Publications & Outputs

Making our work visible—and useful—to the field.

Resonance Research Institute publishes across academic channels, practitioner-friendly formats, and public writing. This page will grow as studies complete, tools mature, and collaborations expand.

Peer-reviewed research · Preprints · Practitioner tools · Public essays
Peer-Reviewed & Formal Research

Papers, chapters, and technical reports.

As studies are completed, citations and links will appear here. For now, this list outlines the manuscripts in preparation and target venues.
Manuscript in preparation
EEG-Guided Adaptive Music for Veterans with PTSD: A Closed-Loop Pilot Framework
Target: Frontiers in Neuroscience / JMIR / similar

Describes the theoretical framework and initial design of a closed-loop system in which EEG-derived emotional signals guide changes in musical structure during trauma therapy.

Concept paper
Therapist-in-the-Loop AI for Trauma Care: Principles, Pitfalls, and Practice Guidelines
Target: Clinical Social Work Journal / Social Work in Mental Health

Articulates an ethical and practical framework for incorporating AI tools into trauma-focused psychotherapy while preserving client dignity and clinician authority.

Technical report
Emotion Classification for PTSD Contexts: Adapting Generic Models to Trauma-Specific States
Preprint planned; code and models to follow.

Documents the process of adapting emotion-recognition models and datasets to better represent trauma states such as shutdown, hyperarousal, and fragile regulation.

Public Writing

Essays & dispatches from the field.

Not all important work fits neatly into journals. We use essay-style writing to document the human side of this research and to invite clinicians, veterans, and technologists into the conversation.

Substack essay
From Confession to Creation: How AI, Music, and EEG Are Redefining Trauma Therapy
AI Social Worker · 2025

A narrative overview of how clinical social work, AI research, and music-based practice converged into the current line of research at Resonance.

Read on Substack
Substack series (planned)
When the Brain Speaks in Color: Building an Adaptive Music Engine for Trauma
AI Social Worker · in progress

A deep dive into the design of the adaptive music engine, including early sketches, constraints, and surprising findings from prototyping.

Talks & Presentations

Invited talks, workshops, and panels.

As invitations arise, this section will track conference talks, workshops for clinicians, and guest lectures on trauma-informed AI and EEG-based music interventions.

Talk topic
Beyond Words: Using EEG and Music to Support Trauma Recovery

An accessible overview of how brainwaves, music, and AI can be combined to support people who find traditional talk therapy overwhelming or inaccessible.

Workshop format
Therapist-in-the-Loop AI: Practical Tools for Clinicians

A skills-based workshop for mental health professionals on using AI-assisted tools like TheraNotes in ways that respect ethics, boundaries, and clinician judgment.

Collaboration & Preprints

Want to read drafts or collaborate on a paper?

We welcome collaboration with clinicians, researchers, and institutions interested in trauma, EEG, music, or human-centered AI. Preprints and technical docs can be shared upon request.

Request drafts or data