Dr. Brandon Crawford DC FIBFN-CND
NeuroSolution Center of Austin - Exclusive Provider of Catalyst Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Brandon Crawford, DC, FIBFN-CND, is a functional neurologist and one of the pioneers of clinical photobiomodulation, the use of specific wavelengths of light and laser therapy to restore function in the brain and nervous system. As founder of NeuroSolution Center of Austin, he built a practice around a simple but radical premise: the patients who've been told "there's nothing more we can do" are often the ones with the most room left to heal. His clinic regularly treats complex traumatic brain injury, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and neurological cases that have plateaued or been discharged elsewhere.
Over fifteen years ago, Dr. Crawford began applying laser therapy directly to the brain, well before it was a mainstream clinical tool. When he couldn't find a device engineered around the wavelengths the science pointed to, he co-founded 528 Innovations and developed the 528i laser, a clinical-grade photobiomodulation device built to deliver what existing tools on the market weren't designed to do.
His clinical framework, PACE (Power, Awareness, Coordination, Elevation), sequences care around cellular bioenergetics first, on the premise that no nervous system can sustain new neurological patterns without the underlying energy to hold them. It's this same bioenergetics-first thinking that anchors his approach to regenerative medicine, including his clinic's work with Laser Activated VSEL and Dezawa MUSE cell therapies.
Dr. Crawford is the host of The Longevity Formula podcast, a global lecturer in functional neurology and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders, and a frequent voice on the intersection of light, biology, and brain health. His clinical philosophy is simple: Never Accept Never.
Dr. Kenneth Proefrock, NMD
Total Wellness Clinic
Dr. Kenneth Proefrock graduated from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1996. He and his lovely wife, Dawn, are raising five children in the desert of Arizona with numerous snakes, lizards, tortoises, toads and dogs.
Prior to naturopathic medical school, he received degrees in Chemistry and Zoology from Northern Arizona University.
For the past thirteen years, he has conducted a very busy Naturopathic medical practice in Sun City, Arizona. He is also sole owner and formulator for Vital Force Naturopathic Compounding which provides consulting services and a wide variety of unique and effective compounds for other Naturopathic Physicians and their patients. He speaks at conferences across the country sharing his perspective on Botanical Medicine and the modern practice of Naturopathic Medicine.
He is also the Vice-President for the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners and the chairperson for the biochemistry portion of the Naturopathic Physician's Licensing Exam.
In his spare time, when such a thing really exists, he is in the desert with his kids, honing his skills in primitive archery, gardening, home brewing, reading and writing poetry and studying obscure and old texts on spiritual matters, healing, and philosophy.
Hannah Russi, MSW
Hope for Minds
Hannah Russi is a social worker and serves as the Family Support Coordinator for Hope for Minds, where she has the privilege of supporting children and families impacted by an acquired brain injury. She is passionate about connecting with families, learning their stories, and walking alongside them as they navigate life after brain injury. This includes supporting individuals through ambiguous loss and the different ways grief can be experienced, particularly the losses that may not always be recognized or easily understood. She believes in meeting each family with compassion, curiosity, and genuine care, creating a supportive space where they feel valued and never alone in their journey.
Abby Zachritz
SupportNow
Abby Zachritz, also known as Advocacy Abby, is a mother of five, advocate, and leading voice for families navigating disability and complex medical needs. She is the Co-Founder of the Connect Platform, Director of Family Advocacy at SupportNow.org, and a Board Member of the Parent Empowerment Network. Abby empowers families worldwide by connecting them to thousands of grants, therapies, and financial resources. Through her speaking, consulting, and advocacy work, she brings a message of resilience, hope, and the power of connection to every family she serves.
Jimmy Pourteau
Relationship Help Center
Jimmy is a behavioral specialist and relationship coach with over 20,000 hours helping couples navigate some of life's hardest seasons. As the founder of the Relationship Help Center, he uses the DISC model of human behavior to help couples understand why they clash — and how to find their way back to each other. He is the author of the top-selling book Hope Is Where the Heart Is and leads the Hit Pause weekend intensive for couples in crisis. Married for 38 years, Jimmy doesn't just teach about lasting love — he lives it. His style is warm, disarmingly honest, and intensely practical. He believes every couple in the room deserves not just to survive what they're facing, but to come out of it stronger than before.
Kirstin White, B.S., SLPA
Tobii Dynavox
Kirstin White is a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLP-A) with 8 years of experience at Tobii Dynavox. She specializes in working with pediatric populations and supporting children with complex communication needs through the use of speech-generating devices. Having grown up closely connected to the special needs community, Kirstin has spent over 20 years working alongside and advocating for individuals with disabilities. She is passionate about empowering children, families, and clinicians by providing access to effective, evidence-based AAC solutions that help every child find and use their voice.
Stephanie Alexander
NAPA Center of Austin
Stephanie Alexander is a Speech-Language Pathologist and currently works at NAPA Center Austin as their AAC Coordinator. She earned her master's degree from Texas Woman's University and her bachelor's degree from The University of Texas. With 6 years of clinical and professional experience, Stephanie specializes in feeding and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). She is passionate about empowering both children and their families to achieve both big and small wins on their way to reaching their full potential.
Amy Costello, LPC-Associate, Supervised by Nanci Silver Boice, MEd, MA, LMFT-S, LPC-S
Costello Counseling, PLLC
Amy Costello is an LPC Associate based in Austin, providing trauma-focused therapy to adults and couples across Texas who are navigating grief and loss, medical trauma, complex trauma, and other difficult life experiences. Her clinical experience includes counseling adults at the Austin Center for Grief & Loss and supporting parents of critically ill children at Ronald McDonald House. Amy uses EMDR and other trauma-informed approaches to help clients process distressing experiences and move toward healing. Before becoming a therapist, Amy spent two decades as a journalist, including five years reporting from Africa, where her work often focused on people and communities affected by trauma and crisis.
Evan Folan, Founder of Toro & Tides
Toro & Tides
Evan Folan is a severe traumatic brain injury survivor, speaker, author, and founder of Toro & Tides. Following a life-changing crash in 2019, he transformed his recovery into a mission of education, advocacy, and hope for the brain injury community. He is the host of the Brain to Brain podcast and the author of the Amazon best-selling memoir Forgetting to Remember. Through his work, Evan shares stories that connect survivors, caregivers, and healthcare professionals while raising awareness about the lifelong impact of brain injury. His passion is helping others find hope, purpose, and community after trauma.
Melaney Grenz, B.A., B.S., M.S., CCC-SLP
The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT)
Melaney Grenz, B.A., B.S., M.S., CCC-SLP, is the Project Manager at the Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT) at the University of Oregon. She also coordinates all Oregon Traumatic Brain Injury Teams across nine Oregon geographical regions, guiding school districts through the complexities of supporting students recovering from brain injuries. Melaney is also the Texas School Liaison.
With a background as a Speech-Language Pathologist in Oregon Public Schools, Melaney brings both hands-on clinical experience and strategic leadership to her work. At CBIRT, she leads educational initiatives—delivering engaging webinars, podcasts, and live presentations—while also providing vital support to school personnel facing challenges with students’ Returning to School and Returning to Play after a brain injury.
Melaney helps school teams think innovatively and collaboratively. She encourages the use of a multi-disciplinary approach to address the diverse needs of students, empowering educators and families to find creative, individualized solutions for students on their journey to recovery. Melaney is dedicated to improving outcomes for students affected by brain injury, ensuring they have the tools and support they need to thrive academically, socially, and physically.
Esmeralda Garcia, MBA
The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT)
Esmeralda Garcia, MBA, is a Research Analyst II and Promotora with the University of Oregon’s Center on Brain Injury Research & Training, where she supports the TBI-SOS 4 Kids program. She leads bilingual parent education and research translation for families of children with traumatic brain injury and has helped develop and translate caregiver curricula, workbooks, visual glossaries, symptom trackers, and advocacy tools. Esmeralda also contributes to family-centered disability research at The University of Texas at Austin and provides bilingual resource navigation through the Autism Society of Texas. Her professional work is deeply informed by her lived experience as a family caregiver and disability advocate. She is committed to ensuring that families, particularly Spanish-speaking families, receive practical, culturally responsive information and feel empowered to advocate for their children across healthcare, education, and community settings.
Madisen Johnson, MA, LPC-A
Madisen Johnson is an LPC-Associate practicing in private practice, where she works with children, adolescents, and adults navigating anxiety, emotional regulation challenges, life transitions, relational stress, and trauma. She also has extensive experience with the nonprofit Hope for Minds, where she facilitates sibling support groups and individual sessions for siblings impacted by family medical trauma. Her clinical approach is grounded in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), with integration of CBT, narrative approaches, and nervous system-informed, relational work. Madisen is especially interested in trauma, family systems, and the often-unseen experiences of siblings navigating ambiguous loss and shifting family roles. She aims to create a warm, collaborative space where clients feel supported in making meaning of their experiences and building skills that fit their lives.
Erin Finkelstein, GCFP, M.mus
Sound Movement Services
I help people transform their limitations into opportunities to move, think and perform easier and with more joy. My clear approach to creating options in your nervous system will save you time and money down the road because you’ll have less performance injury and age related problems. Give yourself the respect to create lifelong freedom of movement and savor the serenity of living your best life at any age.
Jillian Salasek, Early Intervention Vision Specialist, cTVI
Foundation for Blind Children
Jillian Salasek ,cTVI, is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired & Special education educator with nearly two decades of experience supporting students with complex learning needs. Throughout her career, Jillian has developed a passion for helping students with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) access meaningful educational opportunities. Jillian specializes in implementing evidence-based strategies that support students with CVI through individualized assessment, environmental adaptations, and accessible instructional practices. She is committed to helping educators and families better understand how vision impacts learning and how intentional accommodations can increase access, independence, communication, and engagement.
Lindsey Martinez, Early Intervention Vision Specialist, cTVI
Foundation for Blind Children
Lindsey Martinez, M.Ed., is a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI) with 20 years of experience in special education. Throughout her career as a TVI, she has supported children from birth through high school in a variety of educational settings, with a current focus on early intervention and coaching families of infants and toddlers with visual impairments. Lindsey is passionate about helping caregivers incorporate practical, meaningful vision strategies into everyday routines. She enjoys sharing creative, evidence-based ideas that empower families to support their child’s visual development throughout their lives.
Ioannis Solos MD(China), PhD, LAc
Saint George Clinic and Research Institute
Dr. Ioannis Solos, MD (China), PhD, LAc is an internationally recognized expert in neuro-acupuncture and integrative neurological rehabilitation. He earned his medical and doctoral degrees in China and has over 27 years of experience treating complex neurological and orthopedic conditions. Based in Tempe, Arizona, Dr. Solo Solo specializes in innovative therapies such as Neuromodulation Acupuncture™ and Tendon & Fascia Reconditioning Manipulations™. He also serves as a doctoral faculty member and board-certified instructor, training practitioners across the U.S. in advanced acupuncture techniques.
Nikki Drummond, CCN
NeuroFit Nutrition
Nikki Drummond, CCN, is a board-certified clinical nutritionist and brain wellness expert, and the founder of NeuroFit Nutrition. Her practice specializes in functional medicine, advanced lab interpretation, and complex, multi-system cases — often co-managed alongside clients' medical teams. Nikki's work bridges rigorous science and practical application, translating the mechanisms of neuroinflammation, metabolic health, and brain recovery into strategies families and practitioners can actually use. She is especially passionate about empowering clients to take ownership of their health through evidence-based, food-first care. Based in Austin, Texas, she brings both clinical depth and genuine warmth to her work with families navigating brain injury and recovery.
Katie Chung PT, DPT, PCS
Nurturing the Core Pediatric Therapy
Dr. Katie Chung PT, DPT, PCS is a board-certified pediatric physical therapist specializing in myofascial release (John Barnes Approach) and working with children and young adults with medical complexities. She has worked in pediatrics for 7 years primarily in home-health but has experience in schools, clinics, hospitals, and teaching at Midwestern University. Dr. Katie strives to provide care that addresses the whole, unique child and family by balancing Eastern and Western medicine techniques in her practice, Nurturing the Core Pediatric Therapy. She is passionate about continuing to learn and spread knowledge on how to help children reach their full and limitless potential.
Stacey Gesinger, MA, LMFT
I have been providing counseling for over 20 years working with women, couples and families. I am Prepare/Enrich trained for Premarital and Marital Counseling. I’m also a TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) Practitioner. I’ve been in Austin for over 10 years and enjoy hiking, yoga and eating at the many wonderful restaurants here with my husband and 3 children (aged College to Grade School).
Kate Labiner, MD
Child Neurology & Consultants of Austin
Dr. Kate Labiner is a pediatric neurologist, an epileptologist, and sports neurologist. Dr. Labiner earned her Bachelor of Science in neuroscience and behavioral biology from Emory University. While at Emory, she played lacrosse for four years and served as co-captain her senior year. She then graduated from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, followed by completion of a general pediatric residency at the University of Hawai’i.
Dr. Labiner later moved to the University of Texas Southwestern for her pediatric neurology fellowship where she served as chief resident. She also fulfilled a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology and sports neurology and conducted research on complex febrile seizures and New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus in pediatrics. Her special interests in epilepsy are in status epilepticus of sleep (ESES) as well as genetic/syndromic epilepsy with Rett Syndrome being one of her main focuses.
As a former athlete, Dr. Labiner is passionate about working with young athletes and supporting their neurological needs as they age and transition between adolescence and adulthood. She provides sports neurology and concussion health guidance for many local high schools and college athletic programs.
She is fluent in Spanish and has served as a healthcare provider both in the United States and Mexico. She is also an active member of the American Epilepsy Society.
In her spare time, Dr. Labiner enjoys playing and cheering on a variety of sports, particularly her favorite Arizona Wildcats. She also loves spending time outdoors – especially near the water — with her beloved dogs.
Emily Kalambaheti MS, DC, DACNB, FACFN, FMHC
MindForge
Dr. Emily Kalambaheti is a clinical neuroscientist with a passion for neurological and psychological wellness. She currently is a part of the multi-disciplinary team at MindForge in Dallas, Texas where she examines patients and prescribes non-invasive neurological rehabilitation programs for people with neurological conditions while continuously investigating the most efficient and effective cutting-edge technologies available for neurological rehabilitation. As the founder and CEO of Brain Recommendations, LLC, she provides home exercises and recommendations for those looking to optimize brain function. She also publicly speaks about brain health, neurodevelopment, neurorehabilitation, and improving standard of care for neurological and psychological wellness.
Dr. Taryn Townsend, SLPD, CCC-SLP, CBIS
Neurotunity, PLLC; Texas Children's Hospital
Dr. Taryn Townsend, SLPD, CCC-SLP, CBIS, is a speech-language pathologist with advanced expertise in pediatric brain injury and cognitive-communication disorders. With experience in a Level I trauma center, she has worked extensively with children and families navigating moderate to severe brain injuries across all stages of recovery. She is the founder of Neurotunity, PLLC, a boutique private practice focused on real-life communication and functional outcomes after brain injury. Dr. Townsend is dedicated to helping caregivers better understand and support their loved one’s recovery journey.
Tony Passaro, PhD
Neurolimits
Dr. Tony Passaro is a neuroscientist and the Neuroscience Director at Neurolimits in Austin, Texas, with approximately 25 years of neuroscience experience in brain physiology, EEG, neuroimaging, and quantitative analysis. His work focuses on understanding large-scale brain networks and translating neuroscience research into individualized approaches involving EEG, neurofeedback, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. At Neurolimits, he develops and oversees neuromodulation protocols for neurological, cognitive, and psychiatric conditions, including applications of TMS in brain injury rehabilitation. His research has included large-scale studies of human brain physiology, cognition, sleep, and neurological function.
Dr. Paul Harch, M.D.
Harch HBOT
Dr. Paul Harch is a world-renowned HBOT expert, and his treatment program for his patients is unmatched. He has used hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat more than 100 different conditions, including stroke, dementia, autism, and traumatic brain injury. His goal is to help his patients get their lives back using hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Dr. Harch initiated and continues to be a private practice that has resulted in the largest case experience in neurological hyperbaric medicine in the world. In this practice, he adapted the concepts of conventional hyperbaric oxygen therapy to wounds in the central nervous system, which spawned the subsequent academic and research practice. Harch HBOT is the best place to receive oxygen therapy treatments, and patients have traveled from more than 50 countries to be treated by Dr. Harch himself.
Amy Louis
Solutions For Special Needs Families
Amy Louis is a Government Benefits Specialist with Solutions for Special Needs Families and Strategic Financial Group. She works with families to assist them in applying for Government Benefits such as Supplemental Security Income and navigating the system from beginning to end. She also speaks with families and groups on all things when navigating the 18 and up programs for transition from the school setting.
Rachel Bosworth
Solutions For Special Needs Families
Rachel is a Board Certified Estate Planning & Probate attorney who serves clients in estate planning, special needs planning, creating asset protection entities, and establishing guardianships for special needs adults. She focuses on getting to know her clients' needs, teaching them about their legal options, and working toward an efficient solution, taking into account family dynamics and financial assets. She specializes in and enjoys working with families with special needs, who account for about half of her practice, helping them plan for the future, pairing them with needed resources, and encouraging them through the process.
Jennifer Caballero, LCSW/MDiv
Bud & Blossom Counseling
Jennifer Caballero is the owner of Bud & Blossom Counseling. Jennifer has been practicing social work for 18 years and has been helping others navigate grief and loss for the past decade. She received her Master's of Social Work from the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work at Baylor University. Jennifer currently resides in Waco with her family. She enjoys reading, naps, crime documentaries, and spending time outdoors.
Dr. Chandler Willey, DC, CSCS
Neurosolution Center of Atlanta
Dr. Chandler Willey graduated Magna Cum Laude from Life University in 2025 and is currently completing post-doctoral training in Clinical Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation. Dr. Willey earned his Bachelor of Science in Health & Kinesiology from the University of Utah in 2021.
He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is passionate about helping people of all ages improve their health, strength, and longevity. Dr. Willey believes the brain and body have an incredible ability to adapt and heal at every stage of life, and is dedicated to helping patients tap into the power of neuroplasticity to restore function and improve quality of life.Outside of the clinic, Dr. Willey enjoys running, listening to metal music, and all things Star Wars. He also loves cooking and spending time with his wife, Melissa, and their dog, Niño.
