A new book by Dr. Mark Steinberg: “Overcome Anxiety: Break Free From Fear, Worry, Trauma, and Negative Thinking”

FOREWORD, by Siegfried Othmer Our nation is experiencing a health crisis so pervasive that it is showing up in a decline of life expectancy. We now know this health predicament is rooted in a growing mental health crisis, which can hardly be captured better than by focusing on such an increasingly widespread affliction for which … Continue reading “A new book by Dr. Mark Steinberg: “Overcome Anxiety: Break Free From Fear, Worry, Trauma, and Negative Thinking””

Ebola and Neurofeedback?

by Siegfried Othmer, PhD I n a recent newsletter, we lamented the fact that the field of education is not much engaged with what the neurosciences could afford us in the realm of attention, learning, and child behavior. Hence the preconditions are not even in place for the recognition of the role that neurofeedback could … Continue reading “Ebola and Neurofeedback?”

Remediation of PTSD using Infra-Low Frequency Neurofeedback Training

The careers of the scientist/practitioners in the field have undoubtedly had in common the experience of gradually rising expectations about what is possible to achieve in terms of improved self-regulatory capacity and mental functioning with the aid of neurofeedback. One might have expected some plateauing after a while, a firming up of one’s expectations, but … Continue reading “Remediation of PTSD using Infra-Low Frequency Neurofeedback Training”

Clinical Decision Making and Protocol Selection in Infra-Low Frequency (ILF) Neurofeedback Using the Othmer Method

Bringing neurofeedback into a mental health practice means acquiring a working model by means of which all the clinical phenomenology can be reframed in a psychophysiological perspective. Clinical decision-making then emerges largely out of that framework. As the training proceeds, clinical observations are interpreted in terms of that framework and lead to fine-tuning of the … Continue reading “Clinical Decision Making and Protocol Selection in Infra-Low Frequency (ILF) Neurofeedback Using the Othmer Method”

Infra-Low Frequency Neurofeedback for the Autism Spectrum

Neurofeedback is a highly promising emerging therapy for the autism spectrum. At issue here is a tool for the direct training of brain function, one that has already shown itself highly effective in addressing a wide range of “mental health” concerns. As has been the case for other therapies, its application to the autism spectrum … Continue reading “Infra-Low Frequency Neurofeedback for the Autism Spectrum”