Fourteen years ago a bus hit me when I was crossing a street in Philadelphia. I sustained a closed head injury and was left with severe learning disabilities. I had to leave my job as a social work administrator and spent the next two yrs. receiving outpatient treatment at Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital in cognitive retraining. I learned how to read and write again, drive a car, eat with a knife and fork and many other skills we take for granted.

As the years passed I went back to graduate school and obtained a clinical masters degree and additional training to become a psychotherapist. My organizational skills and reading comprehension continued to lag behind and it took an enormous amount of energy to perform at an acceptable level.

Five years ago, still feeling the consequences of the head injury, I agreed to become part of a research study to look at the effects of neurotherapy treatment with people who had sustained closed head injuries. As a participant I was to go through the study not knowing whether or not I was receiving treatment. By the 2nd or 3rd appointment it was clear to me that something was changing. My energy level, which had been very low from what had been diagnosed as CFS had all of a sudden surged and within 5 or 6 treatments my reading comprehension was beginning to return dramatically. Within 6 months of my initial involvement with neurotherapy treatment my reading level and comprehension returned close to the degree I had experienced before the head injury.

I continue to improve 5 years after the study and my ability to focus and learn new things continues to grow.

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