Hiroko Demichelis

Hiroko started her career in psychology assisting her father, Bruno Demichelis, a world renowned sport psychologist, at the neuro-lab of a premier League soccer team (Chelsea Fc). Using cutting edge technology (neurofeedback and biofeedback) she witnessed the possibility to help top athletes measuring, training and improving their focus, attention stamina and self-regulation. Working with top athletes, she noticed that even among high performers, there were individuals with internal blocks and/or self-sabotaging types of behavior. She realized that she was also blocked in her own story. She learnt that when human beings experience trauma, these traumatic events can stay “stuck” in the nervous system and tend to re-appear every time a trigger awakens them.

Since then psychological healing became her primary focus, and today she is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) in the province of British Columbia, Canada, and a certified expert in the use of neurofeedback and biofeedback through the BCIA. Her credentials also include training in REBT (cognitive behavioral training) EMDR (trauma healing technique) and Mindfulness based therapy. She has worked extensively with trauma clients, and she is now using an integrative approach where she combines EMDR, Gestalt, sound and light entrainment, biofeedback, heart rate variability and neurofeedback. Her goal is to provide a broad tool box to support quick yet profound recovery.

I utilize a combination of Neurofeedback (EEG recordings and training) and mindfulness-based biofeedback (recording of physiological measures such as breathing, heart rate, heart rate variability, muscle activity, skin conductivity, temperature). Additionally, I use Gestalt integration, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprogramming) Light and sound entrainment.

I have been working full time in a highly specialized clinic dealing with complex cases, such as sexual abuse, military and ritual abuse, childhood trauma etc. My rationale is neuro-psychophysiological and I use a technology-based approach (neuro-biofeedback, lights and sound entrainment). In addition, I recently became a certified practitioner with the Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP), a program supported by the Canadian Ministry of Justice.