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Between January 2023 and December 2024, inpatient mental health claims increased by 80% in the US, while outpatient claims increased by 40%. This indexes a mental health crisis in our country of unprecedented scope. Here’s the context: Our national health status is worse than that of our peer countries, and it is declining in all … Continue reading “Can Endogenous Neuromodulation meet our society’s most critical needs?”

When someone comes for neurofeedback with severe symptoms, we are not likely to be confronted with a single, narrowly definable issue. In cases of chemical injury that significantly compromise health and functionality going forward, the issue is inherently complex because it quite naturally evokes a trauma response as well. The dearth of available remedies makes … Continue reading “A Case of Chemical Injury and PTSD
by Carolyn McLuskie, MA, RCC and Siegfried Othmer, Ph.D.“

Dear Dr. Reger: I just read your article in JAMA with great interest. I would like to draw your attention to a recent publication on a controlled study of neuromodulation in application to treatment-resistant PTSD that was completed recently at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System in Honolulu. It recruited 87 participants. This was … Continue reading “An Open Letter to Mark A. Reger, Department of Veterans Affairs”

For many early neurofeedback professionals, the impetus to enter this field came through a compelling personal experience either with their personal training, that of a family member, or that of a client. And thus it was with us as well. In fact, our first encounter with neurofeedback through our son Brian remains a standout success … Continue reading “On the Life of Brian Othmer”

A dramatic case report has just been published on the extraordinarily quick recovery of a woman diagnosed with “severe and complex” PTSD and unspecified Dissociative Disorder. The author is trauma therapist Anna Gerge of Sweden, and the method was ten sessions of Infra-Low Frequency Neurofeedback, in combination with a single session of EMDR. Substantial resolution … Continue reading “A Case of PTSD and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DIDNOS)”

The Backstory Nestled in a valley of the Himalayan Mountains in Northern India is a small Tibetan Colony called Bir, just 31 miles south of Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, the city of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in-exile. Bir is home to many Tibetans and several Buddhist Monasteries, but is also … Continue reading “Journey to India”