Nate Ewigman, PhD, MPH, BCB
Clinical health psychologist. Biofeedback specialist.
I'm a licensed clinical health psychologist in private practice in Redwood City, California. I specialize in biofeedback, anxiety, trauma, chronic stress, and many of the presentations that come with them — somatic symptoms, chronic pain, IBS, headaches, autonomic dysregulation, long-haul COVID, and dizziness disorders like PPPD.
What makes my practice different is the integration. I don't do biofeedback in one room and therapy in another. I bring real-time physiological data into the therapeutic process — your heart rate variability, your muscle tension patterns, your skin conductance, your breathing chemistry — because stress lives in the body, and the body's data changes what's possible in treatment.
I've published peer-reviewed research on integrating biofeedback with psychotherapy, and I train other clinicians to deliver these methods through the national certifying body for biofeedback. I also built a comprehensive stress physiology evaluation that produces a detailed report mapping how your individual nervous system responds to and recovers from stress.
Credentials matter, but they're not what makes therapy work. What my clients tell me they value most is that I'm curious, easy to talk to, and deeply invested in understanding each person's specific experience — rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
How I think about stress and recovery
Most people come to therapy because stress — whether acute or chronic — has become unmanageable. What I've found, both in the research and in my clinical work, is that the real problem usually isn't the stressor itself. It's that the body has stopped recovering from it.
Recovery means helping the nervous system find its way back to safety — learning to experience internal sensations as information rather than threat. That's the work, whether we're approaching it through biofeedback, therapy, or both together.
My clinical approach integrates three evidence-based perspectives: the psychophysiology of stress and autonomic regulation, evidence-based psychotherapy (ACT, CBT, exposure therapies, clinical hypnosis), and contemplative practice — I have a longstanding meditation practice that profoundly informs how I approach suffering. My goal is to help you learn true stress recovery — not just coping, but a genuine shift in how your nervous system handles difficulty.
Training & credentials
Education
PhD in Clinical & Health Psychology, University of Florida. MPH in Health Services Research. Postdoctoral fellowship at the San Francisco VA. Former Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF.
Board certifications
Board Certified in Biofeedback (BCB) through the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance. National Certification in Clinical Hypnosis from the Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis. Licensed psychologist, CA (PSY 27570).
Published research
Peer-reviewed publications in the British Medical Journal, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Psychiatric Services, Journal of Health Psychology, and Biofeedback — including original work on integrating biofeedback with psychotherapy.
Teaching & training
Certified national biofeedback mentor. Regular presenter at AAPB and BCIA on interoception, biofeedback-guided exposure, and stress recovery. I train other clinicians to deliver the methods I use in practice.
Active collaborations
I collaborate with leading researchers at Harvard and Stanford on psychophysiology and autonomic health. When I encounter a clinical question I can't answer, I go to the literature — and to the people producing it.
Bilingual provider
Certified to conduct biofeedback therapy in Spanish. My training in Spanish-language clinical work grew from a desire to serve the immigrant community at the San Mateo county hospital where I worked for six years.
My path here
I've consistently chosen work that puts me closer to the people and problems that matter most to me.
Complex veterans, interdisciplinary care
Trained and then worked as a health psychologist at the San Francisco VA, integrating behavioral health into one of the nation's first complex care management programs for high-need veterans — in hospitals, homes, SROs, and wherever patients were.
Building a biofeedback program from scratch
Hired as an integrated care psychologist at the county safety-net hospital. Brought in grant funding to purchase equipment, trained seven psychologists, and built a full biofeedback clinical program. Learned Spanish to better serve the primarily Latinx patient population.
Deepening the craft
Turned toward full-time private practice to go deeper — integrating biofeedback with psychotherapy at a level that institutional settings don't easily allow. Publishing research, developing clinical protocols, training other professionals, and working with clients who are ready for a data-driven, physiologically sophisticated approach to stress recovery.
I'd be glad to talk with you.
A free 15-minute consultation — no obligation, just a conversation to see if this is the right fit.