Beyond Insight: Listening to the Signals Beneath the Story
Carmen L. Kimball, LPC, BCN, is a licensed professional counselor, board-certified neurofeedback clinician, educator, and psychophysiology practitioner whose work bridges counseling psychology, neuroscience, and applied mind-body regulation. She holds a Master of Education in Counseling and Development and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from George Mason University. Carmen is the founder and clinical director of Axolotl Counseling and Neurofeedback in Front Royal, Virginia, where she provides psychotherapy, QEEG, neurofeedback, and biopsychosocial assessment. Earlier in her career, Carmen worked as a research assistant at the Krasnow Institute for the Psychological and Behavioral Neuroscience in Juveniles Laboratory, where she contributed to neuroscientific data collection, analysis, and published research on learning, memory, and neurodevelopment. Carmen has provided continuing education for a global audience on a variety of topics including visuospatial task intervention for trauma and anxiety, the psychophysiology of crisis, neurobiology of trauma, neurobiology of well-being, neurofeedback, and the role of neuroscience in psychotherapy. Her current work utilizes biosignals to help make otherwise unseen physiological processes more observable, which provides additional pathways for understanding dysregulation, strengthening self-awareness, and supporting more individualized, integrative mental health care.
