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How does Neurofeedback work?
If you feel you are a candidate for
neurofeedback, call a neurotherapist
and tell them what you are
experiencing. If they feel
neurofeedback will work for you
they will set up an assessment for
you. Then the neurotherapist will
examine the assessment and find
the brain waves that are
disregulated and need to be
retrained. After discussing these
findings with the client a plan will be designed to train the disregulated
waves through an auditory reward system. The brain literally trains
itself through this system of reward sounds and the disregulation in the
brain resolves leaving the person without the symptoms previously
experienced. This is most commonly called operant conditioning. The
number of sessions will vary depending on the disregulation of the
brain waves. Training can vary from 15 hours to sometimes 40 hours of
training. The more often the training sessions the faster results are
achieved.
An easy example is when a child has difficulty focusing and paying
attention. They are distracted by their environment, they have a hard
time staying on task or completing a task. When they try to do
homework their brain won't
cooperate so they can't sit still and
focus. This kind of activity is most
commonly seen when theta brain
waves increase while a child is trying
to focus on a task. A medical
practitioner may diagnose this as
ADHD (Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder) but to a
neurotherapist this is a disregulation
in the brain that can be trained with
neurofeedback.
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