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Lynda Kirk is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. As a public health Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa, she became interested in the mind-body connection, which led to her study of biofeedback. Lynda is founder and Clinical Director of the Austin Biofeedback & EEG Neurotherapy Center - The Optimal Performance Institute where she directs a staff of clinicians and sees clients for all applications of biofeedback, neurofeedback and peak performance.
Lynda is Past-President of the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB); Past-President and Fellow of the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR); and Past-President of the Biofeedback Society of Texas. She is a Senior Fellow in biofeedback of the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America, a Fellow in EEG neurofeedback, and a Diplomate in Quantitative EEG (QEEG).
Lynda is the author of the chapter "Neurofeedback Protocols for Subtypes of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder" in the Haworth Medical Press Book Handbook of Neurofeedback (2007) edited by James Evans, Ph.D. She has presented at numerous conferences both nationally and internationally for 20 years.
In 2001, Lynda was heavily involved in helping pass Texas' House Bill 1676, the United States' first state law mandating insurance coverage of biofeedback/EEG neurofeedback for brain injury victims. She is personally and professionally interested in promoting the field of biofeedback and neurofeedback, and to that end is an officer of the ISNR Research Foundation, whose goal is the advancement of the field of neurotherapy.
Lynda is passionately interested in developing mind-body-spirit methods for healing and optimal performance at all levels on the spectrum from dysfunction to optimal function.