Biofeedback

I learned biofeedback with in-patient addictions clients while working on a MISA Unit. I furthered my training working at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab's (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) Pain Management Center with chronic pain patients in their out painting clinic.

We use a form of biofeedback called neurofeedback to treat ADHD, anxiety, and trauma.

Biofeedback has been found to be effective for treating headache, arthritis, anxiety, insomnia, alcohol dependence and many other problems. Biofeedback can show you how your body reacts physically so you can alter your responses to decrease your pain, anxiety, etc.

When exercising mind-body connection, Biofeedback is a great option as this technique helps achieve greater awareness of physiological complaints and needs with the ultimate goal of alleviating symptoms and improving overall health and performance. Biofeedback can teach you to control your bodies response to stressful situations and is often used to treat anxiety, depression, and performance related issues.

Manhattan Mental Health Counseling has a resident biofeedback practitioner. Rene Gonzalez specializes in biofeedback therapy.

Biofeedback specific to pelvic floor rehabilitation is a specialty area when Tina has practiced. She began with training in pediatric Pelvic floor and incontinence rehabilitation, and recently completed a series of training in Women’s pelvic health and rehabilitation. Addressing menstruation, pelvic pain, pregnancy, postpartum and prolapse healing and wellness is her new expansion of practice. Supporting individuals and families is her mission.

I am Board Certified in Neurofeedback and have been practicing it since 2010. I have the capacity to do various types of neurofeedback training, but my primary intervention is Infraslow Fluctation (ISF) Neurofeedback. This type of neurofeedback influences the slowest waves produced by the brain. These brainwaves are instrumental in regulating a multitude of physiological functions, including sleep, emotional regulation and attention networks. This type of training can promote global, lasting changes to the brain.

Do you know why you wear a Fit-bit? We can use your data to understand your quality of life, your sensitivity, your baseline, your health! If you have ever looked at your blood-pressure, or analyzed your Fit-bit data, you have a good understanding of how we use Biofeedback in the mental health clinic! When you understand the benefit of therapy and begin progressing, sometimes we can see the benefits by looking at your vital signs or vice versa.

HeartMath biofeedback used to build heart rate variability coherence.

Biofeedback is a noninvasive therapy that measures involuntary bodily functions and provides feedback that lets you better control these functions, which helps you gain more control over your health. The goal is to help you make subtle changes to your body that result in a desired effect. Biofeedback primarily promotes relaxation, which may help relieve numerous conditions related to stress. It can also help with chronic pain, anxiety, headaches, and other conditions that might lead to substance

Biofeedback is sometimes marketed as a magic bullet but it’s just a tool and it’s only one approach. There is extensive research showing that using relaxation skills ( biofeedback as well as other strategies) helps us access our body’s built-in self-regulation tools so we can feel and do better. The bottom line: When we self-regulate better, we’re better at just about everything else.