Neurofeedback

A way to help the brain and nervous system settle, without
forcing change.

Neurofeedback is a non-invasive approach that helps the brain regulate itself more effectively. Rather than trying to control symptoms through effort, insight, or willpower, neurofeedback works by giving the brain real-time information about its own activity—so it can begin to shift out of patterns of overdrive, shutdown, or instability on its own.

People come to neurofeedback for many different reasons. What they often have in common is this feeling:

“My system isn’t settling the way it should.”

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Neurofeedback might help if you recognize this:

  1. Panic, nameless dread, or fear that comes without a clear cause

  2. Chronic anxiety or a constant sense of being on edge

  3. Night terrors, frequent nightmares, or waking in panic

  4. Difficulty calming down after stress or emotional activation

  5. Feeling shut down, frozen, or disconnected from your body

  6. Sleep that never feels restorative (wired at night, exhausted during the day)

  7. Brain fog, overwhelm, or trouble focusing when stressed

  8. Body symptoms linked to stress (chronic tension, headaches, gut reactivity)

  9. Psychotropic medications are no longer working, or the side effects are too much

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So, what is neurofeedback?

In simple terms: your brain gets real-time information about how it’s functioning, and it uses that information to recalibrate itself.

Think of an acupuncture session, but instead of needings, small sensors are placed on the scalp to read brain activity. That information is translated into simple feedback by a computer program—often through sound or visuals. As the brain shifts toward more stable patterns, the feedback responds. Over time, the brain learns what stability feels like and begins to return there more easily.

Neurofeedback doesn’t stimulate the brain, and it doesn’t force the nervous system to “calm down.”
It doesn’t require you to relive anything or talk about experiences you’re not ready to name.

Instead, neurofeedback allows the brain to notice itself.

The experience is subtle and cumulative.

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What neurofeedback supports

Neurofeedback is especially helpful if your nervous system tends to live at the extremes.

  • Over-arousal
     (anxiety, hypervigilance, insomnia, racing thoughts, reactivity)

  • Under-arousal or shutdown
     (depression, numbness, low energy, disconnection)

  • Poor state flexibility
     (difficulty shifting between focused/rested/engaged states)

  • Chronic stress or trauma responses
     even when you “know better” cognitively

Clients often notice changes in sleep, emotional steadiness, focus, and recovery from stress—sometimes before they can even put it into words.

That’s not mystical.
That’s nervous system regulation.

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Why I offer neurofeedback alongside therapy

I integrated neurofeedback into my practice after seeing, again and again, that insight alone doesn’t always change physiology.

You can have incredible self-awareness and still:

  • snap when you don’t want to

  • freeze when you need to act

  • spiral when there’s no real danger

  • shut down when connection matters most

Modern trauma research has made it clear: lasting change often requires bottom-up support, not just top-down understanding.

Neurofeedback works directly with the nervous system patterns that developed to help you survive. Therapy helps you make meaning of them. Together, they’re powerful.

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What a neurofeedback session looks like

No guesswork. No mystique.

  • We start with a full assessment and decide—collaboratively—where to place sensors on the head, based on your goals, intensity of symptoms and nervous system presentation.

    • You recline comfortably (blankets, pillows, eye mask available)

    • Sensors are placed on your scalp

    • You listen to tones or audio feedback

    • You don’t have to “do” anything

    • I am with you the whole time, able to answer questions or talk about any thing you feel/notice

  • Sessions are:

    • 60 minute initial session

    • 30 minute follow up sessions for children (15-20 minutes of training)

    • 50 minute follow up sessions for adults (30 minutes of training)

  • Your job is to pay attention to how you feel, how you sleep, your digestions.

    You receive a brief Next-Day Report to track effects and help fine-tune future sessions.

That’s it.

Most people describe it as calming, subtle, and surprisingly impactful.

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Frequency and expectations
(the honest part)

Neurofeedback is brain training. That means consistency matters.

  • Twice weekly sessions tend to bring the most noticeable change

  • Once weekly can still be very supportive.

  • Once symptom relief is consistent, sessions will be slowly tapered.

  • As long as old symptoms don’t return, it can be assumed that the effect is stable, and results will be lasting.

  • For some this can happen in as few as 20 sessions, but a typical course is more like 30-40 sessions, and some individuals continue to benefit from 80 or more. 

This is not a quick fix—but it is efficient. We’re working with learning and neuroplasticity, not willpower.

Adults: $250 · 50-minute session

Children: $175 · 30-minute session

Packages of 10 sessions are available at a 5% discount
In-person only

Neurofeedback is available for clients seeking a non-verbal, nervous-system-focused approach to regulation and recovery. It can be pursued on its own or alongside psychotherapy.

Next steps

If this work resonates, the first step is a consultation to explore fit, timing, and goals.

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