Biofeedback

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback focuses on treating an overactive "fight or flight" system, so that when you feel your anxiety go into overdrive, you have the tools to physiologically bring down your anxiety. You can actually control your heart rhythms! Athletes, musicians, olympians and others utilize these very same techniques to help them achieve peak performance.

Certified HeartMatch Practitioner

I offer Heart Rate Variability (HRV) biofeedback using HeartMath technology, which is an innovative approach to improving emotional wellbeing. With HeartMath tools, you learn to change your heart rhythm pattern to create physiological coherence; a scientifically measurable state characterized by increased order and harmony in our mind, emotions and body.

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.

I use biofeedback to teach patients how to control physiological functions, such as heart rate, to reduce stress and improve mental health outcomes.

HeartMath is heart-focused meditation that can help you transition from feeling stressed to feeling calm. The goal of HeartMath is to obtain coherence and optional functioning within the body while decreasing the negative impact of depleting emotions such as anxiety and stress.  Studies have shown that regular use of HeartMath decreases anxiety, fatigue and depression and improves sleep and focus.

Biofeedback is a noninvasive treatment that we offer at Constantly Healthy Counseling & Coaching. Biofeedback helps clients learn how to control some of their body`s functions like their heart rate. This type of holistic treatment is beneficial for many who wish to avoid using medications or for those that can’t use medications at a specific time in their life. Clients choose biofeedback to feel more in control and in tune with their own health.

Our bodies and our minds are extensively connected through neural networks. Therefore, we can use our bodies to help heal our minds! From breathing practices that stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system, to physical movement exercises that release fear, anxiety, and stress held in the body, I will offer you an array of strategies that will make it possible you to use your body to improve your mental and emotional well being.

HeartMath is a form of biofeedback. We monitor your heart rate and simultaneously teach you strategies to make your heart rate more consistent. When folks suffer from anxiety, stress, or depression, the heart rate changes. Our autonomic nervous system can work in hyperdrive and we have to begin to teach our body to regulate itself. When our heart rate increases, it tells our brain we are in "fight or flight" mode. I've personally found this modality to be very effective.

Biofeedback specific to pelvic floor rehabilitation is a specialty area when Tina has practiced. She began with training in pediatric Pelvic floor and incontinence rehabilitation, and recently completed a series of training in Women’s pelvic health and rehabilitation. Addressing menstruation, pelvic pain, pregnancy, postpartum and prolapse healing and wellness is her new expansion of practice. Supporting individuals and families is her mission.