hoddesdon
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This is some more information that arrived in my email. It talks about PTSD, but may have wider application:
Source: Ptsd Support and Global Awareness
Neurofeedback is a therapy for trauma. ......... Conventional psychotherapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder typically involves several years of individual and group sessions. Medication for anxiety, depression, and other symptoms is routinely prescribed with an open-ended time frame.All too often the individual becomes discouraged and drops out of therapy before they truly resolve their trauma and return to a normal life. It's hard to keep revisiting a destructive trauma in hopes of getting rid of the aftermath!
A new form of therapy for this disorder has emerged in the last few years. The pioneering work of Dr. Eugene Peniston at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fort Lyons, Colorado, and Dr. Carol Manchester in Cincinnati, Ohio, has opened a new range of possibilities for those seeking help with serious, persistent anxiety and depression. The brain can literally be trained out of the destructive brain wave loops that keep the PTSD active. Neurofeedback professional provide this training, which can eliminate both the PTSD and its symptoms.
Using continuous feedback of information about the electrical activity of the client’s brain, the client is taught to allow themselves to go into a profoundly relaxed, yet quietly alert state. This is possible because certain patterns of brain electrical activity are known to correspond to this calm, centered feeling. Rather than treating symptoms or having a person work through a treatment regimen, the source of the problem is addressed directly - with training. A computer records EEG activity (brain wave patterns) using electrodes pasted on the scalp surface.This non-invasive "listening" device is painless and comfortable. In conventional NF, an assessment of the EEG activity is done. This allows the neurotherapist to determine the pattern of training that will be most beneficial for the individual. The computer is then adjusted so that it creates a musical tone as the person begins to generate more of the desirable brain rhythms. This “neuro-feed-back” literally guides the person to a more and more calm state. Clients begin to feel a tremendous sense of empowerment as they take back what they were deprived of by the trauma — a good night’s sleep, feelings of calm and confidence, and a general sense of well-being.
The results of controlled studies, as well as clinical experience with this therapy have been tremendously encouraging. People who have been suffering from PTSD for ten and twenty years are often completely relieved of their symptoms. Follow-up testing has shown that the person becomes markedly less anxious, depression is reduced or eliminated, and the person is generally more comfortable and relaxed. The power of the traumatic incident is removed, reducing an all-consuming experience to a simpler factual memory. Release from trauma means regaining one's life. ..YouTube - SPECT scan pre post Neurofeedback on PTSD
Source: Ptsd Support and Global Awareness
Neurofeedback is a therapy for trauma. ......... Conventional psychotherapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder typically involves several years of individual and group sessions. Medication for anxiety, depression, and other symptoms is routinely prescribed with an open-ended time frame.All too often the individual becomes discouraged and drops out of therapy before they truly resolve their trauma and return to a normal life. It's hard to keep revisiting a destructive trauma in hopes of getting rid of the aftermath!
A new form of therapy for this disorder has emerged in the last few years. The pioneering work of Dr. Eugene Peniston at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fort Lyons, Colorado, and Dr. Carol Manchester in Cincinnati, Ohio, has opened a new range of possibilities for those seeking help with serious, persistent anxiety and depression. The brain can literally be trained out of the destructive brain wave loops that keep the PTSD active. Neurofeedback professional provide this training, which can eliminate both the PTSD and its symptoms.
Using continuous feedback of information about the electrical activity of the client’s brain, the client is taught to allow themselves to go into a profoundly relaxed, yet quietly alert state. This is possible because certain patterns of brain electrical activity are known to correspond to this calm, centered feeling. Rather than treating symptoms or having a person work through a treatment regimen, the source of the problem is addressed directly - with training. A computer records EEG activity (brain wave patterns) using electrodes pasted on the scalp surface.This non-invasive "listening" device is painless and comfortable. In conventional NF, an assessment of the EEG activity is done. This allows the neurotherapist to determine the pattern of training that will be most beneficial for the individual. The computer is then adjusted so that it creates a musical tone as the person begins to generate more of the desirable brain rhythms. This “neuro-feed-back” literally guides the person to a more and more calm state. Clients begin to feel a tremendous sense of empowerment as they take back what they were deprived of by the trauma — a good night’s sleep, feelings of calm and confidence, and a general sense of well-being.
The results of controlled studies, as well as clinical experience with this therapy have been tremendously encouraging. People who have been suffering from PTSD for ten and twenty years are often completely relieved of their symptoms. Follow-up testing has shown that the person becomes markedly less anxious, depression is reduced or eliminated, and the person is generally more comfortable and relaxed. The power of the traumatic incident is removed, reducing an all-consuming experience to a simpler factual memory. Release from trauma means regaining one's life. ..YouTube - SPECT scan pre post Neurofeedback on PTSD
