2020 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium Conference

2020 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium Conference – Join us for the 43rd annual celebration!

For 43 years, the Networker Symposium has been psychotherapy’s most celebrated annual gathering, with 150 workshops, over 100 of the field’s leading innovators, and a community of 4,000 inquiring practitioners like you. Join us from March 19 – 22, 2020 to explore the latest advances in the field and discover a range of possibilities to bring fresh ideas and renewed creativity into your practice.

• Registration is now open!
• Register today and take advantage of our early-bird discounts
• Select from our list of workshop options
• Earn up to a year's worth of CE hours

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Join this year’s Featured Speakers
Bryan Stevenson, Tara Brach, Peter Levine, Esther Perel, Alfiee Breland-Noble & Lori Gottlieb!

Plus, Bessel van der Kolk, Dan Siegel, Sue Johnson, Dick Schwartz & many more . . .

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Make Your Hotel Reservations for the Symposium
The Networker Symposium has a special discounted rate for hotel rooms at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.

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Can You Afford To Miss All This?
We’ve designed the Symposium to foster full-engagement learning—from Thursday events that free the body and awaken the mind to Sunday events that help you integrate and apply the inspiration you’ve gained to your practice at home. Your Symposium experience includes:

• Innovative strategies that open up new possibilities with even your toughest cases
• Creative approaches and practical insights from 100 of the field’s best teachers
• Hands-on opportunities to practice what you learn in 130 workshops
• Innovative models and down-to-earth guidance on building a thriving practice
• An unparalleled opportunity to recharge, reenergize, and refocus in an atmosphere of collegiality, support, and adventure
• Up to a year’s worth of CE Hours!

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Alternative Therapies Required to be Made Available to Veterans

Many veterans who have served our country well suffer from a variety of symptoms and illnesses after deployment.  Some of the common conditions they deal with are anxiety, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome), depression, headaches, pain, and insomnia.  A very standard treatment for these conditions is a prescription for medication.  In some cases, medications can provide relief.  There can also be a downside.  Even when drugs are effective there may be accompanying negative side effects and sometimes dependence or addiction.

Now, as part of its Whole Health Initiative, the Veterans Administration is making alternative or complementary therapies available to veterans.  The list of therapies being made available include Acupuncture, Biofeedback, Clinical hypnosis, Guided imagery, Massage therapy, Meditation, Tai chi / qi gong, Yoga, and Chiropractic care.

The VA’s website states the Whole Health Initiative program “creates a personalized health plan that considers the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and environmental needs of veterans”. The VA says the Whole Health System “acknowledges that health care involves more than the physical human body.”  For information on the VA Whole Health Initiative see: https://www.military.com/militaryadvantage/2018/05/15/va-expanding-new-holistic-health-programs.html

Now veterans have these other therapies including biofeedback available to them to help them manage their symptoms and get better.

Read More:- Alternative Therapies

Here you can see Biofeedback Resources International Training and Certification Video:-

BCIA Certification in Peripheral Biofeedback and EEG/Neurofeedback:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb50wtADH1M

Breathing to Relax:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvNQXB-KtGA

Muscle Relaxation with EMG Biofeedback:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZVKEHdd9oE

Biofeedback Training Interest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0avCYoUE7W8

Using Technology to Manage Stress:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byAbhIT9DWg&t=526s

Biofeedback Psychophysiological Stress Profile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea6ymq1sbGA

Biofeedback and Neurofeedback training New York, Florida, Houston, Puerto Rico:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Mqk412y4Y&t=5s

Biofeedback Applications in Healthcare headaches, insomnia, anxiety, and ADHD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-kUerxho6Y&t=4s

What is the difference between biofeedback and neurofeedback:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSVs66DcthM

BioGraph Infiniti 6.0

BioGraph Infiniti version 6.0 is designed to provide full compatibility with the most versatile systems. Operating systems support include: Windows® 8, Windows® 7, Windows® Vista®, and Windows® XP.

BioGraph Infiniti Software is the core of all current and future Thought Technology Biofeedback and Psychophysiology products. It provides a multimedia rich graphical experience, while capturing and analyzing raw data. It includes all the features and functions required to run our specialized application Suites and offers the ability to customize your own screens and suites using the Developer Tools.

New Look & Feel

Version 6.0 and its many enhancements will please many current and new users. BioGraph's menus were reorganized to group functionality in logical sets. Many dialog boxes were simplified and the flow of a number of functional sequences (start session, review sessions, export data, etc) were streamlined to minimize mouse clicks and facilitate user decisions. A number of automatic default settings were implemented such as: Notch filter frequency, default temperature units, force units and page size format based on user preferences in Word. New easy screen resize function fits all monitors and is saved for the next session

BioGraph can now monitor your client's Blood Pressure before, during and after training by communicating with the AND PC Blood Pressure monitoring unit (model UA767PC). Blood pressure readings can be triggered manually, by pressing a key on the keyboard or automatically when recording a script session. For each reading, BioGraph stores the systolic and diastolic measures, as well as the time of the measure and the heart rate as calculated by the device.

The new Binaural Beat Pacer Instrument allows you to program audio entrainment sessions which are responsive to your client's ability to learn.

The pacer's adaptive functionality monitors your client's dominant EEG frequency while gently leading him towards the target frequency but adjusts its pacing rate according to your client's response.

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For users of BioGraph Infiniti 4.0, a free upgrade to version 5.1.4 is available here.

For users of BioGraph Infiniti below vs 4.0, the price below applies:

Software: BIOGRAPH INFINITI 6.1(windows 10 compatible) $300

More Info: neurofeedback training New York

The Power of Psychophysiological Stress Profiling

The Power of Psychophysiological Stress Profiling

Baseline levels show if there is residual stress reaction in the person. High muscle tension or skin conductance levels or low hand temperature or heart rate variability can mean that the person is in a state of stress and tension even when attempting to relax.
Changes that occur during stress periods of the PSP can indicate which modalities react more and if they seem to be related to the type of symptoms the person is presenting with.
Return to baseline or lack of return to baseline can indicate how well the person recovers from stressful situations prior to biofeedback therapy. If they are not returning to baseline then it shows them that they have something to improve on.
If you can show that the modalities that are dysregulated have a logical connection to the client’s symptoms then it helps to make the case for biofeedback being a potentially useful therapy for them. It also helps them to “get” the connection between how they are reacting to stress and their symptoms. Many clients are relieved to see that their problems are not “all in their heads”. Seeing measurable evidence is in some way reassuring to them.
The data also gives the biofeedback provider a starting point for therapy planning. It helps in choosing which modalities to work with and setting goals for the ones you decide to work on. Using Psychophysiological Stress Profiling is a better way to do biofeedback. It is much better than just deciding which modality you are going to work with before you have this valuable information. The textbook recommendation although usually good does not take into account

To learn more about Psychophysiological Stress : The Power of psychophysiological Stress Profiling

Website : Biofeedback Resources International 

BioFun Games - Biofeedback Training

BioFun Games

BioFun is a newly released software add-on for BioGraph Infiniti, consisting in a series of video games and toy interfaces to help your clients become healthier by teaching strategies of self-regulation and developing voluntary control while having fun!

Travel the World

You are invited to participate in the “Fly around the World” competition; a prestigious hot air balloon race inspired by Jules Verne’s classic novel.

Control a balloon with your physiology and fly over famous cities such as Vancouver, Hong Kong, Moscow, Cairo, Paris, Montreal and New York. Do not limit yourself, fly up and reach the stars!

PhysioRacer – MyoRacer – NeuroRacer

Three variations on the same theme: you guide a craft in a path using your physiology. Choose a character: a race car driver, a spy flying a stealth plane, a submarine in a secret mission, a clown fish or even a super hero!

BioFun Toy Interface

Connect BioGraph to toys such as Raceways, electrical train or robots and use your physiology to control them.

BioFun contains ready-to-go screens for all our popular Suites (English only): EEG, Physiology, Z-Score, Rehab and Continence Suites.

Comprehensive instructions are provided to create your own screens and find new ways to use these games.

Physiology Suite

Train to relax or take control of your HRV while flying around the world in a balloon. Drive, fly or dive and boost up your engine using physiological control.

EEG Suite & Z-Score Mini-Suite

Train your brain with NeuroRacer – a fun and engaging racing game. Provides contingent, relevant feedback, as vehicle speed, track size and obstacles are directly controlled by EEG activity. Avoid obstacles and receive points in reward conditions, while discouraging artifacts and inhibit-band activity.

Rehab Suite & Continence Suite

Fly a balloon while working your muscles. Gain control over your muscles and movements while swimming like a fish, piloting a race car, or even flying like a super hero!

BioFun $ 150.00

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Neurofeedback Equipment for Mental Health

Mental health symptoms and solutions are being openly discussed more than ever.  Most days that I turn on the news I hear at least one story related to mental health.  Just today I heard a report about three separate people who were survivors or a relative of a survivor of a school shooting who committed suicide.  We often hear reports of the devastation across the country related to abuse of opioid drugs.  Concussions caused by car accidents, slip and falls, sports injuries cause memory loss, behavior and mood changes as well as other problems.

People are being diagnosed with ADD and ADHD and prescribed medications that may have to be taken for the rest of their lives with potential side effects.

Neurofeedback equipment is being used as one therapy modality that can help with many mental health conditions.  Healthcare professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, mental health counselors, social workers, nurses, chiropractors are using neurofeedback adjunctively with other therapies to help people with many of these mental health problems.  For more information on conditions that neurofeedback therapy is used for refer to Comprehensive Neurofeedback Bibliography D. Corydon Hammond, PhD.

The electrical signals that are produced by the brain are measured using a device attached to the person by sensors placed on the head.  The signals are separated into Delta, Theta, Alpha, (SMR) Sensory Motor Rhythm, Beta, and Gamma.  During an assessment it is determined if there are imbalances in the brainwave activity.  The same or similar neurofeedback equipment is then used to measure, give visual and or auditory feedback, and train the brain to produce more regulated or “normal” electrical patterns.

This usually will help to decrease the types of mental health symptoms mentioned earlier.

As an example, a person suffering with anxiety may show a pattern of higher than expected high frequency beta wave activity which is associated with over thinking and worry.  They may also show lower levels of alpha than normally expected.  Alpha is associated with a relaxed state so if their alpha level is low then they would probably not feel relaxed.

In this case the protocol on the neurofeedback equipment would be set up to encourage the brain to produce less of the high frequency beta and more of the lower frequency alpha.  The encouragement for the brain is the visual and or audio feedback which is a signal that the desired brain pattern is happening at that moment.  As soon as the conditions are no longer being met the feedback or reinforcement stops.  In this way the reward or lack of reward trains the brain to produce the desired pattern more often.  After a while this pattern that is being reinforced becomes more normal and occurs more often for the person even when they are not actively receiving feedback and they are not connected to the instrument.  This is a non-invasive therapy that has been used effectively for several mental health conditions for decades.

Here you can see Biofeedback Resources International Training and Certification Video:-

• BCIA Certification in Peripheral Biofeedback and EEG/Neurofeedback:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb50wtADH1M

• Breathing to Relax:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvNQXB-KtGA

• Muscle Relaxation with EMG Biofeedback:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZVKEHdd9oE

• Biofeedback Training Interest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0avCYoUE7W8

• Using Technology to Manage Stress:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byAbhIT9DWg&t=526s

• Biofeedback Psychophysiological Stress Profile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea6ymq1sbGA

• Biofeedback and Neurofeedback training New York, Florida, Houston, Puerto Rico:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Mqk412y4Y&t=5s

• Biofeedback Applications in Healthcare headaches, insomnia, anxiety, and ADHD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-kUerxho6Y&t=4s

• What is the difference between biofeedback and neurofeedback:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSVs66DcthM

Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Training for APA Continuing Education Credit

Many psychologists in the United States of America are required to take training to keep up with new developments in the field and to remind them of things that they may have learned a long time ago.

There are many options for training including face to face programs, online programs, and material that psychologists can read.  There are also many different topics that can be studied.  As long as you have to take training you might as well make it something interesting, enjoyable, and useful.  Biofeedback and neurofeedback are subjects that check all of those boxes.  Psychologists tend to do a lot of talking and paperwork as a part of their routine.  Some of this can become monotonous.  Biofeedback and neurofeedback introduce technology that helps the clients of psychologists to learn about themselves.  It helps them to learn how to make real physiological measurable changes.  They can learn to change how their body reacts to stress using biofeedback.  They can train their brain to become more regulated through neurofeedback.

Some psychologists may have had minimal exposure to biofeedback or neurofeedback during their initial education in psychology.  Most have not had extensive training in these areas.  The most recognized body offering certification in biofeedback and neurofeedback is the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA).  The didactic educational requirement for BCIA peripheral biofeedback certification is 42 hours.  The requirement for neurofeedback is 36 hours.  With a course approved for APA continuing education credits for biofeedback or neurofeedback, a psychologist can receive a large number of required hours in a short amount of time while learning an exciting and effective skill.

This can be a great opportunity for psychologists to gain required hours while learning an evidenced based therapy tool that can also bring some variety to their work and help their clients as well.

More information is available on the American Psychological Association (APA) continuing education program on the APA website: https://www.apa.org/education/ce/index

Information on an approved biofeedback training that offers 42 credits is at: https://biofeedbackinternational.com/biocert/

Information on an approved neurofeedback training offering 36 credits is at: https://biofeedbackinternational.com/neurocert/

Teaching relaxation exercises to clients is helpful.  Being able to use biofeedback and neurofeedback to show clients the changes that are going on with their muscle tension, heart rate, breathing, brain and other activity is on another level and can help them understand what is happening in ways that cannot easily be put into words.  They are able to learn from themselves through the instruments.  Some of what they learn is at a subconscious level.  It can also help to speed up the learning process because the information that is fed back to the client is faster than you could explain it to them.

Harry L. Campbell, BPS, BCB, BCN

President, Biofeedback Resources International Corp.

www.biofeedbackinternational.com

Author of What Stress Can Do, Available on Amazon.com

The Power of Psychophysiological Stress Profiling

A PSP provides a great deal of useful information and helps our clients understand why they are doing biofeedback, what the starting point is, what the goals are, and why. So why don’t more biofeedback providers use them?

What is a psychophysiological stress profile?
A PSP is a baseline test in which we record multiple biofeedback modalities usually including surface EMG, skin temperature, skin conductance, respiration, and heart rate/heart rate variability. Sometimes other modalities like blood pressure, end tidal CO2, and EEG are also included.

The recording starts with a baseline period during which the subject is instructed to relax with no specific guidance. This is followed by a series of stress and recovery periods. All signals are recorded, data is saved and signals are graphed. At the end of the test we do a basic review of the results with the client. We point out any levels that showed dysregulation during the baseline period and those that became dysregulated or more dysregulated during stress. We also discuss if there was return to baseline during the recovery period. This indicates how well a person recovers after experiencing stress.

How is a PSP useful?
The information we gather from a PSP is useful in a variety of ways.
Baseline levels show if there is residual stress reaction in the person. High muscle tension or skin conductance levels or low hand temperature or heart rate variability can mean that the person is in a state of stress and tension even when attempting to relax.

Changes that occur during stress periods of the PSP can indicate which modalities react more and if they seem to be related to the type of symptoms the person is presenting with.

Return to baseline or lack of return to baseline can indicate how well the person recovers from stressful situations prior to biofeedback therapy. If they are not returning to baseline then it shows them that they have something to improve on.

If you can show that the modalities that are dysregulated have a logical connection to the client’s symptoms then it helps to make the case for biofeedback being a potentially useful therapy for them. It also helps them to “get” the connection between how they are reacting to stress and their symptoms. Many clients are relieved to see that their problems are not “all in their heads”. Seeing measurable evidence is in some way reassuring to them.

The data also gives the biofeedback provider a starting point for therapy planning. It helps in choosing which modalities to work with and setting goals for the ones you decide to work on. Using Psychophysiological Stress Profiling is a better way to do biofeedback. It is much better than just deciding which modality you are going to work with before you have this valuable information. The textbook recommendation although usually good does not take into account To learn more about Psychophysiological Stress Profiles click on the link to view a segment on the subject from one of our live seminars.

video on psychophysiological stress profiling

Harry L. Campbell
Biofeedback Resources International Corp.
914-762-4646

www.biofeedbackinternational.com

APA Continuing Education Credit in Florida

The American Psychological Association administers a program to provide credits for psychologists that are required by some states to maintain their licenses. There are some topics like ethics, that might seem not to be very interesting to some people but are important and required. There are also other topics that psychologists might find of personal interest like learning a new skill or testing method.

Continuing education in psychology is a process during which psychologists participate in educational programs that are related to the practice of psychology. It is a way for them to learn about the most up- to-date science on treatment, testing, and learning.

Psychologists can also learn about changes in laws that may affect them. Just as in most of the professions I can think of, many things change over the years after you complete your schooling and training before starting a career. Without continuing your education you cannot effectively work as a professional without continuing to learn about how best to perform your job now, not as it would have been done 5, 10, or even 40 years ago.

APA continuing education training is available in different formats which have pros and cons.
Books, newsletters, and articles are low tech and may be considered old-school. They are also low cost, simple, and you can go at your own pace for the most part. After you read the material you take an exam to make sure that you comprehend it.

Read the complete blog for more details: APA Continuing Education

Neurofeedback and Lyme’s Disease, Neurofeedback Training

A Clinical Application of the Five Phase Model of CNS Functional Transformation and Integration

Neurofeedback has generated enormous interest recently, especially in regards to ameliorating the effects of immune system involved disorders like Lyme’s Disease. Although Neurofeedback itself does not mitigate the disease processes that are responsible for immune system involved disorders, it can be quite helpful at restoring functional levels in affected individuals. In particular, sleep disturbance, mood disturbance, and increased fatigue, as well as poor concentration and diminished attentional abilities, all show remarkable restoration with effective neurofeedback. However, neurofeedback with immune system disorders is an even more recent development than neurofeedback with other more “traditional” disorders such as attention deficit disorder, post traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse.

One of the major difficulties in the rapidly emerging field of neurofeedback is the wealth of unintegrated clinical and research findings. This plethora of intriguing data currently lacks a systematic approach that will allow neurofeedback clinicians to apply the incredible power of this technology with precision across a range of diverse http://disorders.At present, intriguing bits of clinical wisdom float about chaotically, while practitioners have little sense of how to integrate these various nuggets into a comprehensive approach to restoring and optimizing CNS function. Having been engaged in the provision of neurofeedback across a wide variety of disorders, it became apparent to me that a comprehensive framework is necessary so that we can treat the person who has the disorder, and not chase the tail of the disorder that has the person. Fortunately, with a rigorous enough examination of the clinical wisdom that abounds in the literature currently, such a comprehensive and integrated framework suggests itself naturally. The present article will discuss this central idea as well as several main conclusions that flow from it, including the following.

• A single,overarching Five Phase Model of CNS Functional Transformation exists which can integrate the various current neurofeedback protocols into a singular and comprehensive approach. This comprehensive framework can be used regardless of the particular disorder being treated. All clients begin with the same protocol and progress through each phase at their own pace, as determined by changes is functional status, as well as in more quantifiable shifts in E.E.G., especially as seen in spectral analysis.
• A single, referential sensor placement at Cz is used for the majority of treatments, except for the last phase in which a four channel, global synchrony setup is necessary. This simple approach demonstrates equal or better clinical efficacy when compared to more diverse and varied hook ups.
• The older terms of Alpha, Theta and Beta are no longer precise enough to guide clinical work and need to be replaced with more specific frequency based descriptors.
• The functional limitations associated with immune systems involved disorders like Lyme’s Disease, CFIDS, and PMS respond well to the Five Phase Model of CNS Functional Transformation

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