What is Neurofeedback?

Neu­ro­feed­back is brain exer­cise. You and I observe your brain in action from moment to moment by mon­i­tor­ing your brain waves. I show you your brain activ­ity and help you to change it by reward­ing shifts toward a more appro­pri­ate and sta­ble brain state. It is a grad­ual learn­ing process.

Neu­ro­feed­back is also called EEG biofeed­back (or Neu­rother­apy.) The elec­troen­cephalo­gram (“EEG”) is another name for the brain wave record­ings and, in this con­text, biofeed­back refers to the process by which you learn to change your brain waves and thereby gain bet­ter con­trol over your brain states.

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WHAT CAN NEUROFEEDBACK HELP?
Neu­ro­feed­back is train­ing in self-regulation. Good self-regulation is nec­es­sary for opti­mal brain func­tion. Self-regulation train­ing enhances the func­tion of the cen­tral ner­vous sys­tem and thereby improves men­tal per­for­mance, emo­tional con­trol and phys­i­o­log­i­cal stability.

DOES NEUROFEEDBACK CURE SYMPTOMS OR CONDITIONS?
In the case of organic brain dis­or­ders, it is a mat­ter of get­ting the brain to func­tion bet­ter rather than cur­ing the con­di­tion. When it comes to prob­lems of dys­reg­u­la­tion, I would say that there is not nec­es­sar­ily a dis­ease to be cured, and self-regulation may very well be a com­plete remedy.

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM NEUROFEEDBACK ?
Indi­vid­u­als of any age can ben­e­fit from EEG train­ing. Neu­ro­feed­back can help a vari­ety of child­hood prob­lems includ­ing bed­wet­ting, night­mares, atten­tion deficits and other forms of dis­rup­tive and dis­turb­ing behav­iors. Neu­ro­feed­back can assist ado­les­cents who strug­gle with anx­i­ety and depres­sion or drug and alco­hol use. For adults, Neu­ro­feed­back can alle­vi­ate symp­toms of phys­i­cal and emo­tional prob­lems such as migraines or PTSD. Neu­ro­feed­back can help any­one main­tain good brain func­tion as they age. Peak Per­form­ers also use EEG train­ing to enhance their abil­i­ties in sports, busi­ness and the arts.

HOW IS NEUROFEEDBACK DONE?
Sen­sors are attached to your scalp with EEG paste which then pick up brain waves. It is pain­less and does not involve the appli­ca­tion of any volt­age or cur­rent to the brain, so it is entirely non-invasive.

A com­puter processes the brain waves and extracts cer­tain infor­ma­tion from them. I show you the ebb and flow of your brain waves, and the spe­cific infor­ma­tion I obtain from them, in the form of a video game. I instruct you how to play the video game using only your brain waves. (Every­one can do it!) The spe­cific brain wave fre­quen­cies I reward and the sen­sor loca­tions on the scalp are unique to each individual.

WHAT HAPPENS IF NEUROFEEDBACK CLIENTS ARE TAKING MEDICATIONS?
With suc­cess­ful Neu­ro­feed­back train­ing, med­ica­tions tar­get­ing brain func­tion may no longer be needed, or they may be needed at lower dosages, as the brain takes over the role of reg­u­lat­ing itself. It is impor­tant for you to com­mu­ni­cate with me regard­ing Neu­ro­feed­back and medications.

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