Category Archives: What to expect

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  How Does Neurofeedback Work?

  Posted on March 29, 2015 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, What to expect

  Your brain is the most complex system on Earth. It is masterful at taking in information and using it to reorganize itself to maximize efficiency and minimize discomfort. If you give it the right information, it will use it to meet those goals. The type of neurofeedback I use does just that, it gives it […]

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  What can Change with Neurofeedback?

  Posted on July 15, 2014 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, What to expect

  Below is a sampling of NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback® changes my clients have reported Healthier sleep habits and improved sleep management Having more fun being with their children. “They don’t get to me as much.” Worrying less Going for a walk and noticing more details and color Pleasant instead of stressful dreams A fight with a spouse and […]

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  What to Expect from a Neurofeedback Session

  Posted on March 18, 2014 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, What to expect

  When you come for a NeurOptimal® neurofeedback session you’ll be sitting in a comfortable chair watching a graphic (or you can close your eyes) and listening to music. There will be very brief pauses in the music – this is the system giving your brain the opportunity to see what it is doing moment to moment. What do […]

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  Neurofeedback and Sports

  Posted on September 19, 2011 by Catherine Boyer in New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, What to expect

  A short article published in March of 2012 in the Norwich Bulletin is titled Neurofeedback Training May Enhance Athletic Performance. The article does a nice job of outlining the kinds of peak performance related traits that can benefit from neurofeedback. The author, Dr. Melissa Perkins-Banas,says this: New research continues to demonstrate that sports performance enhancement requires the […]

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  Neurofeedback and Your Unique Brain

  Posted on April 5, 2011 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, The Brain, What to expect

  You are a unique human being, even though you are part of a species that you are very much alike. Why is this important to neurofeedback?  More about that in a minute. First, did you know that… The typical adult body has about 50 trillion cells. That’s 50,000,000,000,000 cells. Your genes and mine are 99.99% identical. […]

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  Neurofeedback – Think Training not Treatment

  Posted on March 11, 2011 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, What to expect

  Neurofeedback – training not treatment. Why? For me, the word treatment implies a medical model: Something is wrong with you and someone in the health care field is going to give you a diagnosis and recommend treatment. With neurofeedback training, you are in charge. NeurOptimal® neurofeedback gives your CNS, the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), information […]

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  Neurofeedback – What’s Possible?

  Posted on April 23, 2010 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, New York Neurofeedback, Sleep, Stress management, What to expect

  Probably more than you think. Here’s a personal example. I first heard of neurofeedback in relationship to my own sleep problems. Sleep improved quite quickly, but then I also noticed other things were getting better. My husband was also reporting positive changes that he saw in me. I asked him what he’d noticed and he […]

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  What to Expect in a Neurofeedback Session

  Posted on November 19, 2009 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, What to expect

  When you come for a  NeurOptimal™  neurofeedback session you’ll be sitting in a comfortable chair watching a graphic (or you can close your eyes), and you’ll be listening to music. You’ll hear very brief pauses in the music – this is the system giving feedback to your brain – and the image will also pause […]

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