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Biofeedback Ireland's primary practitioner is Dr Daren Drysdale (PhD, BCB, MBPsS)

He specializes in helping people manage:

• Stress: In our personal life, work and/or as a result of isolation.
• Anxiety: General Anxiety, Panic, Social Anxiety and including PTSD etc.
• Depression: Depression. Both chronic and acute.
• Migraine: Chronic or episodic, with or without aura
• Chronic Pain: Lower Back Pain, Chronic Pain Syndrome, Neuropathic pain, Myofascial pain (active trigger points), Fibromyalgia, IBS etc.
• Headache: Tension based (Neck and Shoulder pain), Decompression headaches etc.
• Cardiac related issues: Functional cardiac issues, (such as Hypertension, Arrhythmia etc.)
• Sleeping Issues: Insomnia, , onset, interruption, awaking early and sleep hygiene.
• Exec. Peak Performance: Perform, present, negotiate, sell and interview at your peak.
• Repetitive Motion Injuries and Ergonomics: Video-conference/computer fatigue, De Quervain’s, Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Injuries, Medial and Lateral Epicondylitis etc.

He's been working in the psychology field as a clinical psychophysiologist/biofeedback therapist for over 25 years and was born in Bray, Co Wicklow. He received his doctorate in psychology from Trinity College Dublin having previously completed a degree in psychology in California State University (1993) where he also completed the exams to become board certified by the Biofeedback Certificate International Alliance (he's now a senior fellow of the BCIA).

Prior to working and studying in the biofeedback area he also studied for a certificate in Applied Social Studies from DIT.

He's worked:

• In private practice for over 25 years
• As the clinical psychophysiologist and biofeedback therapist of an interdisciplinary team pain management programme in Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) [a teaching hospital for Stanford University]
• As a clinical psychophysiologist in the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) department in SCVMC for over 10 years .
• As a lecturer for TCD, DCU, St Patrick’s (Drumcondra), California State University (CSU, Sonoma) and Oscail.
• As a consultant supplying group and individual services to clients and companies including Hewlett Packard, Siemens, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Rehab Outcome Therapy Clinics, Rehab One Clinics and Kaiser Permanente Hospitals.
• As a guest lecturer for Stanford University’s medical residency programme and the biofeedback preparation course for in St Vincent’s hospital.
• As a research assistant for the National University of Ireland (NUI) Maynooth working in the National Rehabilitation Hospital
• As a researcher for the Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury grant and research project attached to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
• As a residential social worker in a youth detention centre in Lusk, Co. Dublin (prior to becoming interested in clinical psychophysiology.)

He's board certified as a  senior fellow of the
​Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA)

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He's a member of
American Psychological Association (APA)
British Psychological Society (BPS)
Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB)