Symptoms of TBI and post-concussive syndrome, including emotional reactivity, lack of concentration, “brain fog,” fatigue, and headaches often diminish during a course of Neurofeedback sessions. Neurofeedback has been used with professional NFL players to address concussion.

These conditions often involve a highly sensitive and reactive nervous system that is easily hyperaroused. Hyperarousal is reflected in brainwaves and Neurofeedback supports the brain to move out of hyperaroused states. Clients often find they are able to reduce medication use and become more active.

Addiction is often fueled by anxiety, depression, and emotional dysregulation, and drugs, alcohol, or other behavior (e.g., sex, internet, shopping) are often used to cope. By helping to address the underlying emotional state, Neurofeedback supports clients struggling with addiction to achieve and maintain sobriety.

Migraines and headaches are associated with irregular brainwave activity. Neurofeedback trains the brain to flexibly regulate itself, and clients find that over the course of sessions, migraines/ headaches reduce in frequency and intensity, and for most clients migraines/headaches resolve completely.

Neurofeedback reduces the “fight-or-flight” response and clients are often relieved when they notice an immediate reduction in anxiety, often in the first session. Over the course of sessions, the nervous system becomes less reactive to stressors, and symptoms of panic disorder, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, and agoraphobia diminish greatly.

Neurofeedback helps to improve concentration and reduce distractibility and hyperactivity, making it easier for clients to focus on and complete tasks.

Emotional dysregulation and outbursts can be aggravating and very uncomfortable. Regardless of their cause (e.g., depression, PTSD), Neurofeedback calms the highly reactive nervous system by disrupting stuck brainwave patterns at the source. Clients find they are better able to regulate their own emotional state because they are less easily overwhelmed.

Neurofeedback helps the underaroused nervous system to activate. Clients often first notice changes in behavior before changes in mood occur. Clients often find they are better able to engage in psychotherapy to address the underlying issues once Neurofeedback helps to “turn down the volume” on depressive symptoms.

Possible Diagnoses: Depression, unresolved grief, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, dysthymia, bipolar disorder, explosive disorders.

Underlying Dysfunction: Dysregulated anger, sadness, and explosiveness.

Possible Diagnoses: Paralysis, spasticity, clumsiness, progressive diseases (e.g., Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, MS), and stroke.

Underlying Dysfunction: Lack of grace, problems of hand-eye coordination, balance, increased muscle tone, and tremor.

Possible Diagnoses: Depression, AD/HD.

Underlying Dysfunction: Problems initiating tasks, shifting from one activity to another, and/or completing tasks.

Possible Diagnoses: Anxiety disorders, panic attacks, PTSD, AD/HD, sleep disorders, dissociative problems.

Underlying Dysfunction: Problems with hyper-arousal, restlessness, rumination, agitation, distractability, difficulty breathing, palpitations, tremor exacerbation, and sleep disruption.

Possible Diagnoses: Personality disorders, seizures, various sensitivities (e.g., chemical, sound).

Underlying Dysfunction: Hyper-reactivity, hypersensitivity, multiple chemical sensitivities.

Possible Diagnoses: Fibromyalgia, headaches, and migraines.

Underlying Dysfunction: Brain-generated pain (i.e., mis-mapping the origins and qualities of the pain signals) and vascular pain.

Possible Diagnoses: Drug or alcohol use disorder and eating disorders.

Underlying Dysfunction: Lack of clarity about emotions, difficulty with self-soothing, defensiveness, argumentativeness, and cynicism.

Possible Diagnoses: Chronic fatigue syndrome.

Underlying Dysfunction: Primary fatigue, or fatigue secondary to trying to cope with the above brain dysfunctions.

Possible Diagnoses: None.

Underlying Dysfunction: Increase functioning in several different areas of one’s life without targeting symptoms associated with any of the above brain dysfunctions.