Therapeutic Applications of Neurofeedback

Neurofeedback is a powerful technique that can train the brain toward better function. Improved functioning means relief for many - i.e. migraine sufferers have no more headaches, insomniacs fall asleep easily, autistic children relate to others. What we've discovered is that disregulation of brain function is a core issue in many disorders.

The following are thumbnail summaries of our own clinical experience, and that of other Neurofeedback therapists, with various conditions. In session, we invite the brain into conversation with itself through our external feedback loops. Then, the brain self-corrects. By doing this, the brain learns and changes. Then, so does our experience of being in the world. Read more...


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Absence Seizures

The early research in Neurofeedback / EEG Biofeedback was in connection with motor seizures. However, absence seizures did not typically yield to the early methods. That has since changed. With the latest of Neurofeedback techniques, the training should be considered for absence seizures at any age. That is to say, the child is never too young to be trained. No research is available that deals with Neurofeedback for absence seizures specifically, but by now it is apparent that Neurofeedback is effective for a variety of seizure types.

Effectiveness in this context means a reduction in seizure incidence of greater than 30%, averaging better than 50%, with many children becoming entirely seizure-free and even reducing or eliminating their meds. In other words, Neurofeedback is at least as effective as the addition of a new anti-convulsant is expected to be for an already medicated child.

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