Biofeedback

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.

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

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

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 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.

Virtual Reality therapy allows us to face fears and reduce anxiety in a contemporary and innovative forum. Biofeedback is incorporated into this process and helps to inform spikes in cortisol levels as we work together. I also recommend to clients the Oura ring, which can offer valuable insights into your biological systems and manage your health better overall.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I am a HeartMath Certified Practitioner. HeartMath Heart-Rate Variability is a form of biofeedback that helps you build coherence- an optimal physiological, coherent state where the heart, brain, and emotions align in harmony. Increased coherence has been shown to help manage stress, reduce anxiety, increase mental clarity and performance, and help to manage trauma. It is easy to learn, convenient to practice, and measured with detailed printouts during each session.

Certified in baud therapy.