Client results

CFDT Success Stories

Client stories, each tracked with objective cognitive assessments.

Therapist and teenager talking in a bright counseling room

In short

These stories come from clients of CFD therapists. Each one shows the client’s starting challenges, hours of CFDT and the change measured on objective cognitive assessments. Names have been changed for privacy, and individual results vary.

Story 01

Sean's story

36 hours over 12 weeks

After finishing drug court, Sean found a job in precision parts manufacturing but couldn’t keep up. He could not hold more than two numbers in mind at a time, and the job required remembering lists of measurements.

Challenges

Substance addiction, trouble staying sober after earlier treatment, and mounting work and legal problems

Reported results

Sustained sobriety and career growth

Measured change

Working memory +47%, encoded memory +23%, attentional system +18% (compared with his pre-CFDT standardized tests)

“

Thanks to the cognitive function development therapy I received, it’s like I’m a new man. Now doing well at work is easy. Before long the company made me a line-supervisor.

Sean

Story 02

Sarah's story

15 hours over 4 months

Sarah’s anxiety grew severe while her mother went through cancer treatment. Her family worked with a talk therapist and a naturopathic doctor and added CFDT. She is now graduating from high school a year early.

Challenges

Anxiety, perseveration and nervous tics after a traumatic family event

Reported results

Better emotional regulation and academic performance

Measured change

213% overall improvement

Story 03

Charlie's story

56 hours over 7 months

Charlie was 18 when he started. About a month after his sessions tapered off, he was joining extracurricular activities for the first time, planning to attend vo-tech school and talking about starting a welding business with a friend.

Challenges

Trouble with communication, organization, reasoning and memory; a history of trauma; poor response to traditional therapy

Reported results

New interests and more involvement in activities and relationships

Measured change

309% overall improvement

Story 04

Sam's story

24 hours over 3+ months

Sam, 16, came in for help building “mental stamina” for schoolwork. When his parent died the following summer, he handled the loss and the changes that followed better than his CFD therapist had seen in many adults.

Challenges

Trauma, anxiety, attention problems, school struggles and severe family challenges

Reported results

Steady academic progress and the ability to handle major life challenges

Measured change

329% improvement

“

What you guys do is amazing. It’s made my work so much easier.

Sam's talk therapist, as paraphrased by his CFD therapist

In their words

What clients and parents say

“

CFDT has made such a great difference in the memory and brain function of both of my boys. I highly recommend it!

JB, parent of two sons, ages 9 and 12

“

When I started, I was super anxious and struggled with decision making and new situations. Now, the anxiety is so much more manageable. I am able to make decisions logically without freaking out, and my memory has gotten much better.

KT, age 25

“

It has made me remember a lot of things at work and at home. Even my boss is impressed by how much my memory is getting better.

MS, age 28

All names have been changed for privacy. Results vary from person to person.

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