
At our practice, we offer a comprehensive, holistic approach to therapy that goes beyond traditional cognitive techniques. While cognitive therapy can be effective for addressing specific thoughts and behaviors, we believe that lasting healing and transformation often require a deeper exploration of the mind, body, and spirit.
Our approach integrates a variety of powerful therapeutic modalities to guide you on your journey of self-discovery and healing. From depth psychotherapy and psychodynamic therapy, which delve into the unconscious to uncover long-standing patterns and unresolved emotional conflicts, to somatic therapy, which addresses the connection between body and mind, we believe in treating the whole person.
We also offer dream work, tapping into the profound messages that arise from your dreams, allowing them to provide insight into your inner world and foster greater self-awareness. This blend of therapies creates a dynamic and personalized experience, helping you gain deeper insights, heal old wounds, and foster lasting change.
Whether you’re navigating life transitions, working through trauma, or simply seeking greater self-awareness, we’re here to support you every step of the way. Our goal is to provide a safe, nurturing space where you can explore your emotions, understand your patterns, and unlock your full potential.
Meditation / Mindfulness
Meditation is a practice in which the person performing meditation focuses on a thought, mantra, object or activity to produce a calm, clear and stable state. In meditation people practice being and staying in the present moment, acceptance and a nonjudgemental mind. This is a practice of awareness, mindfulness and breath can also be a large part of meditation.
Meditation can be used to help alleviate a variety of symptoms such as stress, anxiety, depression, and pain. Sometimes Meditation includes a variety of different Somatic (body) techniques to help deepen a person’s body awareness and create lasting positive patterns.
“ Hypnotherapy (sometimes called hypnotic suggestion) is a therapeutic practice that uses guided hypnosis to help a client reach a trance-like state of focus, concentration, diminished peripheral awareness, and heightened suggestibility. This state is similar to being completely absorbed in a book, movie, music, or even one's own thoughts or meditations. In it, a person is unusually responsive to an idea or image, but they are not under anyone’s “control.” Instead, a trained clinical hypnotherapist can help clients in this state relax and turn their attention inward to discover and utilize resources within themselves that can help them achieve desired behavioral changes or better manage pain or other physical concerns. Eventually, a client learns how to address their states of awareness on their own and in doing so, gain greater control of their physical and psychological responses.”
- Quoted from Psychology Today
Hypnotherapy
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Therapists
Dr. Clark Elliot, the founder of the Santa Barbara Neurofeedback Center, earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Fielding Institute, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and has a M.S in Special Education. In his practice he uses a variety of modalities to help patients resolve conflicts or difficulties in their lives and effectively blends the use of neurofeedback (a form of biofeedback), psychotherapy and therapeutic hypnosis. He has successfully treated adults and children for: ADD/ADHD, autism, depression, anxiety, addictions, pain control, migraine headaches, phobias, PTSD and sleep disorders, such as restless leg syndrome.
Over the years, Dr. Elliott has worked in family counseling agencies, mental institutions and outpatient clinics. He has also led therapy groups of Vietnam vets, supervised interns at a local counseling center, led Hypnosis training groups for therapists and provided educational consulting. Dr. Elliott is an active member of EEG Spectrum International, a corporation promoting and conducting research in biofeedback and neurofeedback, whose vision it is to promote the achievement of full human potential through brain-based self-regulation techniques.
Elizabeth Kelleher, MA, LMFT, holds a Master’s Degree in Depth Psychology and Counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is certified in Neurofeedback, Hypnotherapy, and Mindfulness Meditation. Elizabeth integrates these modalities to meet each client where they are in their journey toward healing, growth, and self-discovery.
With a trauma-informed approach, Elizabeth works with individuals facing crossroads, crises, recovery, or life transitions, including those affected by developmental trauma. Recognizing that difficult emotions are experienced in the body, mind, and heart, she blends psychotherapy, neurofeedback, hypnotherapy, and somatic mindfulness to offer a personalized path forward. Her holistic approach helps clients cultivate a broader perspective, increase distress tolerance, and nurture self-compassion.
Elizabeth also supports individuals who wish to explore life through a psycho-spiritual or existential lens helping them to deepen self-awareness, unlock potential, develop a meditation practice and align more fully with their purpose. She provides a compassionate space for meaningful exploration and personal growth.
With extensive experience addressing anxiety, attentional challenges, developmental trauma, PTSD, addiction, depression, and relationship issues, Elizabeth helps clients break free from habitual mindsets and painful patterns. Her work fosters emotional balance and healthier relationships with the self, others, and the world.
Our Mission
To provide an integral approach to care for psychologically distressed and traumatized people using a combination of psychotherapy, neurofeedback, mindfulness, and education. With this approach we aim to improve the health and well-being of our clients so they may go on to lead healthy, happy, and productive lives.
Our Vision
We envision a world where all people are compassionately nurtured to reclaim their inherent well-being after experiencing trauma, neglect, and psychological distress. We provide an environment that values the importance of addressing the mind, the body, and the spirit in a way cultivates lasting emotional balance.