Clear the blocks. Heal what’s underneath. Live with more truth, connection, and wholeness.
There’s a difference between getting by and feeling fully alive. Real change starts when you stop overriding what you know deep down and begin listening to yourself with honesty.
I’m not here to analyze you from a distance or hand you quick fixes. I’m here to help you get underneath the patterns running the show—clearly, steadily, and with the depth real change takes.
That’s where we begin—together.
My career has been spent learning different approaches to healing–from gestalt therapy, polyvagal theory, different talk therapies, to brain mapping and bio/neurofeedback. I’ve researched, learned, and tried many things so you don’t have to.
When you work with me, I will honor your consent and where you want to go in our work. I will approach with curiosity to explore roadblocks to you discovering your self-agency, experiencing psychobiological shifts of expansion and settling. If you choose to do bio/neurofeedback, we will work with the underlying physiology that create symptoms you experience. If you choose to do relationship work the exploration is on a foundation of creating secure functioning, safety, security, and fairness in your relationship.
Imagine what you want for your life. It’s all here waiting for you.
Theoretical Foundations
My work is rooted in decades of study and integration. I draw from:
Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory
Attachment and developmental frameworks
Object relations and relational trauma
Neurobiology and physiology
PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy)
Gestalt therapy
Somatic and experiential models
Bio/neurofeedback and applied psychophysiology
In session, we get clear on the patterns shaping how you relate—to yourself, others, and the world—and work to shift what no longer serves you.
When We Focus on Relationships
Relational work centers on cultivating secure-functioning: where both partners feel safe, seen, and supported. We explore how early adaptations still shape your relational dynamics—and how to build something new through honesty, co-regulation, and mutual repair.
Real change doesn’t mean fixing what’s broken—it means becoming more of who you are, underneath the adaptations you’ve outgrown.
Dr. Nicole McGuffin, PsyD, LPC, BCN
Dr. Nicole McGuffin is a licensed psychotherapist and author of the upcoming book Understanding Your Attachment Style: A Therapist’s Guide to Uncovering the Root of Relationship Anxiety and Fear of Intimacy.
Best known for founding Amazing Brains Neurofeedback & Counseling Clinic in Vail, CO, Nicole has trained under Dr. Steven Stockdale (Neurofeedback), Dr. Stan Tatkin (PACT), Dr. Laurence Heller (NARM), and is training with Dr. Judith Pearson & Dr. Sean Moorhead (The International Masterson Institute for the Study and Treatment of Relational Trauma and the Personality Disorders).
Growing up as a latchkey child, Nicole grappled with the hurdles of insecure attachment. She now endeavors to leverage her personal experiences and professional training to craft a brighter future for her clients. Through therapy and various resources, she aims to pave a more rewarding path for her clients seeking enrichment in their professional lives and personal relationships.
Dedicating her career to healing the brain, relational trauma, and developing the fullest potential in relationships, Nicole is board certified in neurofeedback. She has been awarded a fellowship in the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback for a lifetime of significant contributions to the field.
Nicole and her husband Robb are parents to their two college kids, Kai and Ella, and live in Steamboat Springs, CO.
Dr. Nicole McGuffin, PsyD, LPC, BCN
• Private Practice
• Founder, Amazing Brains Neurofeedback and Counseling
• Colorado Moves DV Clinic
• Jefferson Center for Mental Health
• PACT Level 3 – Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy
• The International Masterson Institute for the Study and Treatment of Relational Trauma and Personality Disorders
• NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
• Gestalt Institute of the Rockies
• Named Fellow – Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB)
• Presented Doctoral Research at AAPB
• Board Certified in Neurofeedback (BCN)
• B.A., Sociology, Mills College
• M.A., Counseling, Colorado Christian University
• Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, California Southern University
• Licensed Professional Counselor – Colorado
Dr. Nicole McGuffin is a licensed therapist who specializes in relationships and trauma. She is accomplished in neurofeedback and therapy with more than 15 years of expertise in psychology, neurophysiology, and psychobiology. Dr. McGuffin empowers people to create real healing and transformation.
Individual Psychotherapy, PACT Couples & Relationship Counseling
