Category: Alternative Therapies

Alternative Therapies Required to be Made Available to Veterans

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Many veterans who have served our country well suffer from a variety of symptoms and illnesses after deployment.  Some of the common conditions they deal with are anxiety, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome), depression, headaches, pain, and insomnia.  A very standard treatment for these conditions is a prescription for medication.  In some cases, medications can provide relief.  There can also be a downside.  Even when drugs are effective there may be accompanying negative side effects and sometimes dependence or addiction.

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The Power of Psychophysiological Stress Profiling

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A PSP provides a great deal of useful information and helps our clients understand why they are doing biofeedback, what the starting point is, what the goals are, and why. So why don’t more biofeedback providers use them?
What is a psychophysiological stress profile?
A PSP is a baseline test in which we record multiple biofeedback modalities usually including surface EMG, skin temperature, skin conductance, respiration, and heart rate/heart rate variability. Sometimes other modalities like blood pressure, end tidal CO2, and EEG are also included.

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Neurofeedback Equipment for Mental Health

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Mental health symptoms and solutions are being openly discussed more than ever.  Most days that I turn on the news I hear at least one story related to mental health.  Just today I heard a report about three separate people who were survivors or a relative of a survivor of a school shooting who committed suicide.  We often hear reports of the devastation across the country related to abuse of opioid drugs.  Concussions caused by car accidents, slip and falls, sports injuries cause memory loss, behavior and mood changes as well as other problems.

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Neurofeedback Equipment for Professional and Home Use

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Devices for measuring and giving Neurofeedback Equipment of EEG brainwave activity is not new.  Some have been available commercially since the 1970s.  The first one that I was introduced to was housed in a wooden box and had an analog meter, a training frequency selector for Alpha, Theta, or Beta, a threshold setting, and audio feedback – very simple.  It did not interface with a computer and there was no data storage or report available.   This was around 1985.  Since then much has changed.  Those devices began to be interfaced with computers for better feedback and the added capabilities of data storage and reports.

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Neurofeedback Training and Brain Plasticity

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The brain is truly an amazing organ that science is uncovering new information about every day.

Our brains are involved in virtually every function of our bodies both conscious and unconscious.  To move our arms, stand, dance, speak, or remember we actively use our brains.  Digestion, breathing, pulse rate, blood pressure, and blinking are things that we don’t even have to think about.  Our brains take care of regulating these functions.

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Behavioral Health Trends in Medicine

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Let’s face it, drugs are not the best answer to all medical conditions.  No matter what the symptom, there seems to be a medication to treat it. Whether it is indigestion, acid reflux, insomnia, anxiety, depression, hypertension, or headaches, there is a pill for it.  For the most part, these drugs only treat the symptoms temporarily.  They usually are not getting to the cause of the problem or stopping the symptoms permanently.

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Continuing Education for Psychologists

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What is it?

Continuing education in psychology is a process during which psychologists participate in educational programs that are related to the practice of psychology.  It is a way for them to learn about the most up- to-date science on treatment, testing, and learning.  Psychologists can also learn about changes in laws that may affect them.  Just as in most of the professions I can think of, many things change over the years after you complete your schooling and training before starting a career.  Without continuing your education you cannot effectively work as a professional without continuing to learn about how best to perform your job now, not as it would have been done 5, 10, or even 40 years ago.

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