Jordan Schindler, Research Assistant

Jordan is a first-year Master's student in the Clinical Psychology Master's Program on the Fieldwork Track at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She earned her B.A. in Psychology from CSUN in 2024. She is actively involved in the International Honor Society in Psychology, Psi Chi, where she currently serves as the Vice President of CSUN’s Psi Chi Chapter.

In addition to her academic and leadership roles, Jordan has been working as a Neurofeedback Technician for the past year at a clinic outside of campus, where she provides Neurofeedback training to clients diagnosed with a variety of psychological and neurological conditions, including ADHD, OCD, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and bipolar disorder. Using swLORETA Z Score Neurofeedback, she tailors specific protocols to train brain activity and promote self-regulation. This technique allows her to work directly with clients to help improve cognitive and emotional functioning by targeting dysregulated brainwave patterns and reinforcing optimal neural activity.

Jordan is also involved in clinical training at CSUN. She is a part of both Dr. Gary Katz’s Child and Adolescent Diagnostic Assessment Clinic and Dr. Jill Razani's Anxiety and Mood Disorders Clinic. In Dr. Katz’s Assessment Clinic, she helps write client reports for clients who have undergone psychological assessments (IQ and Achievement Assessments), and she is currently in training to administer these batteries to clients herself. In Dr. Razani’s clinic, she is learning Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and undergoing training to administer CBT interventions to clients.

Her career aspirations include obtaining a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specific focus on becoming a clinical neuropsychologist. Her research interests center on utilizing neuroscience techniques such as EEG, fMRI, and MRI to identify biomarkers that may predict depression, anxiety, and Alzheimer's disease. She is also interested in investigating Neurofeedback as a potential intervention for symptom reduction in mental health disorders, as well as exploring therapeutic learning approaches to mitigate their prevalence.