Biofeedback Training for Psychologists

 Psychologists spend a lot of time performing psychological tests and doing talk therapy with their clients.  Many psychologists also have been adding tools and interventions like EMDR and biofeedback to help their clients.  To learn how to use biofeedback, psychologists can get training online.  This can be convenient because it doesn’t involve travel.  On the other hand, it doesn’t allow for the hands-on practice that takes place in an in-person training session.  It can also be beneficial to meet and work with other students during the training.  The networking and teamwork that happens can be invaluable.

Some training also includes APA Continuing Education credit which many psychologists need to maintain their license to practice.  There are many topics that could count towards this credit.  Biofeedback happens to be one of them.  The number of hours required for BCIA (Biofeedback Certification International Alliance) certification is 36 for Neurofeedback (A specialty area of biofeedback or EEG Biofeedback) and 42 hours for Biofeedback, otherwise known as peripheral biofeedback.

psychologists are happy to find out that they can earn so many credits while learning an interesting new skill that they can use in their work.  Biofeedback brings the body into therapy.  It allows the measurement and feedback of signals that change in response to stress or relaxation.  These signals include muscle activity, skin temperature, sweat activity, breathing, and heart rate/heart rate variability.

Neurofeedback brings the brain into therapy.  It allows the measurement of brain activity and feedback of the signals.  These signals are related to different states like excitement, focus, and drowsiness, etc.  With the feedback a client can learn to regulate the activity which can improve symptoms.

I still think that most psychologists have not been trained in biofeedback and are not able to provide it to their patients.  Many people seeking a biofeedback provider have difficulty finding one near them.  There is a need for more psychologists to be trained in biofeedback and neurofeedback.

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Biofeedback and Neurofeedback in Talk Therapy | Neurofeedback Training

Psychologists and psychotherapists are not all just having people sit in a chair or lay on a couch to just have people talk to them about their problems.  They are using evidence-based, science-based tools to help them address the body as well as the mind.  Science is proving that the body is involved in problems like anxiety, PTSD, and trauma.  It’s not all in the mind.  The mind has to work through the brain, so problems of the mind also involve the brain.

Neurofeedback is among the tools that can be used to affect the brain.

Encouraging the brain to increase or decrease various signals that can be picked up with neurofeedback equipment can help to train the brain to decrease unhealthy patterns that may be related to clinical symptoms.

Experts including Stephen Porges, Ph.D., author of the Polyvagal Theory, and Bessel van dir Kolk author of The Body Keeps Score are two proponents of the idea that the body is very much involved with problems of the mind.  Talking alone often will not solve problems like anxiety, PTSD, and trauma.

EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, tapping, binaural sounds, singing, dancing, tai chi are among the tools that involve the body and can have an effect on connections and activity in the brain. Since neurofeedback directly records and gives feedback information from the brain, it also can help to normalize problematic patterns and activity in the brain.  Once the normalization takes place the talk therapy can be more effective.

While neurofeedback deals more specifically with brain activity in the central nervous system, peripheral biofeedback measures activity from the peripheral and autonomic nervous system.  When someone has anxiety, panic attacks, PTSD, or trauma, you can bet that they have at least one of the following: fast, shallow breathing, excess muscle tension, cold hands, sweaty hands, fast, erratic heartbeat.  Biofeedback allows measuring and training any or all of these signs that the body is reacting and out of balance.  It helps the therapist show their clients that the body is reacting and it can also tell them when it calms down and is more in balance.  Biofeedback equipment can be used as a training tool itself and it can be used as a way to monitor the effects of other tools a therapist is using.

Harry L. Campbell

914-762-4646 – Harry@biofeedbackinternational.com

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

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How Will We Do Biofeedback Post COVID19?

Biofeedback is usually a face to face, one on one activity.  If you were providing biofeedback prior to the start of social distancing and stay at home orders, things have surely changed drastically for you very quickly.  Now what will we do?  Many of the people who provide biofeedback also provide psychotherapy.  It is much simpler to provide psychotherapy virtually than it is for biofeedback.  All you need is for the provider and the client to have a computer, smartphone, or tablet and access to a software program or application like GotoMeeting, Zoom, or Skype.  Even though this is considered simple, there can still be impediments.  Some clients don’t have smartphones, tablets, or even computers.  Some also do not have internet access.  If both parties do have access to the necessary technology then the sessions can take place fairly easily and inexpensively.

With biofeedback there is the added requirement of having some kind of biofeedback instrument technology.  Most biofeedback providers own and use equipment that costs thousands of dollars that they use with their clients in their office.  If you are going to work virtually then the clients need to have a biofeedback instrument at their home.  There are less expensive biofeedback devices that don’t have the same features and durability as the in-office professional systems.  Devices that I recommend for home or virtual biofeedback cost from $25 – $1,600.  There are many differences in devices including what modalities they measure, the type of feedback they give, and data storage and reporting functions.

You also need to decide if you will have your clients purchase or rent the devices from you or directly from an equipment provider.  You may also need to provide some basic training for your clients as to how to use the device and how to share data from their training with you.

We may have to do some biofeedback in this way at least temporarily.  I believe that this way of working will continue for some clients but not all.  Many clients enjoy the face to face experience and would prefer to be there with you.  I think that some of the benefit they receive is also from the energy they draw from you when they are in your presence.

When we are able to start seeing clients face to face again, we will need to be more vigilant with our procedures for cleaning sensors, cables, and caps between patients and handling of electrode gels, creams, and pastes to prevent the spread of infection.  More providers may decide to wear gloves when prepping and applying sensors to the client’s skin, and removing and cleaning the sensors.  Some may also decide to wear masks at least when they first start seeing clients in the office again and we get more guidance from the CDC, Center for Disease Control.

The COVID19 pandemic has brought about very interesting and challenging times and I am sure that we will get through them and be able to work with biofeedback clients face to face again even if it is in a different way.

Please share your thoughts about this topic with me and other readers.

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How Will We Do Biofeedback Post COVID19?

Biofeedback is usually a face to face, one on one activity.  If you were providing biofeedback prior to the start of social distancing and stay at home orders, things have surely changed drastically for you very quickly.  Now what will we do?  Many of the people who provide biofeedback also provide psychotherapy.  It is much simpler to provide psychotherapy virtually than it is for biofeedback.  All you need is for the provider and the client to have a computer, smartphone, or tablet and access to a software program or application like GotoMeeting, Zoom, or Skype.  Even though this is considered simple, there can still be impediments.  Some clients don’t have smartphones, tablets, or even computers.  Some also do not have internet access.  If both parties do have access to the necessary technology then the sessions can take place fairly easily and inexpensively.

With biofeedback there is the added requirement of having some kind of biofeedback instrument technology.  Most biofeedback providers own and use equipment that costs thousands of dollars that they use with their clients in their office.  If you are going to work virtually then the clients need to have a biofeedback instrument at their home.  There are less expensive biofeedback devices that don’t have the same features and durability as the in-office professional systems.  Devices that I recommend for home or virtual biofeedback cost from $25 – $1,600.  There are many differences in devices including what modalities they measure, the type of feedback they give, and data storage and reporting functions.

You also need to decide if you will have your clients purchase or rent the devices from you or directly from an equipment provider.  You may also need to provide some basic training for your clients as to how to use the device and how to share data from their training with you.

We may have to do some biofeedback in this way at least temporarily.  I believe that this way of working will continue for some clients but not all.  Many clients enjoy the face to face experience and would prefer to be there with you.  I think that some of the benefit they receive is also from the energy they draw from you when they are in your presence.

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How can you determine if the biofeedback provider you are considering visiting is qualified?

One good way is to get a personal referral.  If you know someone who has had success with a biofeedback provider for a similar problem as your own then there is a good chance that you may also get good results and be happy with them too.  There are other things that you can do to get an idea as to their qualifications.  One of the best ways to determine qualification is to find out if the provider is BCIA certified.  What is the BCIA?  BCIA stands for Biofeedback Certification International Alliance.

The BCIA is the organization that establishes the rules for and provides certification in biofeedback and neurofeedback.  Here is their mission: “BCIA certifies individuals who meet education and training standards in biofeedback and progressively recertifies those who advance their knowledge through continuing education.”

They set the standards for who can become certified and the process that applicants need to go through to qualify for certification.  The requirements include minimum prior education, anatomy and physiology, specific biofeedback education, personal experience doing biofeedback on oneself and on others, mentoring of an experienced biofeedback professional, and an exam.

This is a serious process that many providers who are not as serious are not willing to go through.  The time and expense discourages them from going through what it takes to gain BCIA certification.  This does not automatically make a person who does not have BCIA certification not qualified to provide biofeedback but it makes it less likely that they are.

The specific biofeedback education is usually done in seminars.  There are some universities that offer biofeedback education but that is not widespread.  Usually what happens is a psychologist, social worker, mental health, chiropractor, or other health care provider learns about biofeedback and decides that they want to add it to what they do.  They attend a biofeedback training seminar that is accredited by the BCIA (not all are).  Next, they get their equipment and begin doing their practice sessions while working with a mentor to help them improve their abilities.  They study for and then take the BCIA exam.   Just attending the biofeedback seminar is not enough.  A student really needs to study in order to pass the exam.  This whole process can take anywhere from six months to two years.

The BCIA certification differentiates the serious practitioner from one who might just buy the equipment, read a book, and start advertising the service.

Just going through the whole BCIA certification process from attending the biofeedback training seminar through passing the exam helps to make the provider more qualified to provide services.  It takes a certain level of dedication to complete all of the requirements

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Harry L. Campbell

914-762-4646

Harry@biofeedbackinternational.com

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Science of The Heart: The Role of the Heart in Human Performance

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For centuries the heart has been considered the source of emotion, courage and wisdom. Neurocardiology is the relatively new science of exploring the physiological mechanisms by which the heart communicates with the brain; thereby influencing information processing, perceptions, emotions and health. Neurocardiology asks questions such as: Why do people experience the feeling or sensation of love and other positive emotional states in the area of the heart, and what are the physiological ramifications of these emotions? How do stress and different emotional states affect the autonomic nervous system, the hormonal and immune systems, the heart and brain? Over the years scientists have experimented with different psychological and physiological measures, but consistently heart rate variability, or heart rhythms, stands out as one of the most dynamic and reflective measures of inner emotional states and stress.

It is clear that negative emotions lead to increased disorder in the heart’s rhythms and in the autonomic nervous system, thereby adversely affecting the rest of the body. In contrast, positive emotions create increased harmony and coherence in heart rhythms, and improve balance in the nervous system. The health implications are easy to understand. Disharmony in the nervous system leads to inefficiency and increased stress on the heart and other organs, while harmonious rhythms are more efficient and less stressful to the body’s systems.

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