What Makes Vision Therapy Work: Collin Welsch on Mindset, Tracking Progress, and Seeing the Whole Person

Denise interviews Collin Welsch, who previously worked as a vision therapist and was Hanah VanderMeulen’s therapist—offering listeners a rare view from “the other side of the table.” Collin shares how he unexpectedly found the field after a neuroscience background and rehabilitation work, then spent seven years in a busy vision therapy practice before eventually moving on to a completely different career.Collin breaks down what he saw most often in clinic—kids and students struggling with reading and writing due to convergence insufficiency, accommodative insufficiency, and ocular motor dysfunction—and explains why these are some of the clearest areas to measure and track improvement. He also talks candidly about what actually leads to success: consistent attendance, home practice, goal tracking, journaling, and especially mindset and language (including his preference for replacing “hard” with “challenging” or “difficult” to keep patients engaged and empowered).You’ll also hear Collin’s perspective on working with complex cases like TBI, why functional progress doesn’t always show up immediately in the numbers, and how expanding peripheral awareness and “free-space” activities can support binocular progress. He shares practical at-home ideas—including a surprising one: learning to juggle as a vision-and-body coordination challenge.Resources mentioned in the episode:COVD (certification and conferences): https://www.covd.org/Vivid Vision: https://www.seevividly.com/doctor_locatorWOW Vision Therapy website success stories: https://wowvision.net/category/success-stories/WOW Vision therapy on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WowVisionTherapy/videosThe Shape of the Sky, by David Cook: https://www.oepf.org/product/the-shape-of-the-sky/Connect with Denise Allen:Website: https://healingmysight.comHealing our Sight Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063570817348*I do not benefit financially from any of the links or this podcast. This is a public service only.If you liked this episode, click here to send me a message. I also appreciate guest and topic suggestions.I'd love to hear from you! Click the "If you liked this episode, CLICK HERE" link above to send me a message. Your comments, questions, guest suggestions, and topic ideas come directly to me as Fan Mail, and I read every message.