We work as a team providing neuroshaping services. Dr. Alan McAllister provides psychological services and supervises the provision of biofeedback and neurofeedback by the team. Ilda Furtado is a registered social worker and provides individual, couple, and family counselling. Cordelia Garza-Rabatte is a BCIA certified neurotherapist providing biofeedback and neurofeedback under Dr. McAllister’s supervision. Laura Lunn provides addiction counselling and is based in Bancroft.
Alan McAllister, PhD, CPsych.
Alan has worked in the field of psychological services for over 40 years and was registered as a psychologist in Ontario in 1994. His academic preparation included a doctoral degree in philosophy (University of Toronto, 1975), a diploma in assessment and counselling from the Institute of Child Studies (1980), and a Ph.D. in psychology (York University, 1993). He has a long-standing interest in meditation and other approaches to neuroshaping. He started meditating while an undergraduate student at Stanford University and, more than twenty-four years ago, he began working with biofeedback and neurofeedback with the intent of healing the mind and optimizing functioning using these technologies. He has worked in schools, primary healthcare teams, and clinical settings with individuals of all ages. He is the author of The Attentive Mind Workbook: Self-healing through Meditation, which is a workbook on meditation based on contemporary psychological theory and research. His focus is on integrating psychotherapy, meditation, neurofeedback, and other neuroshaping techniques.
Ilda Furtado, BA, MHSC, BSW- Registered Social Worker
llda has over 40 years working in community work, advocacy, and counselling. Over the last 10 years of experience she has focused on counselling individuals, couples, and families assisting them with relationship conflicts, depression, anxiety, trauma, and grief.
In her counselling, she uses cognitive behavioural and solution-focused approaches to help clients develop effective thinking and coping strategies to address their daily challenges. She works with families developing effective functioning through improved communication to ensure family needs are addressed in a proactive and preventative manner. In couples work, she uses a Gottman approach to help build effective communication and deepened connections.
From 2004 to 2020, she oversaw direct service provision through the Ontario Disability Support Program assisting individuals with barriers to unemployment return and/or enter the paid labour force or start their own businesses.
Laura Lunn, Addiction Counsellor
Laura completed her studies in addiction counselling at Sir Sanford Fleming College and has over 8 years of experience working in the field of addictions and mental health. Laura is a registered member of the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals. Laura continued her studies at the University of Toronto with a certificate in applied cessation counselling and health. Laura believes in a client-centered approach and meeting each client where they are, without judgment or expectations.