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• Neurofeedback for Insomnia and Other Sleep Problems
  on Dec 12, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback Sleep
  Brain training with neurofeedback for insomnia and other sleep problems is dear to my heart. It was my own difficulty with sleep that led to my becoming a NeurOptimal® neurofeedback trainer in 2004. If you’re interested in that story, it...
• Neurofeedback for PTSD
  on Aug 29, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback PTSD Neurofeedback for PTSD
  Dr. Randy Hansbrough wrote an article published in the Florida St. Lucie County News this year. It says a lot of good things about neurofeedback for PTSD. The article is titled Neurofeedback used Successfully to Treat PTSD. Colonel Bart Billings, a...
• Neurofeedback – What Kind of Changes Can Happen?
  on Aug 22, 2016 in Addictions Anxiety Depression New York Neurofeedback Sleep neurofeedback changes what to expect with neurofeedback
  Below is a sampling of neurofeedback-based changes my clients have reported Sleeping through the night instead of waking up two or three times Having more fun being with their children. “They don’t get to me as much.” Worrying less...
• Responsibility, Compassion, Connection
  on Aug 15, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback responsibility compassion and connection
  I first published a blog post about the film you see below in 2010. I love this wonderful short film so much, that I’m putting it up again. It’s called Second Line and was directed and acted in by Danny Glover.  It’s inspiring.  ...
• What Can You Expect from Neurofeedback
  on Aug 1, 2016 in NeurOptimal New York Neurofeedback What to expect neurofeedback
  The bottom line with people is usually: Can neurofeedback help me with what I want to see change? Because it works with the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), neurofeedback has the potential to affect a broad spectrum of the things p...
• Will I Need Neurofeedback Tuneups?
  on Jul 25, 2016 in NeurOptimal New York Neurofeedback Personal System What to expect what to expect with neurofeedback
  With NeurOptimal® neurofeedback training, once completed, most people don’t need tuneups. You’re most likely to come in with a list of changes you’d like to see happen – better sleep, more peace of mind, less anxiety, bette...
• NeurOptimal Personal Neurofeedback Trainer
  on Jul 18, 2016 in NeurOptimal New York Neurofeedback Personal System home neurofeedback personal home trainer Personal neurofeedback system
  I believe the NeurOptimal® neurofeedback home system is the best on the market. It’s so easy to use, you can be running sessions within an hour after you’ve unpacked the box. It comes with everything you need, and you get the same state...
• How the Human Brain Works
  on Jul 11, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback Research The Brain how the human brain works
  Here is a very easy to follow, seven minute animated tour of the brain made by the University of Bristol for the 2010 Brain Awareness Week. BAW is organized annually by the Dana Foundation, whose mission statement is as follows: The Dana Foundation i...
• Why Does Neurofeedback Help with so Many Things?
  on Jun 27, 2016 in NeurOptimal New York Neurofeedback The Brain Why Does Neurofeedback Help with so Many Things?
  It’s a great question. It’s also a question that makes some people hold back from trying neurofeedback. How can it be that good? How can it help with sleep problems, ADHD, depression, anxiety and improve people’s golf scores? Why do...
• Lise DeLong on Words that Hurt
  on Jun 20, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback
  New York Neurofeedback’s guest blogger today is Lise deLong of Cognitive Connections.  As a Developmental NeuroCognitive Specialist, I am always surprised when I hear spouses, siblings and even parents use ‘words’ that hurt each other.  M...
• Will neurofeedback help you?
  on Jun 6, 2016 in NeurOptimal New York Neurofeedback
  Since NeurOptimal® neurofeedback trains the brain toward functioning at its best, it’s likely most everyone will benefit. I’ve been a neurofeedback provider for more than 12 years now, and I’ve had only a few people not have...
• What is Dynamical Neurofeedback?
  on May 23, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback
  NeurOptimal® neurofeedback is different in some very important ways from every other neurofeedback system out there. Other systems are diagnosis and protocol-based. Their trainers make a determination about what your brain needs and choose protocols...
• Neurofeedback for Aphasia
  on May 16, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback
• Why Does the Brain Use so Much Energy?
  on May 9, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback Research The Brain neurofeedback the brain
  Popular Science addresses a fundamental question of neuroscience in its article IBM Research Thinks It’s Solved Why the Brain Uses so much Energy. IBM neuroscientist James Kozloski says, “…about 90 percent of the energy consumed by...
• Your Brain’s Memory Capacity
  on Apr 18, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback Research The Brain Brain Memory Capacity
  A recent PsyBlog article addresses the question of the size of the brain’s memory capacity. Based on recent research, the article suggests that Human Brain Capacity is Ten Times More than Previously Thought. Terrence Sejnowski of the Salk Ins...
• NeurOptimal Neurofeedback for Performance Anxiety
  on Apr 11, 2016 in Anxiety New York Neurofeedback Peak performance neurofeedback for performance anxiety NeurOptimal neurofeedback peak performance
  Earlier this year, Science Daily published an article titled, Why your brain makes you slip up when anxious. What makes auditions, performances, giving speeches, just generally being on the spot so anxiety-provoking? According to previous research, p...
• Neurofeedback for Mental Health
  on Apr 4, 2016 in Addictions ADHD Anxiety Depression neurofeedback for anxiety Neurofeedback for Depression Neurofeedback for Mental Health
  Early this year the Wall Street Journal published an article called Brain Training for Anxiety, Depression and Other Mental Conditions. (You have to be a subscriber to access the full article.) I’m happy to see neurofeedback getting this kind...
• Become a NeurOptimal Neurofeedback Trainer
  on Mar 21, 2016 in NeurOptimal New York Neurofeedback become a neurofeedback trainer become a NeurOptimal neurofeedback trainer
  The NeurOptimal® neurofeedback system is beautifully designed to take advantage of the Central Nervous System’s powerful ability to take in information and use it to reorganize itself. NeurOptimal® is the state of the art in neurofeedback.
• Neurofeedback Changes the Brain
  on Mar 14, 2016 in ADHD Research The Brain neurofeedback research New York Neurofeedback
  The Montreal, Canada Neuropsychology and Cognition Research Center performed a study in 2013 that is part of the U.S. National Institute of Health PubMed data base. The study is titled, “Neurofeedback training induces changes in white and grey...
• What Makes our Brains Special
  on Feb 22, 2016 in New York Neurofeedback Research The brain NeurOptimal what makes our brains special
  Scientific American recently published an interesting article that’s relevant to neurofeedback: What Makes Our Brains Special? The article talks about recent research highlighting the way human brains differ from other animals’ brains. I...