Leighann Marquiss
Founder/Owner
Leighann Marquiss is the founder and owner of Pittsburgh Center for Cognitive Resilience. She brings experience in individual coaching, community leadership, and small business ownership to her role at PCCR. Leighann’s strength is translating complex concepts into clear, practical guidance for clients and families.
Leighann created PCCR out of both professional interest and personal experience. After watching her daughter experience the positive benefits of qEEG-guided neurofeedback, she became committed to bringing this brain-based support to the Wexford area. She knows firsthand the frustration of watching a loved one struggle with dysregulation and has seen how much nervous system regulation can improve daily life. That experience fuels her desire to provide neurofeedback to the greater Pittsburgh area.
At PCCR, Leighann helps clients understand the neurofeedback process in clear, practical language. She supports the client experience from the first inquiry through brain mapping, training, progress tracking, and coordination with other providers when appropriate.
Her goal is to make neurofeedback feel understandable, approachable, and practical.
Carolyn Kuhfuss, LCSW
Clinical Director
Carolyn Kuhfuss is a trauma therapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She provides clinical oversight and guidance for Pittsburgh Center for Cognitive Resilience.
Carolyn brings two decades of experience in the mental health field including work in homes, schools, and community based clinics. In her private practice work, Carolyn is passionate about healing trauma through treating the whole person: mind, body, and soul.
She believes neurofeedback offers a unique and needed intervention that can’t be found anywhere else: a way to directly train the brain and influence the way we feel, think, and behave. Her involvement reflects our commitment to offering treatment that is trauma-informed, client-centered, and collaborative.
PCCR’s collaborative model allows clients to receive brain-based training in a setting that is warm, professional, and grounded in responsible care.
Why Pittsburgh Center for Cognitive Resilience?
At PCCR, clients are treated as whole people, not symptoms or brain maps. We take time to understand each client’s goals, history, stressors, and daily life so neurofeedback can fit into the bigger picture. Our environment is supportive and designed to help clients feel informed and ready to engage in the training process.
We are here to help you understand what may be happening, what can be trained, and what the next right step may be.
Our approach is:
- Data-informed — we begin with qEEG brain mapping
- Personalized — training is based on your symptoms, goals, and brain map
- Practical — we explain what we see in plain language
- Consistency-based — we emphasize repetition and close-frequency training
- Warm and collaborative — we can coordinate with other providers when appropriate
- Focused on regulation — because learning, healing, focus, and resilience all require a more regulated nervous system