Thomas Cobb , M.F.T
Marriage and Family Therapist
Biofeedback Therapist

Personal and Professional Endeavors Lead to Lifelong Commitment to Assisting Others
"The practice of T'ai Chi, Qigong and Biofeedback Training have given me an experiential window into the profound impact of tension and relaxation on our well-being and an understanding of effective ways to reduce stress and it's negative effects."

Experience and Employment
1996 to Present • WorldWorks Multimedia Publishing Company
Co-owner - LifeMatters.com, providers of educational classes and self regulation products.
Creator and facilitator - online health education classes

1976 to 2000 • Private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist and Biofeedback Therapist Counseling - couples, families, children and individuals
Biofeedback - for stress related disorders: anxiety, chronic headaches, neck, and back pain, irritable bowel syndrome, irritable bladder syndrome, insomnia.
Educator- training programs for chronic stress through online classes

1979 to 1984 • Biofeedback Therapist and Clinical Coordinator of the Outpatient Chronic Pain Program for Behavioral Medicine Associates
Worked closely with the Medical Community in constructing individualized behavioral management programs for chronic functional disorders, e.g. chronic pain, headaches, neck pain, irritable bowel syndrome, irritable bladder syndrome, anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, incontinence.

1969 to 1979 • Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals
McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute in San Francisco
Brookwood Hospital Santa Rosa, CA
Individual, Family, Recreation & Group Psychotherapy

Appointments
Sonoma County Mental Health Advisory Board, 1975 to 1977

Papers Presented
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Therapeutic Model of Behavior Management and EEG Biofeedback. Joel Reiter, M.D., Raymond Lambert, Albert Kastl, M.D., Donna Andrews, M.R.A., and Thomas Cobb, M.F.T. Eighth Annual Convention of the Biofeedback Society of California, November 1982 California State Psychological Association, February 6, 1983.

Published
The Use of Biofeedback in the Treatment of Panic, National Panic/Anxiety Disorder Newsletter, Vol. 1, #3, p. 1, May-June 1989.

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Therapeutic Model of Behavior Management and EEG Biofeedback, Self-control in Epilepsy, Bernhard Mueller, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 47, Fed. Rep. of Germany, Vol. 1, November 2, p. 28-34, 1990.

Biofeedback: A View of the Process, Sonoma County Physician Magazine, Vol. 43, Number 1, January-February, p.16, 1992.

Training and Education
Biofeedback Training Program, 1979 to 1984, Instructor: Ray Lambert Integrative
Body Psychotherapy Training Program, 1989 to 1992, Instructor: Barbara Molle, Ph.D., M.F.T
Gestalt Institute of Marin, 1990 to 1992, Instructors: Cynthia Sheldon, L.C.S.W., Alyssa Hall, M.F.T., Jerry Kogan, Ph.D.
University of San Francisco, B.S. 1971, Pre-Medicine, Psychology
Lone Mountain College, M.A. 1974, Clinical Psychology
California StateLicensure: Marriage and Family Therapist #MFC 6936