Meet Cami Schermerhorn, M. Psy, in Corvallis, Oregon! 

At Rally Neurofeedback & Coaching, the mission is clear and personal "helping your brain rally from setbacks to success". Founded and led by Cami Schermerhorn, M. Psy, Rally provides individualized neurofeedback training to clients across the lifespan, supporting a wide range of goals from nervous system regulation and sleep support to peak performance and resilience.

Cami brings a uniquely multifaceted background to her work. Before entering the mental health field, she competed as a professional tennis player on the Women’s Tennis Association Tour, spending eight years ranked in the top 100 worldwide and competing at the highest levels of the French Open, Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Australian Open. Following her athletic career, she pursued academic training in psychology, graduating Summa Cum Laude from UCLA, earning a Fulbright Scholarship, and completing a Master’s degree in Psychology in Germany. She later spent more than a decade working as an outpatient therapist in a nonprofit mental health agency, primarily supporting children and families with complex challenges.

Cami was trained and certified in neurofeedback in 2019 through EEG Info and now uses Infra-Low Frequency (ILF) Neurofeedback, along with Synchrony and Alpha-Theta protocols, as the foundation of her private practice. She began integrating neurofeedback into treatment plans while working in agency settings and quickly observed how the gentle, nonverbal nature of the modality supported clients who struggled with traditional talk therapy.

A Gentle Approach to Regulation and Performance
Cami works with a wide range of clients, including individuals navigating stress, sleep challenges, migraines, neurodivergence, and emotional regulation concerns, as well as athletes, students, and professionals seeking performance optimization. Sessions are customized to each client’s goals, emphasizing comfort, engagement, and nervous system stability.

One of Cami’s clients has a very stressful career and experienced challenges from past events in childhood, teenage years, and previous jobs. His nervous system was so dysregulated that he would get nausea, tachycardia, and high anxiety before work, and then have difficulty letting work events go afterward. During the very first neurofeedback training session, the client started laughing as he had positive feelings wash over him and reported feeling calmer than he'd ever felt before. After completing 20 sessions, he reports feeling a freedom and peace he has never experienced in his life. “He says that neurofeedback truly saved him and has changed him, that he's not the same, much lighter, happier, and more peace-filled.”

Cami has also seen neurofeedback transform her work with children and teens who struggle with severe behavioral challenges. After completing a series of neurofeedback sessions, behaviors reduced in frequency and intensity, and mental health concerns improved more than they had with other forms of therapy. “Those dysregulated children who were too behaviorally challenged to do traditional talk therapy were willing to sit and watch a show while holding a teddy bear; and the neurofeedback was a game changer!”

Building a Practice Around Neurofeedback
Cami has used BEE Medic neurofeedback systems since her initial training and credits their reliability and responsive technical support as essential to her clinical work. While introducing neurofeedback initially required education and trust-building with clients unfamiliar with the modality, its impact quickly became evident.

“Once we got started, those who had experienced neurofeedback became some of our biggest promoters, encouraging other clients to take advantage of the service since they had such great results themselves.”

Today, Rally Neurofeedback & Coaching continues to grow, recently expanding with the addition of a second neurofeedback system. Cami now works with individuals, couples, and families, some of whom choose to complete sessions together. Reflecting on her work, she shares, “I tell people that I have a dream job: I get to invite people into my office, have a snack and/ or a tea, and sit down and watch a favorite show with a teddy bear and a blanket, and get better!” This approach allows her to provide far more neurofeedback sessions in a day than traditional talk therapy, while also reducing no-shows.

Cami remains deeply committed to sharing neurofeedback with as many people as possible as a gentle, non-medication option that supports both mental and physical health. We deeply respect Cami Schermerhorn’s dedication, expertise, and passion for helping clients harness their brain’s potential, and we’re grateful to support the impactful work being done at Rally Neurofeedback & Coaching as clients continue to rally toward greater balance, resilience, and success.

Get In Touch

Email: [email protected]
Business phone #: (541)286-5302
Website: rallyneurofeedbackandcoaching.com
 

In today’s fast-paced corporate environment, the psychological well-being of employees has become a critical factor for organizational success. As burnout rates rise and the boundaries between work and private life blur, innovative neurological interventions like Neurofeedback are gaining more interest as powerful tools for both prevention and optimization.

Burnout is increasingly recognized as a state of chronic dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system (1). On a neurophysiological level, burnout often correlates with diminished cortical arousal control and disrupted connectivity within resting-state networks, particularly the Default Mode Network (DMN). Individuals affected by burnout frequently exhibit an inability to shift from a state of high sympathetic arousal into a parasympathetic recovery mode (2). The on-going stress at work leads to exhaustion, but also to a reduced performance. Neurofeedback is a method that can help to stabilize the nervous system and therewith reduce or prevent symptoms of burnout. Two fundamental studies investigated the application of ILF Neurofeedback on healthy adults. fMRI was conducted after one session of ILF Neurofeedback and revealed an increased connectivity in the brain. (3,4)

Burnout, but also stress in general can lead to sleep problems like an increased sleep onset latency or decrease in deep sleep phases, which both are essential for neurocognitive regeneration (5). Many people have problems resting their minds and finding proper sleep during nighttime. This leads to a reduced quality of life and can result in various other health issues. Neurofeedback has been reported to reduce the number of awakenings and increase in sleep quality (6). There are also studies that report about reduced sleep onset latency (7,8). Also in the case of burnout, where sleep issues go hand in hand with other symptoms, Neurofeedback was shown to help alleviate the issues.9 A 2022 published review paper discusses the model of the dysregulation of the central nervous system and summarizes the positive effects of Neurofeedback on insomnia (10)

Neurofeedback has been applied to significantly improve sleep quality and stress modulation in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic (11). Similarly, research by Liu & Cha indicates that Neurofeedback training is an effective tool for reducing job-related stress specifically among financial sector employees, suggesting its utility in corporate wellness programs (12). Utilizing Neurofeedback training it was possible to significantly influence biological markers of stress (13) For those in leadership roles, stress management is inextricably linked to performance. It was demonstrated that top-level managers who learned self-regulation through neurofeedback showed improved decision-making under stress (14). This aligns with a broader framework, which positions Neurofeedback as a cornerstone of modern stress management, capable of enhancing the brain's ability to maintain cognitive clarity while under physiological pressure (15) Neurofeedback was also used to improve the cognitive workload management in radiation therapists by stabilizing mental effort, thereby reducing fatigue and enhancing safety in high-precision tasks (16) A study demonstrated that neurofeedback reduces burnout in surgical residents by enhancing self-regulation and resilience against the stressors of medical training (9)

Also in terms of peak performance, Neurofeedback shows promising results. It is possible to learn self-regulation that directly leads to enhanced attentional performance (17). In another study, the executive functioning and cognitive control of pilots could be effectively enhanced (18). In medical professionals, stress levels and surgical performance as been increased using Neurofeedback training. (19) During Italy’s 2006 World Cup victory, players utilized a "Mind Room" featuring neurofeedback to enhance focus and composure (20) This technology is also successfully employed in Formula 1, Olympic training centers, and by NASA, which developed specialized smart glasses to help astronauts maintain peak attention (21).

Neurofeedback is an evidence-based intervention that supports corporate wellness by strategically enhancing the brain’s capacity for self-regulation. Integrating it into the workplace offers three core benefits: It stabilizes the nervous system, helping employees manage chronic stress and efficiently transition into recovery states, thereby actively mitigating burnout risk. Furthermore, it improves essential metrics like sleep quality and boosts attention, executive function, and mental clarity, which are critical for sustained productivity. Finally, by developing self-regulation skills, Neurofeedback strengthens resilience and optimizes decision-making, enabling employees in high-stress roles to maintain peak performance.

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3.    Dobrushina, O. R. et al. Modulation of Intrinsic Brain Connectivity by Implicit Electroencephalographic Neurofeedback. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 14, (2020). 
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9.    Kratzke, I. M. et al. Reducing Residents’ Burnout Using Neurofeedback. J. Am. Coll. Surg. 231, S254 (2020). 
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12.    Liu, C. & Cha, H. A randomized controlled trial for solving job stress of financial employees based on Neurofeedback training. NeuroQuantology 16, 91–96 (2018). 
13.    Shahyad, S. et al. Effectiveness of Neurofeedback on Psychological Stress, Salivary Cortisol and α-amylase Level in Students: A Randomized and Parallel-Group Clinical Trial. Iran. J. Psychiatry Behav. Sci. 18, (2024). 
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20.    Wilson, V., Peper, E. & Moss, D. ‘The Mind Room’ in Italian Soccer Training: The Use of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback for Optimum Performance Health Computing View Project Pathways Model for Healthcare View Project. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259558691. 
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