Merlyn Hurd
Dr. Merlyn Hurd is a licensed Psychologist with over 40 years of experience providing psychological therapy, neurotherapy, Quantum Reflex Integration, and hypnosis to clients from her practice in Manhattan and Long Island. As the former Director of Health, Nutrition, and Mental Health for the New York City Agency for Child Development Head Start Program, Dr. Hurd trained 2,000 staff members and served a student population of over 16,000 children and their parents.
Dr. Hurd holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from Yeshiva University whose research focus is language development. She is a BCIA Certified Biofeedback and EEG Neurotherapist, and IQCB Certified QEEG Diplomate. A Certified Hypnotherapist, she was awarded Certification of Proficiency from the APA College of Proficiency in the treatment of Substance Abuse. Dr. Hurd holds Diplomate Status in Neurotherapy from the National Network of Neurofeedback Providers. She has Fellow Certification in EEG Biofeedback as well as in Peripheral Biofeedback from the Biofeedback Certification Association of America (BCIA).
She is the former chairperson of the International QEEG Certification Board, and former editor of the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research's newsletter, NEUROCONNECTION.
Three authored chapters are accredited to Dr. Hurd in the following technical books:
Chapter author in Handbook of Clinical EEG and Neurotherapy
Chapter author in Neurofeedback the First Fifty Years
Chapter author in 3rd Edition: Introduction of QEEG and Neurofeedback
Her philosophy is that the brain, mind and body are one - and helping one, helps the others. Using the skills developed as an actress she has honed intuitive and loving detective skills to enable you to probe the issues that affect your life.
Presenting: “The Alphabet Soup in our Brain”