Biofeedback

We use a form of biofeedback called neurofeedback to treat ADHD, anxiety, and trauma.

Manhattan Mental Health Counseling has a resident biofeedback practitioner. Rene Gonzalez specializes in biofeedback therapy.

I learned biofeedback with in-patient addictions clients while working on a MISA Unit. I furthered my training working at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab's (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) Pain Management Center with chronic pain patients in their out painting clinic.

Biofeedback is integral to my practice, focusing on the powerful interplay between mind and body. Understanding this connection is key to achieving holistic wellness. By harnessing biofeedback, we explore how thoughts and emotions influence physiological responses. This comprehensive approach allows us to enhance not only mental health but also overall well-being. It's a journey towards balance, where mind and body work harmoniously for your optimal health and vitality.

When exercising mind-body connection, Biofeedback is a great option as this technique helps achieve greater awareness of physiological complaints and needs with the ultimate goal of alleviating symptoms and improving overall health and performance. Biofeedback can teach you to control your bodies response to stressful situations and is often used to treat anxiety, depression, and performance related issues.

Biofeedback has been found to be effective for treating headache, arthritis, anxiety, insomnia, alcohol dependence and many other problems. Biofeedback can show you how your body reacts physically so you can alter your responses to decrease your pain, anxiety, etc.

I use a variety of somato-sensory relaxation strategies to help you learn how to control the physical symptoms of your emotions instead of letting the physical sensations of stress and pain overcome you.

Clinical autogenic biofeedback has many applications, and much of it is founded on your ability to get in-tune with your body and learn to reduce stress, relax, and be centered. With guided relaxation and knowing how your body is responding, it can safely be used for everything from reducing motion sickness to lowering your blood pressure.

Biofeedback training is a scientific approach to addressing psycho-somatic issues that involve providing clients real-time feedback on their body’s responses to stress and other psychological factors. It involves connecting a client with sensors that measure their bio-rhythms. This information is fed back via visuals and sounds in real-time, in order to develop better mind-body awareness, self-regulation, and coping strategies.

Our bodies and our brains are extensively connected through networks of neural pathways. Accordingly, we can us our bodies to soften and in some cases heal mental and emotional challenges we face. From breathing practices that stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system, to movement practice that release anxiety which has locked in one place in the body, I offer an array of techniques that allow clients to use their bodies to help heal their minds.

Biofeedback is sometimes marketed as a magic bullet but it’s just a tool and it’s only one approach. There is extensive research showing that using relaxation skills ( biofeedback as well as other strategies) helps us access our body’s built-in self-regulation tools so we can feel and do better. The bottom line: When we self-regulate better, we’re better at just about everything else.

This is a technique that I have found helpful for individuals with anxiety or related symptoms.

Biofeedback allows you to see your mind-body connection in real time and learn to control it to optimize health and wellbeing.

Krista is a Certified HeartMath Practitioner and currently utilizes HeartMath tools and technology with clients seeking biofeedback.