And Still the Battle Rages…
With the onset of the new year, I wanted to turn the page and start off on a new topic. However, the question of professional boundaries continues to occupy some of the lists. If discussions of this issue are intended to bring parties together, rather the opposite is happening. Arguments are being refined; lines of […]
Year-End Newsletter
At the office we received our Christmas present just a day or two after Christmas. It was the arrival from our Swiss development partners of a new amplifier, with built in impedance checking, for EEG and peripheral measures. It was immediately placed into operation in our office. Peripheral measures to follow. EEG Support has been […]
Neurofeedback and the Professions
The current newsletter is a continuation of a thought process initiated with the previous one. What is the pathway by means of which neurofeedback can enter the professions without unleashing a variety of turf wars among the varied mental health disciplines, and while respecting the rights of the public? I proceed into this discussion in […]
Professional Boundaries, Scientific Models, and Hemispheric Specialization
Sometimes an actual case history does more to establish a principle than mere enunciation. My mother-in-law is 94 years old, and is doing neurofeedback every day to maintain her level of function. Family members are pitching in as they can to keep her in good spirits. Among the family members is a son-in-law who is […]
A Year-End Perspective
As we approach the year-end, my thinking goes to the big-picture issues as I look back on the progress the field has made over the past year and project forward to how the field of neurofeedback will likely progress in the coming year. Several anecdotes tell the tale. At our recent training course someone commented […]
The Scientific Appraisal of Psychotherapy…and of Neurofeedback
The November 5 issue of Science News features an article by one of the regular contributors, Bruce Bower, on the encroachment of the Evidence-based Medicine juggernaut onto psychotherapy and its practitioners. The impetus was a policy statement on the subject issued by the American Psychological Association back in August. Despite the finality of a pronouncement […]
A Critical Appraisal of Inter-Hemispheric Training
In newsletters #40 and #41 we showed cumulative data on clients for whom the dominant protocol consisted of inter-hemispheric training with single-channel bipolar placement. The results have proved to be generally better than what we were able to do with our prior lateralized placements. The reality is even more compelling than what is shown by […]
Biofeedback Society of California Conference
The BSC is the strongest of the local biofeedback organizations, unsurprising perhaps in the birthplace of the national biofeedback organization. Nevertheless, it is a small organization, and for its size put on quite a conference. There were some 80 attendees. I attended Naras Bhat’s workshop on reversing heart disease. Naras Bhat is one of the […]