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Biofeedabck
"Biofeedback is a process that
enables an individual to learn how to change physiological activity for the
purposes of improving health and performance. Precise instruments measure
physiological activity such as brainwaves, heart function, breathing, muscle
activity, and skin temperature. These instruments rapidly and accurately
"feed back" information to the user. The presentation of this
information - often in conjunction with changes in thinking, emotions, and
behavior - supports desired physiological changes. Over time, these changes
can endure without continued use of an instrument."
ISNR,BCIA, AAPB Task Force
on Nomenclature June 1, 2008
EEG
Biofeedback (Neurofeedback)
Neuofeedback is a painless, easy-to-learn,
alternative approach to medication for people who are looking for ways to
develop greater self-regulation and control of physical and emotional
symptoms. Clients use neurofeedback as a training tool for achieving
greater awareness and flexibility in their responses to stress. Passive
biofeedback occurs through the use of light and sound stimulation to produce
changes in brainwave activity directly without the person's active
participation. Active forms of biofeedback requires
the person's direct attention to the feedback being provided either in the
form of visual or auditory signals. Both forms of biofeedback use
electroencephalogram (EEG) information
to improve the brain's flexibility and resilience in response to stimulation
from the nervous system resulting in improved mood, energy, alertness,
concentration, and impulse control.
Direct, self-regulated brainwave training has benefits to
offer students over a broad range of abilities: from athletes and gifted
students on the one hand to students with attention, behavioral, and learning
deficits on the other. There is substantial scientific evidence of
significant symptom remediation for those with ADHD and related
neurologically-based and learning disorders. It is believed that all students
can derive either some significant intellectual, social, emotional, or
physiological benefits from optimizing neural functioning through explicit
brain training.
Home-based
Neurofeedback Training
Home training represents a cost effective method for achieving rapid results
through increased ease of access and frequency of training sessions. The home
training process includes an intensive evaluation using Quantitative EEG (QEEG)
and neuropsychological testing and videotaped user training instruction over
5-7 sessions totaling (approx. 10 hours) so you can go home ready to conduct
neurofeedback sessions on your own computer. Installation of Bioexplorer or BioEra
home training software and custom-designed training protocols on the
client’s computer is included.
Note: Clients
from out of town can expect to complete the evaluation and training process
in 3-4 days. Hotel accommodations are available within walking distance of
our offices.
All training sessions are videotaped and you will take
home a DVD of your training for your review. We will continue to work with
you from home using telephone and/or internet conferencing. We will review
individual session data collected after sessions are completed which
you’ll send us via email. Purchase and lease options for complete home
training EEG, HEG, and our unique HEEG systems are available.
Testing and
Assessment
Quietmind offers both standard and specialized QEEG assessments,
including the reference EEG (rEEG) for evaluation of medications for specific
psychiatric disorders. (www.cnsresponse.com
for details).
Standard psychological, psychoeducational,
and neuropsychological evaluations are conducted for a variety of clients
including those seeking special accommodations for testing. These evaluations
are conducted for clients of all ages. Please contact our office for specific
details and costs associated with these services.
Psychotherapy
The QMF approach to psychotherapy is integrated into the biofeedback
training when provided in our office. It is designed to help identify and
work through the troubling sensations, thoughts and emotions which often
accompany and/or result from living with learning and cognitive challenges.
Our therapeutic approach is body-centered so we are addressing all levels of
the client’s experience of their problem so improvements are integrated
and long lasting.
Professional
Training
Training is available for qualified healthcare professionals on an
individual basis through our internship and practicum programs. We are focused
on developing courses for clinical and school psychologists that will prepare
them to provide and supervise the provision of neurofeedback services in
schools and other settings. Training provided qualifies for BCIA
certification in both peripheral and EEG Biofeedback.
Organizational
Consultation/Executive Coaching & Development
Consultation is available to school systems, public and private
healthcare institutions, corporations and governmental agencies on the
design, development, implementation and evaluation of integrative healthcare
programs. The staff and consultants at Quietmind are uniquely experienced and
qualified to develop programs integrating neurofeedback technology into
community mental health, and special education programs.
Optimal Perforamance
Training
Our cognitive performance and ergonomic evaluation programs have been
successfully adapted for use with high performing individuals and teams
seeking to enhance their cognitive performance, e.g., lawyers, physicians,
IT, sales, and financial services professionals. Call 610-940-0488 for
details.
Demonstrations
Quietmind Foundation staff regularly
provide demonstrations of the latest EEG biofeedback technology as
part of our ongoing clinical seminar and public education service. Staff are also available to demonstrate a
variety of biofeedback technology at your location in conjunction with a
presentation on integrating neurofeedback services into existing educational
and/or behavioral healthcare service delivery programs.
Presentations
Research
Our present study, for which we’re still recruiting
subjects, is addressing the devastating cognitive and behavioral aspects of
dementia. We will be combining cerebral blood flow and EEG biofeedback
training to help improve executive functions. Please click www.quietmndfdn.org/dementia-therapy for more information
Sponsored research begun with support from the Helen
Bader Foundation is currently being conducted on the impact
of stimulation driven EEG biofeedback on the cognitive and behavioral
symptoms of people struggling with early stage Alzheimer's dementia. The
foundation is seeking additional funding at this time to continue this
important investitgation.
The Philadelphia Office of Mental Health sponsored a study
of neurofeedback's efficacy with children in the
public mental health system with ADHD and conduct disorder. We were
challenged to show that neurofeedback could be provided effectively in a
community mental health and residential treatment context. Please review our
findings by clicking (here). We have recently completed a pilot study in
collaboration with Thomas
Jefferson Medical
College's Dept. of
Psychiatry and Human Behavior on the effects of alpha-theta biofeedback on
anxiety symptoms in a methadone-maintained population. The results of all the
above activities are available in our research section.
Clinical Services:
Body-Oriented
Psychotherapy
Our approach to treatment seeks to address the difficulties a person is
experiencing at all levels in their lives. The neurological level is
addressed through the use of brainwave biofeedback training, the muscular and
skeletal level through Bioenergetic Analysis and the Feldenkrais technique,
the cognitive and inter personal experience through the use of
Systems-Centered Therapy.
EEG
Biofeedback-supported vision training
EEG Biofeedback-supported vision training is one of two
recent areas of interest for the Foundation. Recent clinical evidence lent
support to the idea that vision difficulties, e.g., strabismus, exotropia and convergence insufficiency. We are actively
recruiting subjects for ongoing research in this area as well as
developmental optometrists with whom we can collaborate. We have seen
reductions in treatment times of 30-40% in subjects who are combining
neurofeedback with vision therapy.
Our second area of study is the integration of
neurofeedback and sales training/coaching. We see this as an extension of the
peak performance area of application for neurofeedback training technology.
We anticipate the rollout of this program in the next 60 days. For a more
complete description of the program please click (here).
Clinicians and therapists have found EEG biofeedback very
effective in helping with:
Insurance Payments and Reimbursement
Many insurance companies allow full coverage
(minus a minimal co-pay) to be paid through the patient's medical insurance
coverage when the primary diagnosis is medical (migraine, TMJ, IBS, etc.).
For more psychologically based problems (ADHD, anxiety, depression, etc.),
insurance coverage often comes through the patient's mental health policy.
Each insurance provider differs on what portion of treatment is covered. Some
patients pay only a minimal co-pay while others must
pay up to 50% of the procedure fee. Until the insurance companies establish a
policy of parity, insurance coverage differs widely from patient to
patient.
Quietmind Foundation is a participating provider with Aetna,
Magellan Behavioral Health, Managed Health Network, Medicare, Medicaid. A sliding scale fee policy exists for patients
who are uninsured. Please contact the Quietmind office for details.
Contact QuietMind
at 610-940-0488 or email info@quietmindfdn.org
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