Cutting-Edge Psychotherapies and Brain Trainings in Central Ohio
Better Minds for Humankind!
About Us
Like a garden, your mental health needs constant care and tending. At Better Minds Group, we believe that the head is fed through the heart. We are a small practice. We will build a relationship with you and, together, use our relationships to promote your growth.
Dr. Brian Barkett, Niki Brown, Liz Hartz, and Kristin Carr comprise our therapist team. Maureen Barkett, a former CPA, manages the office. Georgia Bain and Katia Cristo are our interns extraordinaire. Guardian Billing supports our work.
Together, we work to help you thrive. We will equip you with the tools to heal emotional wounds (old and new), build resilience, improve your ability to think, manage relationships, and navigate your world with self-respect and dignity.
Caring therapists + Advanced emotion-training technologies = Better Minds for Humankind!
Our Team
Meet the People Who Put the “Better” in Better Minds Group.
First Responders
Police Officers and FireFighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty
Dr. Brian Barkett is the Clinical Advisor for First Responders Support of Licking County. Press the Button below to watch a brief video
Remember when you expected to spend you life selflessly helping others? Then, over time, too many bad runs, too many traumatic incidents, too little help, and now you spend your time denying you need help while your happiness dies a slow death?
We help helpers. We help you heal the traumatic memories that invade your sleep; that rob you of your everyday calmness. We help you live again. If you feel like you’ve been pulled in a thousand different directions, our caring, experienced, professionals understand your unique needs. We use our skills on healing traumatic memories, our expertise with EMDR and EEG Biofeedback, and our compassion, to bring you to a better-balanced, healthier, personal, and family life.
Mental Health and Recovery for Licking and Knox Counties has contracted with Better Minds Group to provide additional assistance for First Responders working in Licking and Knox Counties in Ohio.
Knox County Public Health has asked us to, and supported our opening of, a satellite office in Mt. Vernon Ohio to serve Knox County First Responders- 206 South Mulberry Street (Opening in April 2025).
Call us at (740) 587-1543 for more information.
EMDR - Amazingly Effective Emotional Healing
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is simple, powerful, well-studied, and effective. With it, we heal horrible, haunting, memories; strengthen your confidence; and increase your overall wellbeing.
Activate your brain’s natural capacity to release traumatic memories and calm emotional overreactions.
Get Emotionally Unstuck. Calm negative memories. Feel free.
Train You Mind to Feel and Think Better
BrainPaint® Neurofeedback
BrainPaint® Neurofeedback is a scientifically proven way to improve the way you feel and function in the world by improving how your brain operates.
Think of your brain as a beautiful, powerful horse. A calm, well-trained, rider can control their horse to stay calm and go where the rider directs. An overwhelmed rider easily loses control of the horse when it spooks and bolts, leaving the rider trying not to be thrown and trampled! Ever have a day like that? BrainPaint® trains our powerful horse of a brain not to spook, bolt or shut down; to take us where we need to go, calmly, consistently, at the the right speed. BrainPaint®
Art Therapy
Guided by our experienced, compassionate professionals, explore and engage the power of your own creativity to find healing and growth.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Understand and unlearn the vicious cycle of negative thoughts, distressing emotions, and impulsive behaviors that keep you feeling stuck. CBT can be utilized to treat a whole host of issues, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, and much more.
NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback
Train In Our Office or In Your Home
NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback tunes your brain up, training its electrical activity to become more stable, optimal, and resilient. The result? Your brain functions better and you are calmer, smarter, and happier.
Train in our office, or rent a NeurOptimal, train at home on your schedule, and actually save money!
Have you trained your brain today?
