Anxiety & Stress
Neurofeedback for feeling more emotionally grounded and present
Do you need support in improving your ability to stay present and less anxious?
“I hate how anxious I feel most of the time.”
Anxiety is such a natural part of life. It’s our body trying to give us signals that something doesn’t quite feel safe and we need to get to safety in order to survive. But at some point, anxiety stops helping us. We start to feel stressed out and anxious all of the time— even when there’s no danger present. Research shows us that this is a brain and body experience that can take away our sense of groundedness.
When we walk around with a buzzing amount of anxiety in our bodies, everything suffers. We stop being able to pay attention to the small details and we definitely don’t feel present in our relationships. We might feel overwhelmed and grouchy a lot of the time. We might get feedback from our family and friends that we are “too much”, which only increases our anxiety.
Getting that anxiety under control starts with helping your brain understand what is safe and what is unsafe. Somewhere along the way, we started seeing even mundane things as unsafe and that’s unhelpful when we are trying to thrive.
NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback can help you if you struggle with anxiety. It’s professional-grade brain training that gives your brain helpful feedback when it gets off track. This painless, non-invasive, at-home brain training, can help you feel more grounded.
“I’ve been through some significant trauma that causes my anxiety. Can neurofeedback help me?”
I am a clinical psychologist that specializes in treating trauma. I suggest neurofeedback for all of my trauma patients that need some extra support in-between sessions. Non-linear neurofeedback is using information from your central nervous system and showing it back to your brain like a mirror. The brain is an incredible self-correcting organ and it uses that information and makes a little change for the future.
Does your child struggle with anxiety and you need a way to support them?
“My child has a hard time feeling calm. She’s anxious about most things in life. Help!”
I have a few anxious folks that live in my household (and I’m one of them). We all have a common theme to our anxiety: we don’t want to get hurt and we definitely don’t want to disappoint others. This is common for those that experience anxiety at any age.
In our house, we have a two-prong approach to helping our family members feel less anxious and stressed. First, we want to create a safe space to express feelings and work our way through them. We want our home to be a space where everyone has a right to emotional space.
Secondly, we use non-linear neurofeedback to help our brains know how to regulate when anxiety shows up. We discovered NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback and brought brain training home to use with all of our family members.
NeurOptimal® does not require a diagnosis and does not treat any one particular disorder, but it can help with overall mental fitness and improve:
Self-esteem and lowered self-consciousness
Stress management and ability to be flexible
Emotional reactivity and ability to calm down during stressful situations
Resilience and openness to feedback
Improved concentration and problem-solving
Focus and attention
Better ability to relate to others
How neurofeedback can help you or your family member struggling with anxiety?
NeurOptimal® is a professional-grade non-linear neurofeedback system. It’s a different kind of neurofeedback than the older systems and really makes neurofeedback easy to do and approachable for the entire family.
Essentially, NeurOptimal® is helping the brain self-correct by holding up a mirror to the brain and telling the brain how it is operating. Just think about what the brain is doing when you are learning a new task. When you fail at that task at the beginning, your brain marks this as a “difference” and self-corrects so you can continue to do better each time you try the new task. NeurOptimal® is marking the “different” signals your central nervous system is sending from your brain and giving that information back to the brain so that we can learn from that information and self-correct.
FAQs
Is this like the neurofeedback that therapists do?
Yes, this is a professional-grade system that is simple to use. It’s got “plug and play” technology that allows you to get non-linear (and safe) neurofeedback from the comfort of your home.
Do I come to the office for treatment?
Nope, the NeurOptimal® system is so easy to use that we ship it to your home. We can walk you through the (very easy) set up or you can follow our printed instructions. We send you everything that you need to get started.
How long are each of the sessions?
Each session is 33.5 minutes. There’s relaxing music playing during the session, while the neurofeedback system does all the work at giving your brain helpful information. We can also provide you with some movies to watch if you need more entertainment.
Can I use this while I’m going to therapy?
Absolutely. This is not “treatment”. This is brain training to help your overall mental fitness and how you show up in your relationships, work, and family life. You can use neurofeedback in between your therapy sessions as an adjunct to the support you are receiving from your clinician.
How do I know if I struggle with emotional regulation?
We want you to feel resilient to life circumstances. So if you’d like to feel more empowered and able to manage your emotional responses, then brain training can help you achieve these goals.
How do I get started with neurofeedback?
Let’s get you brain training from home! Reach out on our Let’s Chat page and we’ll be in touch within 24 hours to schedule your NeurOptimal® rental. It will ship right to you and you can start brain training as soon as it arrives.