LES FEHMI BIO
Lester G. Fehmi, Ph.D.
317 Mt. Lucas Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Phone (609) 924-0785
Email: lesfehmi@openfocus.com
www.openfocus.com – www.twitter.com/lesfehmi
EDUCATION
| 1966-1967 | Post Doctoral Fellow UCLA Brain Research Institute |
| 1966 | Ph.D. Physiological Psychology University of California at Los Angeles Minor in Neurophysiology and Biophysics |
| 1965 | M.A. Physiological Psychology University of California at Los Angeles |
| 1961 | B.A. Psychology San Jose State College Minor in Physics, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering |
EXPERIENCE
| 1986-1996 | Sports Psychology Consultant, National Association of Speed and Explosion (Certified Specialist in Speed & Explosion) |
| 1986-1991 | Biofeedback and Attention Training Consultant, NFL Dallas Cowboys Conditioning Coach, Bob Ward |
| 1984-1991 | Biofeedback and Attention Training Consultant, NBA New Jersey Nets Coach, Stan Albeck |
| 1984-1987 | Consulting Editor, International Journal of Psychosomatics |
| 1981-Present | Certified Biofeedback Provider by BCIA |
| 1977-1997 | Director, Behavioral Medicine Learning Clinic: Stress Management Program Medical Center at Princeton |
| 1977-Present | Affiliate Staff, Department of Medicine Medical Center at Princeton |
| 1973-Present | Director Princeton Biofeedback Centre Princeton, New Jersey |
| 1976-1999 | Executive Director Biofeedback & Stress Management Clinic of Manhattan Manhattan, New York |
| 1975 | Consultant to Johnson & Johnson, Inc. |
| 1967-1973 | Assistant Professor of Psychology, State University of New York Stony Brook, New York |
| 1971-1972 | Biofeedback Consultant, Kane-Miller Corporation, New York |
| 1970-1971 | Consultant in Psychology, Veterans Administration, New York |
| 1970-1971 | Biofeedback Consultant, Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, California |
| 1970 | Biofeedback Consultant, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts |
| 1968-1969 | Stanford-Ames Summer Faculty Fellow, Stanford University, Ames Research Center, Palo Alto & Mountain View, California |
| 1968 | Chaired First Meeting of Biofeedback Researchers, Snowmass at Aspen, Colorado, 3rd Annual “Winter Brain Research Conference.” |
| 1966-1967 | Lecturer in Psychology, Loyola University, Los Angeles, California |
| 1966-1967 | NIH Post-Doctoral Fellow, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California |
| 1964-1966 | NIH Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California |
| 1961-1965 | Research Assistant, Donald G. Lindsley, University of California, Los Angeles,California |
| 1961 | Engineer Psychologist, Lockheed Space and Missiles Division,Sunnyvale, California |
| 1958-1961 | Electronic Research Analyst, Lockheed Space and Missiles Division,Sunnyvale, California |
| 1954-1958 | Private through 1st Lieutenant, United States Army, Artillery Combat Development Experimentation Center H.L.M.R., California |
LICENSURE
1978-Present License to Practice Psychology – New Jersey – SI01135
1993-Present License to Practice Psychology – New York – 01169-1
CERTIFICATION
1981-Present Certified Biofeedback Provider – Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
TEACHING AFFILIATIONS
Loyola University, Los Angeles, California
State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York
New School for Social Research, New York City
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Conducted the following Seminars, Lectures and Laboratory Courses
Physiological Psychology, Graduate Level Comparative Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Physiological Correlates of Perception, Graduate Level
Auto regulation of Internal Processes and Associated States of Consciousness (Graduate Level)
Psychology, Philosophy and Religion
Physiological Methods and Instrumentation, Graduate Level
Introduction to the Nervous System
Physiological Correlates of Perception and Attention, Graduate Level
Neuropsychology, Graduate Level
Biofeedback Methods and Research, Graduate Level
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Physiological Correlates of Attentional Processes
Auto regulation of Physiological Processes Using Biofeedback
Information Processing in the Nervous System Emphasis: Visual Neural Organization and Information Processing
AWARDS & SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Award received in recognition of contributions to the development of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
Instrumentation, March 1989, Presented by the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
Diplomate in Behavioral Medicine, International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy.
The Academy of Medicine of New Jersey, Fellow
American Psychological Association, Member
New Jersey Psychological Association, Member
The American Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Diplomate
Biofeedback Society of New Jersey, First President
Chairman, Certification and Training Committee
Biofeedback Society of America, Former Member Executive Committee (5 years)
Chairman Applications Standards Subcommittee (For initial 3 years of Applications Standards Subcommittee wherein supervised the writing of the 1st
Application Standards of the Biofeedback Society of America).
Academy of Certified Neurotherapists, Neurotherapist
American Academy of Pain Management, Diplomate
Chairman, Professional Affairs Committees including Subcommittees:
Application Standards Committee
Certification Committee
Ethics Committee
Membership Committee
Peer Review Committee
President, National Council of State Societies (Term March 1982 – March 1983)
SOFTer, Society of OPEN FOCUS Training, Experience and Research, Founder and First President
Career Achievement Award, International Society for Neurofeedback & Research, September 2007.
PATENTS
(Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks)
Biofeedback Patent No. 3978847, September 7, 1976
Biofeedback Patent No. 4031882, June 28, 1977
OPEN FOCUS Patent and Trademark No. 1,100,614, August 29, 1998
OPEN FOCUS Stylistic Design Logo, No. 76/627/675, Patent and Trademark, January 2005.
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS READ
1. Fehmi, L.G. and McGaugh, J.L. “Discrimination Learning by Descendants of Trym Maze-Dull Strains,” Psychol. Reports, 1961 8, 122.
2. Johnson, R.D. and Fehmi, L.G., “Aural-Oral and Written Word Material,” J. Gen. Psychol., 1963, 69, 122-129.
3. Fehmi, L.G., Lindsley, D.B., and Adkins, J.W., “Electrophysiological Correlates of Visual Perception in Man and Monkey, Com 6th International Congress, Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol., 1965, 6, 237-238.
4. Fehmi, L.G., “Electrophysiological Correlates of Perceptual Masking in Monkeys,” Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 1966.
5. Fehmi, L.G., and Bullock, T.H., “Discrimination Among Temporal Patterns of Stimulation in a Computer Model of a Coelenterate Nerve Net,” Kybernetik, Marz, 1967, Band 3, 240-241.
6. Fehmi, L.G., “The Effects of Temporal Uncertainty on the Expectancy Wave and Reaction Time,” ASEE-NASA Summer Institute, 1968 Stanford-Ames Reports, 1968, 45-57.
7. Adkins, J.W., Fehmi, L.G., and Lindsley, D.B., “Perceptual Discrimination in Monkeys: Retroactive Visual Masking,” Physiology and Behavior, 1969, 4, 255-259.
8. Fehmi, L.G., “Auto-Regulation of Electrophysiological Processes,” Winter Brain Research Conference Abstracts, 1969, 80-81.
9. Fehmi, L.G., Adkins, J.W. and Lindsley, D.B., “The Electrophysiological Correlates of Perceptual Masking in Monkeys,” Exp. Brain Research, 1969, 7, 299-316.
10. Fehmi, L.G., “Feedback and States of Consciousness Meditation,” (Ed.) B. Brown, 1-22, Proceedings of Biofeedback Research Society, 1970, BFRS: Los Angeles, CA.
11. Fehmi, L.G., “EEG Feedback,” (Ed.) B. Brown, 1-51, Proceedings of Biofeedback Research Society, 1971, BFRS: Los Angeles, CA.
12. Fehmi, L.G., and Osborne, S., “Autoregulation of Occipital EEG Phase Relations,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Los Angeles, CA, 1971.
13. Fehmi, L.G., “Feedback and Altered States of Consciousness,” (Ed.) B. Brown, 1-54, Proceedings of Biofeedback Research Society, 1972, BFRS.
14. Fehmi, L.G., “Biofeedback of Electroencephalographic Parameters and Related States of Consciousness,” Delivered at Panel Discussion: Auto Control of Internal States, APA, 1971.
15. Fehmi, L.G., “Electroencephalographic Biofeedback: Subject Reports,” Delivered at the Annual American Psychological Association Meeting in Montreal, Canada, 1973.
16. Fehmi, L.G., “Effects of Biofeedback Training on Middle Management Executives,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1974.
17. Weber, E.S.P. and Fehmi, L.G., “The Therapeutic Use of EEG Biofeedback,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1974.
18. Selzer, F.A., and Fehmi, L.G., “Autoregulation of Mid-Frontal Lobe EEG Activity as a Function of the Direction of Conjugate Lateral Eye Movements,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1974.
19. Fehmi, L.G., “OPEN FOCUS Training,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Monterey, CA, 1975.
20. Selzer, F.A. and Fehmi, L.G., “Effects of Rhythmical Auditory Signals on the Electroencephalogram,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Monterey, CA, 1975.
21. Fehmi, L.G., and Selzer, F.A., “Effects of Phase Signal Delay of Auditory Biofeedback on Electroencephalographic Activity,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1976.
22. Libo, L.F. and Fehmi, L.G., “Cognitive Strategies in Biofeedback Training of Peripheral Skin Temperature,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America, Orlando, Florida, 1977.
23. Fehmi, L.G., OPEN FOCUS Cassette Training Series, (Basic 1000), Biofeedback Computers, Inc., 1977.
24. Fehmi, L.G., “EEG Biofeedback Multi-Channel Synchrony Training and Attention,” (Ed.) A. Sugerman, Expanding Dimensions of Consciousness, Springer Press, New York, 1978, 155-182.
25. Fehmi, L.G. and Selzer, F.A., “Controlling the Intensity of Conscious Experience: Dissolving Pain,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Toronto, Canada, 1978.
26. Fehmi, L.G., “Biofeedback, Attention, and a Concept of Man,” Presidential Address presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of New Jersey at Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1979.
27. Fehmi, L.G., “Integration of Biofeedback with Psychotherapy: Training for Effective Preventive Mental Health Care,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York, New York, 1979.
28. Fritz, G., Selzer, F.A. and Fehmi, L.G., “Psychophysiological Release Phenomena in the Clinical Application of Biofeedback and Attention Training,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1980.
29. Fehmi, L.G., “Winning by Not Trying: Dissolving Attentional Inflexibility in Psychotherapy,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Division 29 of the American Psychological Association, 1980.
30. Fehmi, L.G. and Selzer, F.A., “Attention and Biofeedback Training in Psychotherapy and Transpersonal Growth,” (Eds.) Boorstein, S. and Speeth, K., Explorations of Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Janson Aronson, Inc., N.Y., N.Y., 1980.
31. Fehmi, L.G. and Fritz, G., “OPEN FOCUS: The Attentional Foundation of Health and Well-Being,” Somatics, Spring 1980, 24-30.
32. Fehmi, L. G. and Selzer, F., “Biofeedback and Attention Training,” (Ed.) Boorstein, H.D., Seymour, Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Science and Behavior Books, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, 1980, 314-337.
33. Fritz, G., Selzer, F.A., and Fehmi, L.G., “An Attentional Strategy for the Generalization of Biofeedback Training Skills,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Louisville, Kentucky, 1981.
34. Fritz, G., and Fehmi, L.G., “From Relaxation to Self-Regulation: A Paradigm Shift in Biofeedback Training,” Paper presented at the Biofeedback Society of America, Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1982.
35. Alson, E. and Fehmi, L.G., Treatment of Pylorospasm with Biofeedback and OPEN FOCUS Attention Training: Case Report,” Paper presented at the Biofeedback Society of America Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1982.
36. Fritz, G., Fehmi, L.G., and Hitchcock, P., “Biofeedback and Attention Training to Reduce the Frequency and Intensity of Severe Hemophiliac Hemorrhagic Episodes and Related Pain: Two Case Studies,” Paper presented at the Biofeedback Society of America Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Chicago,
Illinois, March, 1982.
37. Fritz, G., and Fehmi, L.G., “The OPEN FOCUS Handbook, The Self Regulation of Attention in Biofeedback Training and Everyday Activities,” Biofeedback Computers, Inc., August, 1982.
38. Fritz, G., and Fehmi, L.G., “Cluster Headaches: A Cerebrovascular Disorder Treated with Biofeedback-Assisted Attention Training,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Denver, Colorado, March, 1983.
39. Fritz, G. and Fehmi, L.G., “Primary Fibrositis: A Skeletal Muscle Disorder Treated with Biofeedback-Assisted Attention Training,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Denver, Colorado, March, 1983.
40. Fritz, G. and Fehmi, L.G., “Clinical Protocols for OPEN FOCUS Attention to the Biofeedback Signal,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America in Denver, Colorado, March, 1983.
41. Fehmi, L.G., “The Interdisciplinary Nature of Biofeedback Training: Biofeedback: Both a Model and a Tool,” Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania Society of Behavioral Medicine and Biofeedback, Keynote Address, May 1983.
42. Fehmi, L.G., “Biofeedback – Assisted Attention Training: OPEN FOCUS Workshop, “Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 4 (4), Winter, 1986.
43. Fehmi, L.G., Sundor, A., “The Effects of Electrode Placement Upon EEG Biofeedback Training: The Monopolar-Bipolar Controversy,” International Journal of Psychosomatics,1989, 36, 23-33.
44. Sichel, A.G., Fehmi, L.G. and Goldstein, D.M., “Positive Outcome with Neurofeedback Treatment in a Case of Mild Autism,” Journal of Neurotherapy, Summer 1995, 60-64.
45. Fehmi, L.G., “Attention to Attention.” In Applied Neurophysiology and EEG Biofeedback, 2003.
46. McKnight, J.T., Fehmi, L.G., “Attention and Neurofeedback Synchrony Training: Clinical Results and Their Significance,” Journal of Neurotherapy, 5 (½)2001.
47. Fehmi, L.G., Robbins, J., “Mastering our Brain’s Electrical Rhythms,” Cerebrum, (The Dana Forum on Brain Science), Summer 2001, 3:3, 55-67.
48. Fehmi, L. G. and Robbins, J., The Open-Focus Brain – Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body, Trumpeter Books, Boston, Massachusetts, August, 2007. (Also in translation: German; Chinese; French; Korean; Dutch)
49. Fehmi, L., “Multi Channel EEG Phase Synchrony Training and Verbally Guided Attention Training for Disorders of Attention,” Neurofeedback: Dynamics and Clinical Applications, J. R. Evans (Ed.) Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, New York, 12:32, 2007.
50. Fehmi, L.G., and Collura, T., “Effects of Electrode Placement Upon EEG Biofeedback Training: The Monopolar-Bipolar Controversy,” Journal of Neurotherapy, 11:2, 2007, 45-63.
51. Fehmi, L.G., Robbins J. Sweet Surrender. In: Goleman D, editor. Measuring the Immeasurable: The Scientific Case for Spirituality. Boulder: Sounds True, Inc; 2008. P231-42.
52. Fehmi, L.G., and Robbins, J. DISSOLVING PAIN – Simple Brain-Training Exercises for Overcoming Chronic Pain, Trumpeter Books, Boston, Massachusetts, September 14, 2010
53. Fehmi, L. G., Ph.D., & Shor B., LCSW. (2013). Open Focus Attention Training. Complementary and Integrative Therapies for Psychiatric Disorders, 36 (1), 153-162.
54. Fehmi, Lester G., Ph.D., Kenny, Edward T., M.D., and Shor, Susan B., LCSW. “Open Focus Training for Stress, Pain and Psychosomatic Illness.”
Complementary and Integrative Treatments in Psychiatric Practice. Arlington: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2017. 293-302.
55. Fehmi, Les, Ph.D., and Susan B Shor., LCSW, “Highlights of Our Neurofeedback Experiences.” Neurofeedback The First Fifty Years, 2020, pp. 131–142.
56. Fehmi, Les, Ph.D., Susan Shor Fehmi, LCSW. Mark Beauregard, The Open-Focus Life, Shambhala, 2021.