Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback, also known as EEG biofeedback, has been studied and practiced since the late 60s. Exercising your brain allows you to see the frequencies produced by different parts of the brain in real-time. Then, through auditory feedback, teaches the brain to better regulate itself.
Neurofeedback can be used to help detect, stimulate, and/or inhibit activity in the brain safely and without medication. It can help restore a wider “range of motion” in brain states, much like physical therapy does for the body.
While the client sits comfortably watching a movie or pictures appear on the screen (a calm and focused state), the EEG equipment measures the frequency or speed at which electrical activity moves in the areas where electrodes have been placed. This information is sent to the therapist’s computer. The therapist is then able to determine what frequencies are out of balance.
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For example, when the EEG shows that you are making too many “slow” waves (delta/theta) or too many “fast” waves (high beta), the therapist adjusts a reward band to encourage more balanced activity. This encouragement or “reward” happens through the auditory reinforcement of “beeps”.
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It is important to understand that the neurofeedback approach does not magically “cure” or “fix” the brain, it is learning. We teach and guide your brain to produce frequencies which help it relax and/or focus. We provide the brain with gentle “challenges” and encouragement in a user-friendly, stress-free format so it learns to regulate or shift to healthier states more smoothly on its own at the appropriate time. This new behavior carries over into the classroom and at home.