Neurofeedback, the First Visit
“On the first visit, a neurotherapist usually does a brainwave assessment. This assessment is an advanced form of the EEG, which measures brainwaves. The therapist measures the brain’s activity at several locations on the head. The EEG uses minature electrodes that are attached to each ear and some on the head. The client feels nothing.. read more →
Ritalin and Neurofeedback Question
” FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION Q: My eight-year-old’s teacher said she needs Ritalin. I do not agree. What should I do? A: I would thank the teacher for her concern, tell her you are addressing the problem using nonmedication approaches, and take your daughter to a neurotherapist for.. read more →
It’s All In Your Head, Neurofeedback
“The client soon understands that the referring physician believes that the client’s problems are not valid in a medical sense but are a function of the client’s problems and not valid in a medical sense but are a function of the client’s mental condition. My response to clients who have been told, “It’s all in.. read more →
All is not ADD
“Refining the Distinctions: All is Not ADD Not everything that looks like ADD is ADD. Normal children and adults can have behavioral characteristics that can resemble ADD. We can all have bad days or even bad weeks. In our offices, if we juice up on a lot of coffee, our staff threatens to treat.. read more →
Alcoholism and Neurofeedback
“Although perhaps surprising, self-regulation of brain activity has been practiced for thousands of years in meditation, yoga, and the martial arts. Elmer Green, at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, observed that people practiced in meditation produced high amplitude, slow frequency brain signals when in profoundly relaxed states. Green further reported on the use.. read more →
Seizures and Neurofeedback
“In 1968, in the journal Physiology and Behavior, M. Barry Sterman, a psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine published the results of his experiments training cats to control their own brainwaves. Later, in 1972 Sterman published the first scientific paper about using brainwave feedback to suppress seizures in a.. read more →
“It’ All In Your Head”
In his book A Symphony in the Brain, journalist Jim Robbins wonders why a field with such enormous promise, as neurotherapy is still not well known. It has been practiced by therapists for almost four decades. Numerous studies have shown that it can treat serious mental conditions. Further, neurotherapy has been shown to be.. read more →
Neurofeedback, Symphony in the Brain
“When I heard that there was a new kind of biofeedback that amplifies your brain waves and allows you to make your brain stronger, I thought, wasn’t biofeedback something that came and went in the 1970’s? I had never tried it, but I associated it vaguely with the seventies, the Beatles, and transcendental meditation. .. read more →
ADD Brainwaves
“Dr. Joel Lubar of the University of Tennessee saw this relationship very clearly, and after working with Dr. Sterman for several months began applying his model to children with ADD. Dr. Lubar and wife Judith began training children using brainwave biofeedback to reduce the four to seven hertz range and increase the brainwaves above 14.. read more →
ADD and Seizures
“Dr. Barry Sterman’s work had a profound impact on the development of a theoretical mode for ADD. His work consisted of using neurofeedback to train people with seizure disorders to produce different brainwaves, thereby reducing their seizure activity. Dr. Sterman demonstrated that people with the low frequency brainwave burst that produces seizures can be trained.. read more →