Mental Health Service Provider
Finding balance through personalized care for anxiety, fear, and panic management
Mental Health Service Provider
Finding balance through personalized care for anxiety, fear, and panic management
If you’re struggling with anxiety, fear, or panic and feel like traditional therapy hasn’t provided the results you need, you’re not alone. Many people find that standard approaches don’t work for them, which is why we do things differently at Neutral Point™.
Our method goes beyond just talking. We use science-backed techniques and cutting-edge technology to track a range of your physiological and behavioral responses to stress. Your therapy isn’t based on guesswork. It’s guided by data unique to you.
Each session is carefully designed to adapt in real time, adjusting your care as we track how your body responds to stress. With our personalized approach, we help you understand what triggers your anxiety and how your body reacts, giving you tools to feel more in control. But we don’t stop there.
Action-Based Personalized Care for Real Change
While thoughts and emotions may feel overwhelming or out of your control, your behavior is something you can change, and that’s where real progress happens.
Our approach combines the science of how the body and mind work and how we naturally respond to stress. We take an action-based approach to therapy, encouraging active participation and measurable actions that help rewire your brain’s responses.
Even when you're facing negative thoughts or intense emotions, taking action teaches your brain that you can handle these challenges. By combining real-time feedback and behavioral strategies, we help you build resilience and move forward without feeling stuck.
Uncover Your Stress Response. Track It. Transform It.
At Neutral Point™, we use real-time data from each individual’s unique physiological and psychological markers during therapy sessions—such as heart rate variability, resilience, recovery and repair markers, cortisol and adrenaline levels, glucose monitoring, sleep quality, and body movement tracking—to tailor every session. While traditional models rely heavily on self-reports and clinician assessments, which are important but often incomplete, we recognize that these alone don't tell the full story of an individual’s progress.
By integrating deeper metrics, we ensure a more precise understanding of how your body and brain are responding to treatment, offering a truly personalized approach to achieving lasting change.
If you’re ready for a personalized approach that goes beyond traditional therapy, book your appointment today.
Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) (O’Connor et al., 2005)
Proven methods and innovative diagnostic tools for monitoring physiological and behavioral responses during therapy.
At Neutral Point, we track real-time metrics throughout your therapy sessions, including clinical therapy, ERP, and functional fitness sessions, to ensure a personalized approach. By monitoring your physiological response in real time, we can better understand how your body responds to stress, anxiety, and other challenges. Our system provides valuable insights into how your body manages stress, helping us tailor your care to ensure you feel supported without feeling overwhelmed. With real-time data on six key inputs, reporting on over 20 biometrics, we ensure that every aspect of your physiological response is accounted for. This empowers your therapist, ERP coach, and you to make informed, data-driven decisions that support your recovery, resilience, and well-being.
We Are a Committed Team Dedicated to Guiding Our Clients Toward Lasting Balance and Resilience.
At Neutral Point, we bring together an exceptional group of specialists, including mental health therapists, neuroscientists, physiological experts, and bioinformatics specialists, all under one collaborative framework. Our shared mission is simple: to provide an unparalleled experience in comprehensive mental health care that supports each client's unique journey to regain control and resilience.
The Neutral Point team brings extensive expertise across clinical therapy, behavioral neuroscience, physiology, and specialized programs for anxiety, fear, and panic-related disorders. Each member is chosen for their qualifications and passion for reducing the impact of mental health challenges, ensuring that every client receives personalized guidance grounded in cutting-edge science, genuine compassion, and an understanding of how humans have evolved to respond to threats. This is a perspective that informs our approach to mental health.
Executive Team
Dr. Nancy Smith-Vickery, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
Chief Operating Officer
Advisory Board
David Boden
Andrew Wikenheiseri, Ph.D.
Tom J Cohn LMFT, MSc
Senior Leadership
Joseph Zielsdorf, BSN, RN, BC-NC
Director of Health and Wellness Integration
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Specialist: [Name Placeholder]
Psychiatrist Specializing TMS/fMRI: [Name Placeholder]
Clinical Staff
Therapists
Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP) Coaches
Fitness Coaches
Office Staff
Client Facilitator
Client Billing
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