Who We Are
A. Martin Wuttke Director of NeuroTherapy Centers for Health
Founder and clinical director of NeuroTherapy Centers for Health since 1994.
He was affiliated with Ridgecrest Hospital and Woodridge Psychiatric Hospital
from 1984 to 1995, where he designed and directed one of the first large
scale EEG Biofeedback/Stress Management programs in the US. Neurofeedback
was used by the hospital as an integral part of their treatment and twelve
step program and was used with over 1500 patients. Mr. Wuttke was responsible
for QEEG evaluation, analysis and treatment.
Mr. Wuttke was on the teaching faculty of EEG Spectrum, the largest provider
of EEG Biofeedback training for health professionals, including, psychiatrists,
psychologists, neuropsychologists, MD’s and many other professionals
worldwide. He has been an instructor for EEG Biofeedback courses since 1990
for several other organizations, including the Georgia and Greater Washington
Associations of Applied Psychophysiology, as well as the Menninger Clinic,
where he has been a speaker and lecturer.
He has been a consultant to various hospitals and organizations around the
nation, including the Texas Commission on Drug and Alcoholism where he helped
in getting Neurofeedback introduced into several state programs in Texas.
Mr. Wuttke is a pioneer in combining multiple protocols of Neurofeedback
therapy as an intervention for depression, traumatic brain injury, nicotine
dependence, eating disorders, chronic pain, anxiety, chemical dependency
and alcoholism. He continues to develop, research, and teach protocols for
Neurofeedback application with ADD/ADHD, addictions, psychiatric disorders,
traumatic brain injury, and chronic pain. With over 23 years of experience
in yoga and meditation, he is uniquely qualified in combining the wisdom
and methods of ancient traditions with advanced technologies of today as
a way to facilitate personal growth and the awakening process.
PRESENTATIONS
1987 – Present – Regular presenter for the Georgia Biofeedback
Society.
1992 – Present – Teaching EEG Biofeedback for several companies
including Stens, EEG Spectrum, American Biotec, and Clinical Resources.
February 1993 – Advanced Brainwave Training Institute, The Menninger
Clinic, KS,
Presentation on neurofeedback application for addictions, chronic pain and
depression.
1994 & 1995 – Guest speaker at the annual SSNR Conferences
1997 – Guest speaker and workshop presenter on EEG Biofeedback at
the “Southern Coastal Conference on Addiction Treatment and Recovery.
1998 – Guest Speaker at Atlanta SECAD Conference, Southeastern Conference
on Addiction Treatment and Recovery.
1997, 2000 & 2001 – Guest speaker on EEG Biofeedback at the Gulf
Coastal Conference on Addiction Treatment.
1998 & 2003– Speaker and Workshop presenter Future Health Winter
Brain Conference.
Susan Wuttke LMSW, LPC Certified Neurotherapy Practitioner
Susan became a therapist and neurotherapist for both personal and professional
reasons. Due to a near brush with death and having exhausted all traditional
methods of treatment she discovered Neurotherapy had a great deal to offer.
Neurotherapy saved her life and helped restore her to excellent health
(see personal story on web site). She received her clinical training and
MSW (4.0 gpa) from Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio. During
that time she received a Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Performance
for her integrative paper titled Understanding and Treating Anxiety in
Codependent Personalities, and was selected to present her research paper,
A Cognitive Behavioral Group Approach in Treating Bulimia. She has been
published in a book titled Parenting in the 90's on Appropriate Discipline
Techniques for Each Developmental Stage. She graduated with honors from
the University of Texas, Austin with a BSW in Social Work and a minor
in Economics. She was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society,
Who's Who Among Human Service Professionals, received honorable mention
from Hunter College, NY, for a paper submitted to the Child Welfare Journal
student manuscript competition titled The Grieving Process: Mothers of
Incest Victims. She has given public presentations on children and play
therapy. She was a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor, is a trained
Hospice volunteer, trained in Ericksonian hypnosis, and Reiki energy work.
For the past ten years she has combined Neurotherapy with individual psychotherapy
and is a Certified Neurotherapist.
Susan has been a therapist in private practice since 1990 Prior to that
she worked at Charter Hospital of Austin, a private psychiatric hospital,
as a therapist and social worker on the Adult Psychiatric Unit. She conducted
group, individual, family and couples therapy. While at Charter Hospital
she was asked to help open an outpatient clinic and serve as director
and therapist. She was responsible for designing and implementing new
programs and special topic community presentations. Prior to that she
worked at Austin Child Guidance Center as a therapist and social worker
specializing in the treatment of children using individual play therapy
sessions, family sessions and groups. Additionally her duties included
extensive social histories, clinical impressions, and diagnosis. She was
an organizer for a community outreach program called The Pebble Project
which offered some of the first adult survivor/perpetrator groups and
child therapy groups. She served on the task force and steering committee
designed to coordinate agencies and services working with sexual abuse
cases. She has also served on the Board of Directors and worked as a counselor
on several juvenile and youth residential programs.