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What is Neurofeedback?
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Neurofeedback is a gentle, non-invasive way to help the brain improve its own regulation.
Sensors are placed on the scalp to measure brainwave activity—nothing enters or stimulates the brain. The brain’s real-time activity is shown back to you through a movie, game, or sound, allowing your brain to recognize its own patterns and naturally adjust.
Trauma often causes the brain to be in a fight, flight, or freeze state, which is an unhealthy state to be living in long-term. Neurofeedback helps in getting the brain out of this “stuck” pattern of functioning into more regulated healthier ones.
A Modern, Brain-Led Approach
We use a newer style of neurofeedback called Endogenous Neuromodulation.
Instead of “rewarding” the brain for hitting targets (older operant-conditioning neurofeedback), this method:
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Lets the brain recognize itself in the signal
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Allows the brain—not the clinician—to guide the actual change
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Works more efficiently, more naturally, and often more effectively
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Reduces the need for clients to concentrate or “try” during sessions
Your brain essentially uses the information to improve its own function—similar to watching itself in a mirror and adjusting automatically.
The Clinician’s Role
Our clinicians guide the process by:
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Choosing sensor placements and frequency ranges based on symptoms and history
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Adjusting protocols based on your feedback, shifts in symptoms, and observable changes
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Monitoring patterns of dysregulation and tailoring treatment to your goals
You simply relax, watch a show, or sit comfortably while your brain does the work.
How It Works:
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Sensors read your brainwave activity (no shock, no current, no pain).
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Your brain’s signal is translated into visual or auditory feedback while you watch a movie or game.
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Without any conscious effort, your brain begins reorganizing and improving its own patterns.
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Changes often happen beneath awareness, but people frequently notice shifts in calmness, focus, mood, sleep, or regulation.
What You Can Expect:
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Sessions are relaxing and typically last 30–45 minutes
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You may feel calmer, clearer, or more regulated during or after a session
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Progress builds over time as the brain strengthens healthier patterns
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For children or clients who cannot report changes, we also rely on caregiver observations and clinician monitoring
What Neurofeedback Can
(and Can’t) Do:
Neurofeedback is not a cure, and it may not be effective for every individual. Like any therapeutic approach, results vary from person to person.
What we do know is that:
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Neurofeedback is a process that requires consistency over time.
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Many clients experience meaningful improvements in symptoms such as mood, focus, sleep, regulation, and overall stability.
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The goal is symptom reduction and improved brain regulation, not perfection.
Throughout training, each client receives progress reports that show how their brain patterns and training responses are changing over time.
How long do I need to do Neurofeedback?
Just like physical therapy, neurofeedback works best when it’s consistent—especially at the beginning. The brain needs repetition and steady support to learn new, healthier patterns of regulation.
Neurofeedback is not a lifelong treatment, but it does require time for the brain to adjust and stabilize. Ending too early—after only a few sessions—often doesn’t give the brain enough practice to retain what it has learned, which increases the likelihood of returning to old patterns.
Most professionals recommend completing around 20 sessions before considering tapering. As training progresses, your clinician will gradually space out sessions to help your brain maintain the gains on its own. After completing a full round of training, many clients return only occasionally for maintenance sessions as needed.
Issues that Neurofeedback can help with:
-Anxiety
-Autism
-Depression
-Mood Instability
-Dissociation
-Trauma
-Attachment Issues
-Impulsivity
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-ADHD
-Hyper Vigilance
-Restless Sleep
-Nightmares
-Racing Thoughts
-Muscle Tension
- Tinnitus
-Peak Performance
-Academic Difficulty
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and much more!
Clients who have participated in 5+ sessions have reported increased regulation and a decrease in negative symptoms.
Neurofeedback for ADHD
Neurofeedback for Autism
Neurofeedback for Peak Performance
Neurofeedback for Chronic Pain
Neurofeedback for PTSD
Each Neurofeedback Consultation is 90 min long
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It consists of an:
-Intensive Background Interview,
-Symptom Assessment and
-QIK test
For more information about Neurofeedback see EEG Institute
Why do we like Neurofeedback?
"Neurofeedback has become one of the best tools to use with my clients. The way it helps them regulate and see how their brain can learn to become stronger and more aware of ways it can do better has been such a great thing to offer to people. I love how it shows them that we are built to succeed and our bodies know just what to do to help us be the best we can be!"
-Hailey Maire-Grant, LCSW, CST
"Exploring neurofeedback has been such a rewarding part of my work. I love that it offers something different from traditional talk therapy while still fostering growth and connection. I trust the body’s wisdom, and neurofeedback is a powerful way to help the brain and body find their rhythm and communicate more smoothly again"
-Sydney Daniels, ACMHC
"Neurofeedback gives your brain a chance to practice being more regulated, calm, and flexible. Clients often notice shifts in focus, mood, and stress levels as their nervous system learns new patterns. It’s a gentle, noninvasive tool that supports healing on a deeper level than talk alone."
-Summer Hibbard, ACMHC