Thomas Brod , MD. Self-Regulation Medical Group

I’ve spent a year searching for a someone who could prescribe my ADHD medication after my long term doctor retired last year, and have been settling with driving from Brentwood to Burbank every month to sit around for three hours to get an unnecessary check-​up and pay this doctor $ 75 to write my prescription and pretty much waste my time. I have been managing my ADHD for ten years the exact same way and it has worked out pretty well for me. I have a decade of charts to prove I have never misused or been irresponsible with this controlled substance, yet have been forced to pay for random drug tests through my general physician to tell me I don’t do any drugs (seems I could have figured that out on my own). I really just couldn’t handle anymore, so I started doing research.
Finally, I found Dr. Brod here on Unilocal and decided it was time for a change. I left a message on his answering machine on Monday and he promptly called me back. We had a short chat on the phone and I immediately got a good vibe from him. He was able to schedule me for the very next day. He sent me some pre-​evaluation forms and a link to an online survey to complete before my appointment. They took a while to complete, but when I walked into my appointment, I was immediately greeted and went directly into his office. He looked over the forms I had filled out and chatted with me for a while about some of the evaluation topics. I felt very comfortable, which is rare because I tend to be anxious and fidgety when I’m off my medication. The whole appointment took less than an hour and I walked out with prescription in hand as well as an economy sized bottle of fish oil supplements. I was so excited to have found a new doctor that actually got me, I couldn’t even wait until I got into the elevator to call me mom and tell her about the weight lifted off my shoulders.
I highly recommend Dr. Brod, I know it’s still early, but I can already tell this is going to be something that will change my life drastically and I really couldn’t be happier! :)

After struggling all my life with scattered thoughts, an inability to communicate in a concise manner, being impulsive, and perpetually disorganized– and feeling dumb, I am finally getting relief through Dr. Brod’s EEG neuro feedback.
A friend, who was exasperated trying to follow my thought pattern, insisted I get tested for ADHD. I didn’t think I had it. ADHD is a disorder that affects children. I thought my inability to focus and concentrate was due to depression.
I found Dr. Brod from my friend, Google, and called the number. Dr. Brod answered the phone and patiently listened as I poured out my anxiety and bewilderment about my behavior.
My experience from the treatments so far has been amazing! I can follow a conversation, remember what I hear, remember what I read! This has produced incredible confidence. I found out I’m not dumb!
A friend once told me that investing in ones health is by far the best investment. Mental health, in our society, is overlooked and largely neglected. I feel this is money well spent and I share my experience with others in an effort to provide hope.

Dr. Brod is a rare breed of doctor who genuinely listens to the concerns of his patients before making a thoughtful diagnosis. He was a great help to me and my family.

My experience with Dr. Brod was very helpful. He was kind and listened to the concerns of me and my family. He was calm and understanding while gently deliberate in helping us reach a viewpoint which enabled us to better communicate our needs.

I started seeing Dr. Brod over 7 years ago and he has literally changed every part of my life. I was completely disabled from Fibromyalgia, depression and anxiety. On top of that, I went from one bad relationship to another and always ended up hurt and alone. Dr. Brod uses many different types of therapies and given the number of issues I was having, we used many over a long period of time. I had been to many therapists in my life, and never achieved anything like the results I’ve had as a direct result of the work I’ve done with Dr. Brod. I’m now a successful business women in a loving 3 year relationship with a wonderful man. The work we did in therapy was incredibly painful. Yet, combined with neurofeedback and other techniques, I’m healthy and happy today.

I happened to see the first review and thought it was unfair. Yes, Dr. Brod is expensive, but he offers affordable alternatives such as seeing his assistant for neurofeedback for a fraction of the price. His office ends up being one of the least expensive places to get neurofeedback in the Los Angeles area. Please note that they have a few different neurofeedback systems. At first they used a system on me that didn’t work, and I got really skeptical. I am happy I hung in there, because they switched to a system called BrainPaint, and the results have been life changing. I have battled insomnia and nightmares my entire life, and now I sleep like a baby throughout the night and haven’t had a nightmare in 9 months. 5 stars for Dr. Brod’s office and BrainPaint!

I never write on these review sites but felt obligated seeing someone has some pretty harsh negative comments. Ive been through hell and back with medical issues, and as part of my recovery plan have been seeing Dr. Brod for at least 8 months doing the neurofeedback, biofeedback, mind-​body training. It is very positive, healing, and a life changing experience for me. And Yes he is an MD, he is an assistant professor at UCLA Med School for heavens sake.
Outstanding doctor. Im off all medications through using neurofeedback and meditation, in combination with using nutrition and hormone balancing with another MD who is very much into integrative medicine. If you are sick of the traditional approach, getting pain medications or other narcotics shoved down your throat, having doctors with poor bedside manners who rush you in and out, then Id give this a chance. You have to want it though, and be open to change through doing work yourself.

First contact was via email and Dr. Brod replied promptly and clearly and even gave me an appt via email and attached intake forms. Good start! I had been referred for persistent headaches to receive neurofeedback, a training that uses a brain scan and feedback via a sort of brain-​wave machine. Wooooo… It’s become successful and mainstream because it works so well for PTSD, seizures, and a wide range of conditions — even tho how it works remains a mystery. More woooo… I had to see him for an initial evaluation. He asked me how I felt. I told him I was pissed that the forms took me 5 hours to complete. He then proceeded to ask me to describe how I experienced the anger and what I would do if there were no repercussions. He probed unremittingly and I finally told him I was so angry at him I wanted to punch him in the face hard enough to see blood. It may seem strange, but that felt good. (Honest, I’m not violent in real life.) He went on drawing out of me what I would do next– wow, I might be able to write horror movies! After I had beaten the crap out of him in my imagination and realized I’d actually beaten up my abusive father, I felt a lot less anxious! I give him big kudos for helping me pinpoint part of the origin of the headaches in less than an hour. That took guts and skill. If you’re not courageous, don’t go, but if you can face your demons, check him out. I’ve just made an appt for the brain machine feedback with his assistant.

Avoid at all costs! Listed as an MD, but he is actually a «high negative-​energy» psychoanalyst whose main thing is neuro-​feedback not psychiatry. Very bizarre & unpleasant person. Went to see him for simple meds, first visit was an agonizing 1.5 hours that could have been done in .5 hour. Only after the session, he stated that his rate is 200/​hr and that we needed to pay him $ 400. As for neuro-​feedback, the whole concept is a joke (scam) according to every well known neuro-​scientist I have spoken to. I have even tried it with people like him and rented the silly machines online. Do yourself a favor and go to UCLA or somewhere where real science is practiced.