The Neurofeedback Process
Overview
Amen Clinics-Certified Brain Health Professional Linda Guzman conducts every intake appointment and neurofeedback session. Clients relax in a comfortable recliner in a serene environment for each 45-to 65-minute training session, using cutting-edge technology and FDA-approved hardware.
No long waits to experience results. Typically, most clients notice significant gains in only the first 5-8 sessions. The average number of sessions to resolve areas of concern is 20-30.
- No home activities
- Non-invasive and pain-free
- Perfectly safe: no adverse side effects or contraindications have been identified in 60 years of neurofeedback research
- No tears...unless you have tears of joy over the magnificent gains you make!
Step One
Clients bring their completed Amen Clinics Intake Assessments to in-office intake appointment. Clients learn which brain regions show deficits, without a pricey brain scan.
During your intake appointment, Amen Clinics-Certified Brain Health Professional Linda Guzman will use the BrainPaint® 90-Question Evaluation Tool approved by UCLA's 2005 Human Subject Committee as a valid, reliable tool to determine individualized neurofeedback protocols (types of brainwave training & duration of each type of brainwave training). In most cases, there will be an extra computer activity called a "BrainPrint" which provides more data, specifically, protocols that train your natural, unique brain rhythm.
No pricey brain map is needed with the system.
Step Two
At the beginning of each subsequent 65-minute session, Linda abides by BrainPaint® Standards of Care by acquiring your input in 10-14 categories. Your responses to these questions determine if and how much your protocols need to be refined since your previous session.
Next, it's time for sensor placement:
- Sensor sites on ears and scalp will be rigorously cleaned with rubbing alcohol and a Bounty paper towel.
- Sensors will be put on your ears and scalp, sometimes your forehead.
- Nothing goes into your brain. Nothing comes out.
- Sensors pick up your brain's electrical activity, similar to how a heart rate monitor picks up your heart rate.
STEP THREE
Just sit back and relax: Listen to musical tones; watch wondrous, morphing fractal images -- BrainPaintings -- reflecting your brainwave activity; and be engaged for a total of about 24-34 minutes of neurofeedback.
Clients may have eyes-open training and/or eyes-closed training spanning an average of 20-30 sessions over 10-15 weeks. Clients with more complex or severe brain health issues benefit from more than the average 20-30 sesssions.
In most sessions, Amen Clinics methods are used to provide personalized brain health counseling, including but not limited to brain health basics like optimizing sleep hygiene, brain-healthy diet options, hydration, and other lifestyle factors. Additional Amen Clinics assessments may be utilized over the course of one's brain health regimen.
Final Step
After an average of 20-30 sessions at a minimum of 2x/week, it's time to graduate Elevate Brain Training's brain health program to thrive and to live life to the fullest.
Neurofeedback results are permanent when clients complete their regimen as prescribed and when clients employ brain-healthy habits learned throughout their time at Elevate Brain Training.
Some clients may need more than the 20-30 session average, depending on their goals and the complexity of their brain health issues.
Live and thrive in your purpose
We all are endowed with seeds of greatness. Neurofeedback nourishes those seeds.
It is not uncommon for clients to report even more improvement experienced in the 6-9 months that follow their completion of the program.
After completion, clients typically report significant life improvements, such as earning that previously elusive promotion; moving on to healthier relationships; feeling more confident to move out of a dead-end job and apply to higher paying positions with greater responsibilities; making healthier lifestyle choices such as exercising regularly and cooking at home more; taking courageous steps into new territory such as starting a new educational program; earning significantly better grades; performing substantially better in athletics; and even feeling more spiritually aware and closer to God.