25 Reasons Why
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It is a safe, non-invasive treatment.
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It has the demonstrated ability to alter brain functioning in positive directions without feeling of sedated or constricting one’s feelings.
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It can impact concentration, sleep, mood, anxiety, pain, focus, emotional regulation, impulse control, energy and social awareness.
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It has been used to address PTSD, TBI, Depressive Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADD/ADHD and substance abuse disorders.
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It works by engaging the brain’s own mechanisms of self-regulation.
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It is a “low bar” (low barrier) treatment that requires no effort on the part of the client.
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It is well suited to non-responders and resistant clients.
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It relies on the client’s own choice of concerns as the metric to measure treatment progress.
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It is well suited for use with clients with a strong history of trauma. It is a compassion-informed, non-judgmental and non-triggering.
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It can be done with clients of any age, from young children to the elderly.
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It can be used with extremely wary clients as it requires no self-disclosure. Yet it can be readily integrated into talk therapy.
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It has demonstrated its effectiveness with the underserved and marginalized communities.
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It can be either a stand alone or adjunctive treatment as part of a comprehensive treatment program.
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It is the first scalable behavioral treatment for our health care system.
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It can be used with client populations who typically are resistant to talk therapies.
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It has been used with clients from a wide-range of cultures including Iraqi, Congolese and Tibetan refugees, native-Americans and in Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American countries.
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It is very engaging as the client choses from movies, YouTube, Netflix and video games as the source for the feedback.
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It is a cutting-edge development within one of the most exciting areas of neuroscience: the plasticity of neural networks and their impact on mental and physical well-being.
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It is based on over 40 years of research and thousands of published research papers.
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It can be used within out existing system of service providers.
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Professionals and paraprofessionals in mental health can be trained in as little as 5 days to competently conduct this treatment.
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Supervision to insure program adherence and effectiveness can be conducted at a distance and at little to no cost.
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The costs of equipment are minimal compared to the cost of most any medical equipment.
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Neurofeedback is an existing therapy within the healthcare reimbursement system.
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We have demonstrated that it can be successfully implemented in real world settings.