What Our Clients Say
My friends see such a difference in me. Before I was stuck and now my interests are propelling me forward. In relationships I’m setting boundaries. I’m standing my ground and letting go of toxic people. I meditate when I feel anxious rather than overthinking. I feel tuned in
How Neurofeedback helps anxiety, depression, and the lingering effects of chronic stress, trauma, and PTSD.
Neurofeedback is not complicated.
Neurofeedback is based on one simple concept.
We can change our brain by using it differently.
By completing a cognitive task in the office, your brain gets a chance to develop new firing pattetns.
When we change our brain's firing patterns, we disrupt the automatic reaction patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
Many people become curious about neurofeedback after reading Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der kolk. In this landmark book, van der kolk makes the case for expanding options beyond counseling and medication, particularly for people enduring the effects of chronic stress and trauma in their lives.
When we endure stressors over time, we cannot heal by working with the mind alone. We have to re-set patterns in the body as well.
"Psychologists usually try to help people use insight and understanding to manage their behavior. However, neuroscience research shows that very few psychological problems are the result of defects in understanding; most originate in pressures from deeper regions in the brain that drive our perception and attention. When the alarm bell of the emotional brain keeps signaling that you are in danger, no amount of insight will silence it.” (van der Kolk,
"Individuals with chronic PTSD receiving neurofeedback experienced a 60% increase in executive function [emotion regulation, clear thinking, approaching tasks rather than avoiding]....no other treatment has shown such MARKED improvement in executive function” (Body Keeps the Score , p.330)
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One of the most exciting aspects of neurofeedback is how quickly it can facilitate real results for people to build capacity and see visable movement toward their own goals.
Data below is based on clients who have gone through Neurofeedback therapy at WellBeing CNY.
Significant Changes can be seen in as few as 5 sessions. For many people, changes occur incrementally over about 12 to 20 sessions. See below for the results we have gathered.
***Results vary by individual. Data presented below are a summary across our patient population and are not a guarantee of specific outcomes.
Anxiety Decreases
Our clients report less physiological anxiety. They can notice their automatic worry or avoidance associated with anxiety and make new choices.
Depression
Decreases
Our clients report that mood improves as feelings of being stuck and/or hopeless fall away.
Self confidence increases
Self efficacy is the view that one has the capacity to meet and overcome challenges in one's life. High global self efficacy (GSE) allows people to feel safe and capable, open to possibilites, and able to take risks necessary to support their lives.
