Neurofeedback is essentially a way of holding up a mirror to the brain. Through the use of sensors placed on the scalp we are able to record the brain’s electrical activity, and then send the information to a video monitor viewed by the client. As the client observes the feedback it begins to influence their physical and emotional state. Clients are often astonished that they begin to feel changes almost immediately. At first, changes are brief in duration but with continued training the brain begins to hold changes for progressively longer periods of time.

No matter who you are or what you do, you can always benefit from a calmer, more resilient nervous system. Professional athletes and musicians have used Neurofeedback for decades in order to optimize focus and self control to achieve peak levels of performance. We work with clients who come to us seeking relief from a wide range of physical and emotional symptoms. Neurofeedback can also be used by anyone seeking to increase focus and develop greater emotional resilience.

Many of our clients, begin to notice positive results within the first few sessions. As you continue to train, your brain becomes more accustomed to these changes and begins to maintain them for longer periods of time until the changes become “the new normal.” People come to us with a variety of physical and emotional symptoms and since every brain is unique it’s not possible to give a firm number. In our experience many of our clients show significant, permanent symptom relief within 20 sessions.

Neurofeedback has been used to treat physical and emotional symptoms since the 1960’s. Its acceptance by the medical and psychological communities has been hampered by the lack of funding necessary to finance the large scale studies that these communities use as their “gold standard” for clinical effectiveness. Nevertheless, there are many smaller research efforts that clearly demonstrate Neurofeedback’s effectiveness. As the medical and psychological communities are confronted by this mounting evidence they are slowly beginning to recognize the clinical potential that Neurofeedback training offers.

Neurofeedback is completely safe. It has been used safely and successfully for over 40 years.

"Neurofeedback has no adverse effects while psychopharmacological interventions... are associated with side effects. Outcomes of Neurofeedback training are maintained over time and do not reverse after treatment is withdrawn."
— Robert Cohen, Ph.D.

With successful neurofeedback training, the medications targeting brain function may very well no longer be needed, or they may be needed at lower dosages, as the brain takes over more of the role of regulating itself. This decrease in medications is particularly striking when the medications play a supportive role in any event, as is often the case for the more severe disorders that we are targeting with our work. It is important for clients to communicate with their prescribing physician regarding neurofeedback and medications.

Unfortunately in Canada there is a severe lack of coverage for mental health treatment modalities, including neurofeedback. Most extended health benefits programs will not provide coverage for neurofeedback; however many benefit programs are transitioning towards a health spending account, where users receive a set amount of funding per year and can choose where to apply it. In this case, they could choose to put their funding towards neurofeedback.