Pat LaDouceur, PhD, MFT

If you are looking for a local relationship expert, here she is! My partner and I went to 4 sessions with Pat, when we were going through a rough patch. She gave a lot of great tools and suggestions for us to improve things. You won’t regret it!

I did 47 sessions of neurofeedback with Pat LaDouceur – a special type called Infra-​slow Fluctuation (ISF). Though I sent her a report of how I reacted to the treatment after each session, she regularly forgot the details of what we were doing – it seems she didn’t adequately review my case before sessions, and she didn’t make a spreadsheet to keep track of information until I started doing it at home («remote training») which occurred at about 17 sessions. Once I started doing it at home she had to make «files» so I could do different protocols and she consistently made mistakes with the files. However, she was good at responding to my emails, answering questions, and fixing things as needed. I don’t know if her mistakes affected my treatment or not, but it was disturbing to feel that she wasn’t on top of things.
I kept with it because I wanted to do the ISF and to do the remote training – and I don’t know of anyone else who does either of these. I would like to be able to tell you how well the ISF worked, but I actually can’t decide. At the beginning I was sure that it was calming me down (I have something like PTSD). The effect seemed to plateau, however, and now, two weeks after stopping, I can feel some anger and agitation returning. And it had no effect on emotional pain or other issues that I had hoped to mitigate.

Highly recommend Pat!
I was struggling to keep focused at work and school. Went to a diagnostic session with Pat and found her to be friendly, compassionate and extremely professional.
And the training helped me greatly. For anyone that’s having trouble focusing at work I’d recommend giving neurofeedback a try before going to any other treatments.

Dr. Pat LaDouceur is a psychotherapist and a consummate professional. She is a neurofeedback practioner, a community leader, and an extraordinarily effective communicator. Pat is responsive, knowledgeable, and effective.
RJH, EdD

Pat LaDouceur is wonderful! I feel comfortable talking with her about anything. She is warm, patient and supportive. Talking with her is always helpful, but I especially benefited from doing neurofeedback with her. The session itself was relaxing, an effect that continued long after the treatment. I also slept better and completed more work in a shorter period of time. I highly recommend Pat for counseling and neurofeedback!

As a person with ADHD who also coaches people with ADHD I know that coaching helps with forming positive habits but may not be able to address the inability to concentrate. I thought neurofeedback might be a solution. After the first session I had with Pat, I found myself reading something on the computer for over an hour. It occurred to me that my maximum attention span had previously been ten to fifteen minutes. Neurofeedback obviously made an impact, and Pat did an excellent job explaining and facilitating.

Pat LaDouceur is a very compassionate theapist. She is a intelligent and energetic person that focuses on what you need. She is accepting of anything that I am currently doing, like meditation, and public speaking and intergrating it with the neurofeedback. Because of her open accepting manner, I decided to give Neurofeedback at try and see if could change my anxiety when speaking in front of strangers and change my sleeping patterns. Within 3 weeks I felt reduction in my anxiety in public speaking at my Toastmasters and BNI (Business Network International) meetings. I feel more comfortable talking in front of people.
While working on my public speaking anxiety, I have also been doing the Neurofeedback with Pat for 10 weeks to change my sleeping patterns. I had been waking up at 3:30 a.m.and having a hard time going back to sleep for 22 years ever since my daughter was born. In the first 4 weeks of Neurofeedback, I would still wake up at 3:30 a.m. and would stay up and finally by the 5^th week, I would wake up at 3:30 a.m. and then fall back to sleep. By the 9^th week I could sleep through the night. My plan is to continue the neurofeedback for another month attending sessions every 2 weeks. I feel that this plan will solidfy my new sleeping pattern of sleeping throughout the night without waking up.
I WAS SKEPTICAL AT FIRST BUT IT WORKED.

I have had a chance to do neurofeedback with Pat LaDouceur and I have found her to be very knowledgeable regarding the brain, brain wave patterns, and how to mold the sessions to match my goals. After the first session I noticed that I spent a much more «laid back» Saturday with my family than is my usual practice. I have been in clinical practice for more than 30 years. All that time I have been studying how humans function and break down from physical, emotional, spiritual, and energetic perspectives. I think that her approach with neurofeedback and counseling has much to offer those with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and type-​A personality behaviors. It has applications for almost anyone, including those who feel totally fine.
I often integrate hypnotherapy principles and practices in my clinical work at The Redwood Clinic. Pat’s work is a more sophisticated approach and a great adjunct to what I do in my practice.
Jay Sordean, Acupuncture and NRCT, Berkeley CA

Pat is professional, approachable, and really works well with people. I always feel comfortable and relaxed when I meet with her. I highly recommend Pat for counseling or neurofeedback.