matt woodrum

Understand your brain. Regulate your mind.

A neuroscience-grounded learning environment for therapists and the curious public.

STANFORDJOHNS HOPKINSNIMHAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONMAYO CLINICYALE

What is Mental Health?

Mental health is the expression of twelve core brain capacities, organized across four interlocking functions that shape how we feel, think, decide, and connect.

EMOTION

  • Emotional Awareness
  • Non-Conscious Negativity
  • Emotion Flexibility
.

FEELING

  • Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Depression
.

SELF-CONTROL

  • Social Connectivity
  • Resilience
  • Conscious Negativity
.

COGNITION

  • Memory
  • Focus
  • Planning
.

There's a Mental Health Crisis

  • 19% live with a diagnosable mental condition

  • 51% are at elevated risk of developing one

How do you measure your stress, your risk, and the effect they have on your brain capacities — and, more importantly, what can you do about it? Matt Woodrum's curriculum answers both questions with neuroscience you can actually use.

30% No Risk 51% At Risk 19% Diagnosed
TRY THE PLATFORM

Map the activity in your brain in 20 minutes

A guided brain-fitness assessment translates twelve capacities into a clear personal profile, then matches each result to coping strategies grounded in cognitive and affective neuroscience.

  • Brain image overlays

    See exactly which regions activate during anxiety, focus, recall, and rest.

  • Targeted self-regulation

    Practices matched to the brain area driving your symptoms — not generic advice.

  • Clinical-grade content

    Written for therapists, accessible to clients. The same material, two reading layers.

STRATEGIES BY REGION

Four brain systems. Twelve evidence-based practices.

Each strategy is anchored to the neural circuit it modulates, with a short clinical rationale and a guided audio walk-through.

Prefrontal Cortex

Focus restoration

Attention training and dual n-back drills that strengthen executive control under fatigue and stress.

Amygdala

Threat down-regulation

Slow exhalation and labeling protocols that quiet limbic reactivity within three minutes.

Hippocampus

Memory consolidation

Sleep, spaced rehearsal, and contextual recall practices that protect long-term encoding.

Default Mode Network

Rumination interrupt

Open-monitoring meditation and behavioural activation cues that break recurrent negative loops.

WHO IT IS FOR

Two audiences. One curriculum.

For Therapists

CE-eligible modules, client-ready handouts, and case-conceptualisation tools that translate brain science into the language of session work.

For the Public

Plain-language explanations, animated brain visualisations, and self-paced practices for anyone curious about how their mind actually works.

Learn the brain. Change the experience.

Join the community of therapists and self-learners building real mental-health literacy.