Jeff Rockwell, MA, MHP, Doctoral Candidate

Children, Adolescents, College, Young Adults, Adults, Couples, Parents, Families

Neuro-informed treatments: Biofeedback, DBT, QEEG, Neurofeedback, LENS, HeartMath

Anxiety, Depression, Self-Esteem, Trauma, LGBTQIA+ Affirming, Stressful Life Transitions, Men’s Issues, career, academic/athletic performance, and spirituality/religion

If you work with Jeff, you get an elite combination of traditional counseling with neuro-informed treatments, biofeedback, and technology integration, which works for all ages, including kids & adolescents. These tools are especially helpful for those struggling to talk about their stressors. As an emerging scholar from Northwestern’s Neurofeedback & Integrated Therapy Institute in Clinical Counseling in Colorado, Jeff focuses on optimizing brain function for a wholistic improvement for your mind and body.

While Jeff’s neuroscience is clinically proven to help, he has a laid back, gentle, kind and down-to-earth approach. When you meet Jeff, he quickly “gets you” and can relate to the challenges faced in today’s world. Jeff brings years of life and professional experience as a veteran of the Air Force, a Creative Director, Artist and Commercial Photographer.

Kids & Adolescents

Jeff loves helping kids & adolescents who find it challenging to talk through or verbalize their stressors. Using neuroscienctific, clinically-proven tools and techniques, he’s able to quickly connect and help identify ways they can improve their daily life, even if they struggle to talk about it.

He helps kids recalibrate, enhance focus, reduce stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms–to thrive.

His research focus is centered on neuro-informed treatment and technology integration in counseling. He is trained in several modalities including: Psychodynamic Theory, Neuro-informed Counseling, Biofeedback, Neurofeedback, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution Focused Therapy.

Athletic & Academic performance

Jeff understands the pressures kids & adolescents face today for athletic & academic excellence. Often, this pressure is something they put on themselves! Whether your child is struggling to keep up or competing at an elite level–Jeff helps break negative cycles and regain control.

Sports, Athletics, Music, Arts and Academics all have one thing in common: Your mental state is a major factor that determines your outcome and success.

Research has shown elite athletes tend to be at a greater risk for depression and anxiety. This is extremely challenging for students, who have large time commitments and daily required tasks and deliverables. Jeff loves nothing more than helping stressed out kids break the chains of their stressors so they can enjoy their life and thrive.

Career Success & Pivots

Jeff will be the first to tell you, life and success does not follow a straight line. As a former successful artist, Commercial Photographer, Creative Director–Jeff has found a sensory exploration to help people reconnect with their true self. His work now as a counselor is anchored in his passion for art and human complexity.

As an artist, he learned the art of story telling by capturing one’s true essence of a person, light and energy to communicate with the world. Understanding the relationships between those components, and nuances of sensory complexity, has equipped him with the ability to help others create their story to tell–whether in interviews, job applications, promotions, or career changes. Jeff truly understands what a wild adventure we’re all on!

Biofeedback & Holistic Approach

Biofeedback is an alternative medicine approach that teaches people to change the way their bodies function. It is a mind-body therapy that may improve your physical and mental health. Biofeedback promotes relaxation, which can help relieve a number of conditions that are related to stress. Using biofeedback, you’ll be able to use tools to notice stress responses in your body through to help gain control and find relaxation to enhance your performance and wellbeing.

Jeff holds a Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree from Northwestern University and is embarking on his doctoral training in Counseling Education and Supervision, starting in Fall 2023. He specializes in the application of neuro-informed treatments. He takes an approach that is informed by science, biological response, and assisted by psychoeducation. Grounded in the belief that we were crafted with a natural capacity to move from a state of frustration to appreciation, he aims to utilize a holistic approach to therapy (full mind, body, and spirit integration).

Humanitarian passion

Jeff grew up in the midwest and has traveled extensively, lived on the east coast and west coast, as well as Europe. Returning this year to the greater Chicago area, he is inspired to serve the communities that raised him. Jeff is a veteran of the Air Force, a Photographer and Creative Director, and may be found supporting humanitarian missions around the world with documentation services.

For Fun

In my free time I’m out in nature maybe doing a little healing of my own. I love my family, and outdoor adventures. Often rotating through riding my road bike, hiking, camping, paddling, yoga, or standing in a river for seasonal fly fishing.

Thank you for reading my bio today. I’m happy to introduce myself, but know that I realize this journey is yours, and very personal. I look forward to using my lived experience and education to help you make the most of yours.

This just in! VR with real-time biofeedback!

I am thrilled to introduce the transformative potential of Virtual Reality (VR) technology in my practice. VR allows me to create personalized and immersive environments for my clients, providing a safe space to address their mental health challenges. Real-time biofeedback allows us to work together at your pace, with data driven measures that help us see how you’re progressing.

• 100+ levels for training to treat Anxiety Disorders, Anger, and Stress.

• 1000+ levels for various relaxation therapies, including Mindfulness meditations, Virtual Traveling, Athletic Performance, & Art therapy

• We will add 200 new levels to our VR library in 2023!

With our innovative VR counseling approach, clients can fearlessly confront and process their fears, anxieties, and traumas in a gradual and nurturing environment, promoting profound healing and personal growth.

Say goodbye to geographical limitations!

VR counseling services break barriers, allowing us to connect with individuals in remote areas or with physical limitations, ensuring no one is left behind on their journey to mental well-being. Experience the future of counseling with our cutting-edge VR technology and witness transformative results like never before!

To Schedule an Appointment

(847) 919-9096 x1

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