neurofeedback emotional trauma
During the pre-conference period I had a chance to attend Daniel Kuhn’s workshop on erasing symptoms fixated by traumatic dissociation, in particular PTSD. Kuhn’s presentation had appeal for me in various respects. First of all, he found his way to the method from an academic origin in psychoanalysis, so this work represents a significant departure […]
Glen Martin has been involved in neurofeedback since 1993. He happened to be home sick on January 12 th of that year, and tuned in to the Home Show at which we demonstrated our neurofeedback instrument. The economy was in the doldrums at the time, and his own office finances were iffy, but nevertheless he […]
This was the thirteenth Winter Brain Conference, the first in some time without its own special T-shirt. The crowd was somewhat smaller this year than in the past couple of years. This tends to happen when the location stays the same for too many years, although the Hilton was certainly a good host, and the […]
I had chosen this topic to end the year well before the recent tsunami brought home to us the disconnect between risks that we face–as societies, as a global community, as a species, and as individuals–and how we actually live our lives. This is a follow-up to the previous newsletter on Triage. What got me […]
I reported on this conference in Salt Lake City two weeks ago, and here is another installment. On the second day of the conference there was a lot of discussion about juvenile probationers. Ron Muir presented on an innovative Charter School that he had started for probationers, which despite many handicaps was producing some excellent […]
The AAPB has just published the document “Evidence-Based Practice in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback,” by Carolyn Yucha and Christopher Gilbert. It has been more than ten years since the AAPB has issued an official statement of conditions where efficacy of biofeedback is recognized by the organization. Since that earlier document, we have witnessed the continuing thrust […]