Ronald Ruden
M.D., Ph.D.

Over the last two decades, Dr. Ruden has practiced internal medicine. As a primary care physician he has cared for thousands of patients and has developed a deep appreciation for the effect the mind has on the body. Dr. Ruden has pioneered new approaches to a variety of difficult problems. His main interest is to use advances in neurosciences to treat disorders such as addiction and obesity. His work on this subject was explored in his book, The Craving Brain. The revised second edition has been published this year. Recently, he began to explore a new field, neurotherapy, where, by altering the electrical activity of the brain, behavior can be changed.

Dr. Ruden started his academic career in 1971 at the age of 24 when, after earning his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Northwestern, he joined the Nobel Laureate, E.J. Corey at Harvard University. There, they developed new advanced synthetic methods and pioneered computer modeling of chemical synthesis. Two years later, he was asked to join the faculty of Rutgers University. At Rutgers, he became interested in medical research, ultimately earning his M.D. from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in 1979. After a general medical internship and residency, he took a Fellowship in Nutrition at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, During his first year, he chaired the largest international symposium on nutrition and cancer. He later stayed on to help run the department.

In addition to using his medical expertise, he is trained in hypnotherapy and biofeedback. The ideas outlined in the Scientific Foundation section represent Dr. Ruden’s continuing search for ways to heal the mind.

Caroline Bouton, Biofeedback, RN,C,BCIA is a registered nurse, ANA certified in psychiatric and mental health and BCIA certified in clinical biofeedback therapy. She has 10 years experience as a biofeedback clinician and has been affiliated with private practice, hospital and corporate programs integrating biofeedback into their health care.

Caroline Bouton RN,C,BCIA

Irene Hajisava
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Level II EMDR Therapist

Amy Rubin Morey
licensed mental health counselor

Irene Hajisava, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Level II EMDR Therapist has been in practice over twenty-five years with expertise in families, addictions and trauma. She is a Level II EMDR therapist who has worked extensively with September 11th responders and survivors in New York and the Pentagon. She is also on the counseling support staff for Concerns of Police Survivors providing trauma and grief counseling services for families of police officers killed in the line of duty.

Amy Rubin Morey is a licensed mental health counselor and a board certified biofeedback specialist who is in private practice in Syosset, Long Island. She has been a certified psychiatric rehabilitation therapist for the past 24 years, specializing in the treatment of anxiety disorders, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and thought disorders. She is a therapist at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care Systems-Hillside Division. Ms. Morey added a stress management treatment component to their Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment Program, which she continues to facilitate.

In her private practice, Ms. Morey functions both as a biofeedback and neurofeedback specialist, as well as a psychotherapist specializing in stress management. She treats adults, adolescents and children with a variety of disorders including migraine and tension headaches, essential hypertension, insomnia, anxiety and mood related disorders, attention deficit and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette’s Syndrome, and fibromyalgia. She also works with people who are receiving difficult treatments.

She is an executive member of the Northeast Regional Biofeedback Society, and a member of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, as well as the American Counseling Association, the National Rehabilitation Association and the New York Medical Health Counselors Association.