AINAT ROGEL, PHD, MSW, BCN, LICSW
Co-Founder & Co-Director Boston NeuroDynamics ⋅ she/her
Ainat is fluent in English and Hebrew.
Ainat is the co-founder and co-director of Boston Neurodynamics, where she practices neurofeedback, performs and analyzes brain mapping (qEEG). In addition to seeing clients, Ainat leads international presentations and trainings, supervises students and conducts evidence-based research. Ainat currently serves on the advisory board of ISNR (International Society of Neurofeedback and Research), where she just completed her term as president. She advocates incorporating neurofeedback and biofeedback as part of therapy and bio-psycho-social system and specializes in PTSD, trauma, developmental trauma, dissociation and the many other diagnoses related to developmental trauma.
Ainat has a PhD in Computer Science and Neurobiology, MSW in social work, a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW), and a BCIA certified neurofeedback (BCN) provider and supervisor. Ainat advocates incorporating neurofeedback and biofeedback as part of therapy in general, and in her practice specifically focuses on developmental trauma. She also believes in fundamental and large-scale research studies. In addition to seeing clients, Ainat leads international presentations and trainings, supervises students and conducts evidence-based research.
Ainat received her Ph.D. in Computer-Science and Neurobiology from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, received her MSW from Simmons College in 2014 and her LICSW in 2017. She has worked in brain research at various institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at MGH-Harvard, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Since 2010, she has focused on neurofeedback research and clinical work at the Mental Health Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel and at Ben-Gurion University. Ainat also worked as a clinician and group intake coordinator at Arbour Outpatient Clinic in Jamaica Plain, Boston. She has been on the staff at the Trauma Center at JRI since 2012 as a chief scientist of neurofeedback and a senior affiliate at the neurofeedback clinic. She also trains and supervises NFT clinicians. She coordinated the child Neurofeedback Study and was part of the adult NFT study.
In her free time Ainat enjoys various outdoor activities such as hiking, biking and all types of camping, from backpacking to canoe camping. During the long Boston winters, Ainat likes to read and do origami.
