About Dr. Les Fehmi

EDUCATION

• 1966-1967 Post Doctoral Fellow UCLA Brain Research Institute
• 1966 Ph.D. Physiological Psychology University of California at Los AngelesMinor in Neurophysiology and Biophysics
• 1965 M.A. Physiological PsychologyUniversity of California at Los Angeles
• 1961 B.A. PsychologySan Jose State CollegeMinor in Physics, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering

EXPERIENCE

• 1986-1996 Sports Psychology Consultant, National Association of Speed and Explosion (Certified Specialist in Speed & Explosion)
• 1986-1991 Biofeedback and Attention Training Consultant, NFL Dallas Cowboys Conditioning Coach, Bob Ward
• 1984-1991 Biofeedback and Attention Training Consultant, NBA  New Jersey Nets Coach, Stan Albec
• 1984-1987 Consulting Editor, International Journal of Psychosomatics.
• 1981-Present Certified Biofeedback Provider by BCIA
• 1977-1997 Director, Behavioral Medicine Learning Clinic: Stress Management Program Medical Center at Princeton
• 1977-Present Affiliate Staff, Department of Medicine  Medical Center at Princeton
• 1973-Present Director Princeton Biofeedback Centre Princeton, New Jersey
• 1976-1999 Executive Director Biofeedback Stress Management Clinic of Manhattan Manhattan, New York
• 1975 Johnson, Inc.
• 1967-1973 Assistant Professor of Psychology, State University of New York Stony Brook, New York
• 1971-1972 Biofeedback Consultant, Kane-Miller Corporation, New York
• 1970-1971 Consultant in Psychology, Veterans Administration, New York
• 1970-1971 Biofeedback Consultant, Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, California
• 1970 Biofeedback Consultant, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General ;Hospital, Massachusetts
• 1968-1969 Stanford-Ames Summer Faculty Fellow, Stanford University, Ames Research Center, Palo Alto Mountain View, California
• 1968 Chaired First Meeting of Biofeedback Researchers, Snowmass at Aspen, Colorado, 3rd Annual Winter Brain Research Conference
• 1966-1967Lecturer in Psychology, Loyola University, Los Angeles, California
• 1966-1967 NIH Post-Doctoral Fellow, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California
• 1964-1966 NIH Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California
• 1961-1965 Research Assistant, Donald G. Lindsley, University of California, Los Angeles, California
• 1961 Engineer Psychologist, Lockheed Space and Missiles Division, Sunnyvale, California
• 1958-1961 Electronic Research Analyst, Lockheed Space and Missiles Division, Sunnyvale, California
• 1954-1958 ;Private through 1st Lieutenant, United States Army, ArtilleryCombat DevelopmentExperimentation CenterH.L.M.R., California

 

LICENSURE

• 1979-Present License to Practice Psychology – Pennsylvania – PS-003096-L
• 1978-Present License to Practice Psychology – New Jersey – SI01135
• 1993-Present License to Practice Psychology – New York – 01169-1

 

CERTIFICATION

• 1981-Present ;Certified Biofeedback Provider – Biofeedback Certification Institute of America

 

TEACHING AFFILIATIONS

• Loyola University, Los Angeles, California
• State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York
• New School for Social Research, New York City
• Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

CONDUCTED THE FOLLOWING SEMINARS, lECTURES AND LABORATORY COURSES

• Physiological Psychology, Graduate Level Comparative Psychology
• Experimental PsychologyPhysiological Correlates of Perception, Graduate Level
• Autoregulation of Internal Processes and Associated States of Consciousness (Graduate Level)
• Psychology, Philosophy and Religion
• Physiological Methods and Instrumentation, Graduate Level
• Introduction to the Nervous SystemPhysiological Correlates of Perception and Attention, Graduate Level
• Neuropsychology, Graduate Level
• Biofeedback Methods and Research, Graduate Level

 

AWARDS & SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

• Award received in recognition of contributions to the development of Applied Psychophysiology and BiofeedbackInstrumentation, March 1989, Presented by the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
• Diplomate in Behavioral Medicine, International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy.
• The Academy of Medicine of New Jersey, Fellow
• American Psychological Association, Member
• New Jersey Psychological Association, Member
• The American Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Diplomate
• Biofeedback Society of New Jersey, First PresidentChairman, Certification and Training Committee
• Biofeedback Society of America, Former Member Executive Committee (5 years)
• Chairman Applications Standards Subcommittee (For initial 3 years of Applications Standards Subcommittee wherein supervised the writing of the 1st Application Standards of the Biofeedback Society of America).
• Academy of Certified Neurotherapists, Neurotherapist
• American Academy of Pain Management, Diplomate
• Chairman, Professional Affairs Committees including Subcommittees:
  • Application Standards Committee
  • Certification Committee
  • Ethics Committee
  • Membership CommitteePeer Review Committee
• President, National Council of State Societies (Term March 1982 – March 1983)
• SOFTer, Society of OPEN FOCUS Training, Experience and Research, Founder and First PresidentCareer Achievement Award, International Society for Neurofeedback Research, September 2007.

 

PATENTS

(Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks)

• Biofeedback Patent No. 3978847, September 7, 1976
• Biofeedback Patent No. 4031882, June 28, 1977
• OPEN FOCUS Patent and Trademark No. 1,100,614, August 29, 1998
• OPEN FOCUS Stylistic Design Logo, No. 76/627/675, Patent and Trademark, January 2005.

 

AUTHOR

The Open Focus Brain– Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body  By Les Fehmi, Ph.D and Jim Robbins.

Dissolving Pain; Simple Brain Training Exercises for Overcoming Chronic Pain    By Les Fehmi, Ph.D. and Jim Robbins.

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS READ

1. Fehmi, L.G. and McGaugh, J.L. “Discrimination Learning by Descendants of Trym Maze-Dull Strains”, Psychol. Reports, 1961 8, 122.

2. Johnson, R.D. and Fehmi, L.G “Aural-Oral and Written Word Material” J. Gen. Psychol., 1963, 69, 122-129.

3. Fehmi, L.G., Lindsley, D.B., and Adkins, J.W., “Electrophysiological Correlates of Visual Perception in Man and Monkey, Com 6th International Congress, Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol., 1965, 6, 237-238.

4. Fehmi, L.G., “Electrophysiological Correlates of Perceptual Masking in Monkeys,”; Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 1966.

5. Fehmi, L.G., and Bullock, T.H., “Discrimination Among Temporal Patterns of Stimulation in a Computer Model of a Coelenterate Nerve Net,” Kybernetik, Marz, 1967, Band 3, 240-241.

6. Fehmi, L.G., “The Effects of Temporal Uncertainty on the Expectancy Wave and Reaction Time,” ASEE-NASA Summer Institute, 1968 Stanford-Ames Reports, 1968, 45-57.

7. Adkins, J.W., Fehmi, L.G., and Lindsley, D.B., “Perceptual Discrimination in Monkeys: Retroactive Visual Masking,” Physiology and Behavior, 1969, 4, 255-259.

8.Fehmi, L.G., “Auto-Regulation of Electrophysiological Processes” Winter Brain Research Conference Abstracts, 1969, 80-81.

9. Fehmi, L.G., Adkins, J.W. and Lindsley, D.B., “The Electrophysiological Correlates of Perceptual Masking in Monkeys,” Exp. Brain Research, 1969, 7, 299-316.

10. Fehmi, L.G., “Feedback and States of Consciousness Meditation,” ; (Ed.) B. Brown, 1-22, Proceedings of Biofeedback Research Society, 1970, BFRS:  Los Angeles, CA.

11. Fehmi, L.G., “EEG Feedback,”; (Ed.) B. Brown, 1-51, Proceedings of Biofeedback Research Society, 1971, BFRS:  Los Angeles, CA.

12. Fehmi, L.G., and Osborne, S., “Autoregulation of Occipital EEG Phase Relations,”; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Los Angeles, CA, 1971.

13. Fehmi, L.G., “Feedback and Altered States of Consciousness,”; (Ed.) B. Brown, 1-54, Proceedings of Biofeedback Research Society, 1972, BFRS.

14. Fehmi, L.G., “Biofeedback of Electroencephalographic Parameters and Related States of Consciousness,”; Delivered at Panel Discussion:  Auto Control of Internal States, APA, 1971.

15. Fehmi, L.G., “Electroencephalographic Biofeedback: Subject Reports, Delivered at the Annual American Psychological Association Meeting in Montreal, Canada, 1973.

16. Fehmi, L.G., “Effects of Biofeedback Training on Middle Management Executives”, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1974.

17. Weber, E.S.P. and Fehmi, L.G., “The Therapeutic Use of EEG Biofeedback” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1974.

18. Selzer, F.A., and Fehmi, L.G., “Autoregulation of Mid-Frontal Lobe EEG Activity as a Function of the Direction of Conjugate Lateral Eye Movements” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1974.

19. Fehmi, L.G., “OPEN FOCUS Training”, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Monterey, CA, 1975.

20. Selzer, F.A. and Fehmi, L.G., “Effects of Rhythmical Auditory Signals on the Electroencephalogram”; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Monterey, CA, 1975.

21. Fehmi, L.G., and Selzer, F.A., “;Effects of Phase Signal Delay of Auditory Biofeedback on Electroencephalographic Activity,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1976.

22. Libo, L.F. and Fehmi, L.G., “Cognitive Strategies in Biofeedback Training of Peripheral Skin Temperature,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America, Orlando, Florida, 1977.

23. Fehmi, L.G., OPEN FOCUS Cassette Training Series, (Basic 1000), Biofeedback Computers, Inc., 1977.

24. Fehmi, L.G., “EEG Biofeedback Multi-Channel Synchrony Training and Attention,” (Ed.) A. Sugerman, Expanding Dimensions of Consciousness, Springer Press, New York, 1978, 155-182.

25. Fehmi, L.G. and Selzer, F.A., “Controlling the Intensity of Conscious Experience: Dissolving Pain”   Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Toronto, Canada, 1978.

26. Fehmi, L.G., “Biofeedback, Attention, and a Concept of Man,” Presidential Address presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of New Jersey at Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1979.

27. Fehmi, L.G., “Integration of Biofeedback with Psychotherapy: Training for Effective Preventive Mental Health Care,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York, New York, 1979.

28. Fritz, G., Selzer, F.A. and Fehmi, L.G., “Psychophysiological Release Phenomena in the Clinical Application of Biofeedback and Attention Training,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1980.

29.;Fehmi, L.G., “Winning by Not Trying:  Dissolving Attentional Inflexibility in Psychotherapy” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Division 29 of the American Psychological Association, 1980.

30. Fehmi, L.G. and Selzer, F.A., “Attention and Biofeedback Training in Psychotherapy and Transpersonal Growth,” (Eds.) Boorstein, S. and Speeth, K., Explorations of Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Janson Aronson, Inc., N.Y., N.Y., 1980.

31. Fehmi, L.G. and Fritz, G., “OPEN FOCUS: The Attentional Foundation of Health and Well-Being” Somatics, Spring 1980, 24-30.

32. Fehmi, L. G. and Selzer, F., “Biofeedback and Attention Training” (Ed.) Boorstein, H.D., Seymour, Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Science and Behavior Books, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, 1980, 314-337.

33. Fritz, G., Selzer, F.A., and Fehmi, L.G., “An Attentional Strategy for the Generalization of Biofeedback Training Skills” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Louisville, Kentucky, 1981.

34. Fritz, G., and Fehmi, L.G., “From Relaxation to Self-Regulation:  A Paradigm Shift in Biofeedback Training” ; Paper presented at the Biofeedback Society of America, Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1982.

35. Alson, E. and Fehmi, L.G., Treatment of Pylorospasm with Biofeedback and OPEN FOCUS Attention Training: Case Report”  Paper presented at the Biofeedback Society of America Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1982.

36. Fritz, G., Fehmi, L.G., and Hitchcock, P., “Biofeedback and Attention Training to Reduce the Frequency and Intensity of Severe Hemophiliac Hemorrhagic Episodes and Related Pain: Two Case Studies”  Paper presented at the Biofeedback Society of America Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1982.

37. Fritz, G., and Fehmi, L.G., “The OPEN FOCUS Handbook, The Self Regulation of Attention in Biofeedback Training and Everyday Activities”  Biofeedback Computers, Inc., August, 1982.

38. Fritz, G., and Fehmi, L.G., “Cluster Headaches: ;A Cerebrovascular Disorder Treated with Biofeedback-Assisted Attention Training”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Denver, Colorado, March, 1983.

39. Fritz, G. and Fehmi, L.G., “Primary Fibrositis: A ”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Denver, Colorado, March, 1983.

40. Fritz, G. and Fehmi, L.G., “Clinical Protocols for OPEN FOCUS: Attention to the Biofeedback Signal”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Denver, Colorado, March, 1983.

41. Fehmi, L.G., “The Interdisciplinary Nature of Biofeedback Training: Biofeedback: Both a Model and a Tool”  Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania Society of Behavioral Medicine and Biofeedback, Keynote Address, May 1983.

42. Fehmi, L.G., “Biofeedback – Assisted Attention Training: OPEN FOCUS Workshop Psychotherapy in Private Practice, (4), Winter, 1986.

43. Fehmi, L.G., Sundor, A., “The Effects of Electrode Placement Upon EEG Biofeedback Training:  The Monopolar-Bipolar Controversy” International Journal of Psychosomatics,1989, 36, 23-33.

44. Sichel, A.G., Fehmi, L.G. and Goldstein, D.M., “Positive Outcome with Neurofeedback Treatment in a Case of Mild Autism” Journal of Neurotherapy, Summer 1995, 60-64.

45. Fehmi, L.G., “Attention to Attention” In Applied Neurophysiology and EEG Biofedback, 2003.

46. McKnight, J.T., Fehmi, L.G., “Attention and Neurofeedback Synchrony Training: Clinical Results and Their Significance”; Journal of Neurotherapy, 5(½) 2001.

47. Fehmi, L.G., Robbins, J., “Mastering our Brain’s Electrical Rhythms”  Cerebrum, (The Dana Forum on Brain Science), Summer 2001, 3:3, 55-67.

48. Fehmi, L. G. and Robbins, J., “The Open-Focus Brain -Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body,” Trumpeter Books, Boston, Massachusetts, August, 2007.

49. Fehmi, L., “Multi Channel EEG Phase Synchrony Training and Verbally Guided Attention Training for Disorders of Attention”  Neurofeedback: Dynamics and Clinical Applications, J. R. Evans (Ed.) Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, New York, 12:32, 2007.

50.  Fehmi, L.G., and Collura, T., “Effects of Electrode Placement Upon EEG Biofeedback Training:The Monopolar-Bipolar Controversy” Journal of Neurotherapy, 11:2, 2007, 45-63.

51  .Fehmi, L.G. and Robbins, J., “Sweet Surrender- Discovering the Benefits of Synchronous Alpha Brainwaves” Measuring the Immeasurable: The Scientific Case for Spirituality; Sounds True, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, 2008, 231-254.LFCVRevised 11/2007

52.  Fehmi, L.G. and Robbins, J. “Dissolving Pain- Simple Brain Training Exercises for Overcoming Chronic Pain”, Trumpeter Books, Boston Massachussetts, September 2010.