Michael Linden

Michael Linden Ph.D., BCIA Senior Fellow Neurofeedback
1-day workshop
Date: Friday, March 28, 2025
Language: English

Workshop Title

Adults with Overlapping ADHD, ASD & Anxiety: Diagnosis and Integrative Treatments (Biofeedback, Neurofeedback & Therapy)

Workshop Description

More patients present with overlapping symptoms of inattention, impulsivity, anxiety, emotionality, social skills deficits and overfocusing. HFA/Aspergers and social anxiety symptoms have become significant since COVID and there’s increased media of ASD. Often parents who seek treatment for their children have these symptoms and are not diagnosed or treated; their symptoms frequently lead to family/parenting difficulties and interfere with their children/families’ improvement.

This workshop will explain QEEG subtypes of ADHD, Autism/Aspergers and Anxiety; and how to combine the QEEG patterns with common measures to clarify diagnoses, and develop personalized biofeedback, neurofeedback and multimodality treatment.

Treatment plans including family/couples/parenting/individual therapy, biofeedback, and neurofeedback for adults and family members will be discussed. Using other standard measures (CPT, personality tests, rating scales) will be shown to assist in monitoring results and selecting/changing protocols in Neurofeedback. Numerous case examples and research will be explained.

Michael Linden, Ph.D. is a pioneer in QEEG and Neurofeedback and has specialized in the areas of ADHD and ASD since 1982. He is a BCIA Senior Fellow in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Therapist. Dr. Linden participated in the initial research studies of the EEG Theta/Beta ADHD ratio (1999) and published the first controlled study of Neurofeedback with ADHD (1996). Dr. Linden discovered subtypes of ASD based on QEEG (Journal of AAPB, 2010). He participated in a multi-site of the effects of Neurofeedback on connectivity measures and DTI with ASD students. He currently is the Assistant Director of Integrative Neuropsychology at University of California Irvine Samueli Integrative Health Institute.

Learning Objectives

1. 1) Discuss QEEG subtypes of Autism, Aspergers and ADHD and how they differ and overlap.
   2) QEEG, CPT and rating scales to guide neurofeedback selection and protocol development.
   3) Learn Integrative Neurofeedback, Biofeedback and Therapy Treatment for Adults with ASD, ADHD and Anxiety.
   4) Present overlapping symptoms of ADHD, ASD/Aspergers and Anxiety in Adults.

About Michael Linden
Michael Linden is a licensed Psychologist and a Nationally Certified Senior Fellow in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Therapist. Dr. Linden has been the director of Attention Learning Centers (ALC) and specialized in assessment/treatment of ADD/ADHD, Aspergers/Autism, Anxiety & Concussions since 1982.

Dr. Linden majored in Biology at the University of Michigan
(1978-1980) and Psychology at the University of Miami (1980-1982), where he received his Bachelors degree with Honors. He received his M.A. in Clinical Psychology and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology in 1988. Dr. Linden had a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at UC Irvine in Neuropsychology and at the UC Irvine Child Development Center.

Dr. Linden participated in the initial research studies of the EEG Theta/Beta ratio with ADHD which was published in 1999 (later FDA
approved) and published the first controlled study of Neurofeedback with ADHD more than 25 years ago.

Dr. Linden discovered 6 subtypes of Autism & 2 types of Aspergers biomarkers based on QEEG research, (Journal of AAPB, 2010; “QEEG Guided Neurofeedback for Autism” in the book Images in Autism, 2013).
He participated in a multi-site study together with UCSD of the effects of Neurofeedback on connectivity measures and DTI with ASD students. His programs of Biofeedback and QEEG Guided Neurofeedback have resulted in improvements for children, adolescents and adults in attention, hyperactivity, communication, socialization, behavior and even seizure disorders.

Dr. Linden published (Biofeedback Magazine, 2015) an article where he was able to assess two concussions in a soccer player and successfully treat the symptoms of both, allowing the student to reduce and eliminate her post-concussion symptoms. Dr. Linden has presented his research and clinical experience with QEEG and Neurofeedback with athletes with ADHD, Aspergers and concussions/TBI at: 2012 London Summer Olympics, 2013 Sport Neuropsychology Society meeting in Minnesota and 2018 Sport Concussion Summit at UCLA. He is an editor and author of the book: Applications of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback in Sport Psychology. More recently, ALC has been one of the research sites for QEEG evaluation and clinical studies of Direct Neurofeedback (Ultra Low Pulse Electric Current EEG Biofeedback) with retired NFL players with Dementia, which have had promising results in both cognitive and physical symptoms.

His studies using QEEG and Neurofeedback have been featured in the LA times, NBC Dateline, ABC News, PBS, NBC “Autism: The Hidden Epidemic”, and CBS “The Doctors”. Dr. Linden has presented about brain functioning and treatments for ADHD/ASD nationally at the National Autism Association & Autism One, CHADD, and internationally at Peking University, University of Madrid & the Australia Neuroscience Society. He volunteers his time running supports for adults and parents with ADD & Aspergers at Saddleback & Mariners Church. Dr. Linden is a frequent speaker locally & remains passionate about this field!