WHAT IS NEUROFEEDBACK?
"Neurofeedback is a form of biofeedback that focuses on brain function. All biofeedback is principally a stress reduction methodology. I use LENS Neurofeedback that employs a very, very low voltage EEG (electroencephalogram) device that reads your brain waves from the scalp. We produce a map showing the amplitudes, wave frequencies and variability of your brain The map allows us to design a treatment for you, encouraging your flexibility and healing your cognitive function. Our brains are amazingly complex and, like all living systems, able and motivated to heal. The LENS provides a catalyst that promotes this healing. Unlike traditional neurofeedback, LENS is not a method of training your brain to any particular frequency; LENS actually helps the brain let go of patterns set by trauma.
"Researchers (Thornton & Carmody, 2005) have noted that neurofeedback is the most effective method for returning to healthy function following a traumatic brain injury."
WHAT SYMPTOMS DOES LENS NEUROFEEDBACK ADDRESS?
LENS Neurofeedback stimulates the brain to reorganize itself, guided by the natural instinct to heal. LENS promotes healthy cognitive functioning. Clients report that the treatment has displayed positive results in a wide array of symptoms such as:
- Anxiety
- Headaches and Migraines.
- Brain and Head injuries – fog and fatigue
- Depression – medication reduced or eliminated
- ADHD – medication reduced or eliminated
- Autoimmune Disorders – fibromyalgia
- Attachment Disorders
- Autism and Autism spectrum disorders
A PATIENT DESCRIBES THE PROCESS OF LENS NEUROFEDBACK
"Neurofeedback uses your brainwaves. Dr. Smith hooks you up to a little machine to feed back your brainwaves at a slightly offset signal to help your brain. I call it 'Ctrl alt deleting my brain and rebooting it.' My mom just sent Candia a Thanksgiving card that thanked Candia for giving her son back to her."
DO YOU FEEL ANYTHING WHEN YOU DO
THE NEUROFEEDBACK?
"No, you don’t feel anything and it just takes a second. It’s based on the 19 EEG spots in your brain – the standard for when you get hooked up to an EEG monitor. And the first thing you do is take a baseline, or a map. We found that I had a significant hot area in my brain from an automobile accident I was in 17 years ago. Nobody treated me for any kind of brain trauma because I broke some ribs and cut my head open and I was bleeding so they were focusing on that, I was knocked unconscious for only a few seconds. I was awake and alert."
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