Progress Reports 3 7 year old boy, problems with bedwetting, waiting until it’s too late to get to the bathroom during the day, and anger management at school has experienced almost complete improvement in all areas after 8 sessions. A woman who was a very light sleeper, waking up many times during the night, and …
Case Reports A woman who had a TIA (mini-stroke) experienced a general disconnection from her body, difficulty thinking and mental and physical exhaustion. She had problems driving and working. Significant improvement in all areas after 10 sessions. Functioning has returned to just about normal levels. A woman who had several TBI’s (traumatic brain injury) had …
Progress Reports 2 I’m going to try to fulfill my original intention with this blog: frequent entries briefly reporting on the results I see in my practice, without going into too much detail. Here are a few: A pre-teen boy suffering from severe anxiety he feels in the pit of his stomach following a traumatic …
A Case of Depression Depression and medication This case illustrates several issues I run across frequently. A woman in her ‘40’s, taking anti-depressant medication for many years. Believes her depression began sometime after puberty. Started on anti-depressants by her late teens and has been on ever since. Things got worse during and after a pregnancy. …
How to reduce or eliminate the need for psychoactive meds How to reduce dependency on medications for sleep, anxiety, and depression. NOTE: this does not constitute medical advice; consult your physician, etc. Don’t rush, be cautious. Stabilize your nervous system with nutritional supplements: Omega-3, 2-3 grams total/day. Read the ingredients to make sure you’re getting …
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Progress Reports A major portion of this blog will be reports of client progress. These are not intended to qualify as a scientific study; at the same time these ‘anecdotal’ observations have a great deal of value in telling us what works and what doesn’t. Inevitably, I will also occasionally report my observations and thoughts …
Benzodiazepines Tremendous numbers of people suffer from insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks and depression. Millions become addicted to alcohol and illicit drugs. Millions more have come to rely on prescription medications. Psychoactive medications are a multi-billion dollar industry both for pharmaceutical companies and the physicians who prescribe them. They are generally considered to be safe because …
Brain dysfunction: where does it come from? In biology and psychology classes we learned about the various functions of the brain: perception, cognition, motor activity, memory, etc. But the vast majority of the brain’s activity is global: organizing itself into a unified experience and functioning of the individual. When you think of it, this self-organizing …
Brain Dysfunction: we’ve all got a little something What we now know as ADD/ADHD was originally called MBD, minimal brain dysfunction. Many of us in the mental health profession, along with teachers, were aghast: normal kids who had some problem sitting still and paying attention were being labeled as having defective brains! The ‘cure’ to …
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Welcome Welcome to the amazing world of neurofeedback. This new development in our ability to heal ourselves is not only a treatment modality but is a window to an entirely new terrain: brain functioning as a unified system. This blog will have two purposes. One will be simply to report on what I see in …